| Christian literature, English - 1861 - 520 pages
...with God in his works. Of the Christian observer, it is well said : — " Ho looks abroad into tho varied field Of nature, and though poor perhaps compared...own. His are the mountains, and the valleys his, And tho resplendent rivers. His to enjoy With a propriety that none can feel But who, with filial confidence... | |
| KATE LOUISE ROBERTS - 1922 - 1422 pages
...commands us in his word To seek him rather where his mercy shines. COWPER— Task. Bk. III. L. 217. 11 J COWPER— Task. Bk.V. The Winter Morning Walk. L.745. 12 Acquaint thyself with God, if thou would'st... | |
| Hendrik Roelof Rookmaaker - Poetry - 1984 - 232 pages
...rivers. His t' enjoy With a propriety that none can feel, But who, with filial confidence inspir'd, Can lift to heaven an unpresumptuous eye, And smiling say — My Father made them all! The key notion in this passage is 'filial confidence', indicating a unique family relation between... | |
| Tim Fulford - Literary Criticism - 1996 - 274 pages
...for his harm Can wind around him, but he casts it off With as much ease as Samson his green wyths. He looks abroad into the varied field Of Nature, and...mansions glitter in his sight, Calls the delightful scen'ry all his own. His are the mountains, and the values his, And the resplendent rivers. His t'enjoy... | |
| Judith Lomax - Biography & Autobiography - 1999 - 180 pages
...which the lavish hand of a kind Parent scatters on every hand. — It is for those to enjoy it who: "With a propriety that none can feel, But who, with filial confidence inspired, Can lift to heaven on unpresumptuous eye, And smiling say — 'My Father made them all.'" — No Preaching in the Village... | |
| Conrad Brunström - Literary Criticism - 2004 - 220 pages
..."elevation." Cowper's Christian surveys the natural prospect with gentrified proprietorial composure: He looks abroad into the varied field Of Nature, and...mansions glitter in his sight, Calls the delightful scen'ry all his own. His are the mountains, and the vallies his, And the resplendent rivers. His t'enjoy... | |
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