Our souls, whose faculties can comprehend The wondrous architecture of the world, And measure every wandering planet's course, Still climbing after knowledge infinite, And always moving as the restless spheres, Will us to wear ourselves, and never rest,... Sir Stamford Raffles: England in the Far East - Page 271by Hugh Edward Egerton - 1897 - 290 pagesFull view - About this book
| Henry Southern - 1821 - 408 pages
...whose faculties can comprehend The wond'rous architecture of the world, And measure ev'ry wand'ring planet's course, Still climbing after knowledge infinite, And always moving as the restless spheres, Will us to wear ourselves, and never rest, Until we reach the ripest fruit of all, That perfect bliss... | |
| Books - 1821 - 408 pages
...whose faculties can comprehend The wond'rous architecture of the world, And measure ev'ry wand'ring planet's course, Still climbing after knowledge infinite, And always moving as the restless sphered, Will us to wear ourselves, and never rest, Until we reach the ripest fruit of all, That perfect... | |
| Books - 1821 - 404 pages
...whose faculties can comprehend The wond'rous architecture of the world, And measure ev'ry wand'ring planet's course, Still climbing after knowledge infinite, .... And always moving as the restless sphere!:, Will us to wear ourselves, and never rest, Until we reach the ripest fruit of all, That perfect... | |
| Christopher Marlowe - Dramatists, English - 1826 - 354 pages
...whose faculties can comprehend The wond'rous architecture of the world, And measure ev'ry wand'ring planet's course, Still climbing after knowledge infinite, And always moving as the restless spheres, Will us to wear ourselves, and never rest, Until we reach the ripest fruit of all, That perfect bliss... | |
| Christopher Marlowe - Dramatists, English - 1826 - 1070 pages
...whose faculties can comprehend The wood'rous architecture of the world, And measure ev'ry wand'ring planet's course, Still climbing after knowledge infinite, And always moving as the restless spheres, Will ua to wear ourselves, and never rest, UntO we reach the ripest fruit of all, That perfect bliss... | |
| John Payne Collier - English drama - 1831 - 526 pages
...whose faculties can comprehend ' The wondrous architecture of the world, ' And measure every wand'ring planet's course, ' Still climbing after knowledge...infinite, ' And always moving as the restless spheres, ' Will us to wear ourselves, and never rest, ' Until we reach the ripest fruits of all — ' That perfect... | |
| Charles Knight - 1843 - 566 pages
...faburden of Bow-Bell :"* — " Nature that form'd us of four elements, Warring within our breasts fur regiment, Doth teach us all to have aspiring minds...infinite, And always moving as the restless spheres, Will us to wear ourselves, and never rest, Until we reach the ripest fruit of all." t The " ripest... | |
| American literature - 1867 - 796 pages
...heart ! The didactic dignity of Marlowe's verse may be gathered from these lines in Tamburlaine, — Our souls whose faculties can comprehend The wondrous...infinite, And always moving as the restless spheres, Will us to wear ourselves, and never rest Until we reach the ripest fruit of all, That perfect bliss... | |
| Charles Knight - 1849 - 582 pages
...can comprehend The wondrous arehitecture of the world, A nd measure every wandering planet's coarse, Still climbing after knowledge infinite, And always moving as the restless spheres, \УШ us to wear ourselves, and never rest, Until we reach the ripest fruit of a11."-HThe " ripest... | |
| 1896 - 858 pages
...not trace the early influence of noble Canterbury Cathedral in another quotation ? — " Nature . . . Doth teach us all to have aspiring minds: Our souls,...infinite, And always moving as the restless spheres Will us to wear ourselves, and never rest Until we reach the ripest fruit of all." Why did a man who... | |
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