 But, gracious God, how well dost thou provide For erring judgments an unerring guide! Thy throne is darkness in the abyss of light, A blaze of glory that forbids the sight. O teach me to believe thee thus conceal'd, And search no farther than thyself...  Poetical Works - Seite 111von John Dryden - 1808Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Encyclopaedia - 1845 - 868 Seiten
...diretlncu it has been contracted. Sir WilUam Temple. Work, vol. ip 334. Letter to the Lord Keeper. O teach me to believe thee thus conceal'd, And search...further than thyself reveal'd ; But her alone for my direct.* take, Whom thou hast prnmis'd never to forsake. Dryiirn. J'Ac Hind euui the Panther. Behold... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1850 - 710 Seiten
...tradition, which had prevailed over private reason ; and his feelings were strongly excited — But, tion thence, And portancc in my travel's history....of antrcs vast and deserts idle, Rough quarries, r th* abyss of light, A blaze of glory that forbids the sight. 0 teach me to believe thee thus concealM,... | |
 | Charles James CANNON - 1850 - 230 Seiten
...CHAPTER IX. What weight of ancient witness can prevail, If private reason hold the public scale 7 Bat, gracious God ! how well dost thou provide For erring judgments an unerring guide ! Drydm. ADRIAN had kept up an epistolary intercourse with his friends in the country ; but his letters... | |
 | James Boswell - 1851 - 322 Seiten
...think his opinion ill-founded, must think charitably of his sentiment : — ' ' But, gracious G OD, how well dost thou provide For erring judgments an...of light, A blaze of glory that forbids the sight. 0 ! teach me to believe thee thus conceal' d, And search no farther than thyself reveal'd ; But Her... | |
 | father Rowland (fict.name.) - 1852 - 190 Seiten
...for another chapter. CHAPTER XI. "But, gracious God! how well dost thou provide For erringjudgments, an unerring guide. Thy throne is darkness in the abyss...of light, A blaze of glory that forbids the sight : 0 teach me to believe thee, thus conceal'd, And search no farther than thyself reveal 'd Bui Her... | |
 | Cyclopaedia, Henry Gardiner Adams - 1854 - 762 Seiten
...Else how com'st thou to see those truths so clear, Which so obscure to heathens did appear. Dry den. Thy throne is darkness in the abyss of light, A blaze...forbids the sight; O, teach me to believe Thee thus concealed, And search no farther than Thyself revealed. Dryden. Bright as the morning of primeval day... | |
 | James Boswell - 1859 - 472 Seiten
...grave, though they may think his opinion ill-founded, must think charitably of his sentiment : " But gracious God, how well dost thou provide For erring...of light, A blaze of glory that forbids the sight. 0 ! teach me to believe thee thus conceal'd, And search no farther than thyself reveal'd ; But Her... | |
 | James Boswell - 1859 - 316 Seiten
...ill-founded, must think charitably of his sentiment : — " But, gracious GOD, how well dost thou provide Tor erring judgments an unerring guide ! Thy throne is...of light, A blaze of glory that forbids the sight. 0 ! teach me to believe thee thus conceal'd, Aud search no farther than thyself reveal'd ; But Her... | |
 | John Dryden - 1859 - 480 Seiten
...will end. What weight of ancient witness can prevail, ^/private reason hold the puhlic scale ? ^But, gracious God, how well dost thou provide For erring...an unerring guide !§ Thy throne is darkness in the ahyss of light, A hlaze of glory that forhids tho sight. O teach me to helieve thec thus conceal'd,... | |
 | Hippolyte Taine - 1863 - 738 Seiten
...Religion's sight, So dies, and so dissolves in supernatural light. 1 . Reli9io Laid, Hind and Panther. But, gracious God! how well dost thou provide For erring...judgments an unerring guide! Thy throne is darkness in th.' abyss of light, A blaze of glory that fi.Hiids the sight. O teach me to b?lieve thee thus conceal'd,... | |
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