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" Seem'd heaven itself, till one suggestion rose; That vice should triumph, virtue vice obey, This sprung some doubt of Providence's sway: His hopes no more a certain prospect boast, And all the tenour of his soul is lost. "
A Sequel to the Diversions of Purley: Containing an Essay on English Verbs ... - Page 27
by John Barclay (of Calcots.) - 1826 - 170 pages
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Chaucer to Burns

Rossiter Johnson - English poetry - 1876 - 840 pages
...Providence's sway : His hopes no more a certain prospect boost, And all the tenor of his soul is lost: e sky, A earn the wanderers want a place to lie, Aizain they search, and find a colors glow : But if a stone the gentle sea divide, Swift ruffling circles curl on every side, And...
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Single Famous Poems

Rossiter Johnson - English poetry - 1877 - 312 pages
...Providence's sway : His hopes no more a certain prospect boast, And all the tenor of his soul is lost: So when a smooth expanse receives imprest Calm Nature's...trees depending grow, And skies beneath with answering colors glow : But if a stone the gentle sea divide, Swift ruffling circles curl on every side, And...
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The cabinet of Irish literature, with biogr. sketches and literary notices ...

Charles Anderton Read - 1879 - 404 pages
...Providence's sway: His hopes no more a certain prospect boast, And all the tenour of his soul is lost. So when a smooth expanse receives imprest Calm nature's...grow, And skies beneath with answering colours glow: Hut if a stone the gentle scene divide, Swift ruffling circles curl on every side, And glimmering fragments...
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Gems of national poetry. Compiled and ed. by mrs. Valentine

Laura Valentine - 1880 - 634 pages
...Providence's sway: Hishopesno moreacertain prospect boast, And all the tenour of his soul is lost. So when a smooth expanse receives imprest Calm nature's...answering colours glow; But if a stone the gentle scene divide, Swift ruffling circles curl on every side. And glimmering fragments of a broken sun,...
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Addison to Blake

Thomas Humphry Ward - English poetry - 1880 - 642 pages
...Providence's sway : His hopes no more a certain prospect boast, And all the tenour of his soul is lost. So when a smooth expanse receives imprest Calm nature's...answering colours glow : But if a stone the gentle scene divide, Swift ruffling circles curl on every side, And glimmering fragments of a broken sun,...
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The English Poets: Addison to Blake

Thomas Humphry Ward - English poetry - 1880 - 636 pages
...Providence's sway : His hopes no more a certain prospect boast, And all the tenour of his soul is lost. So when a smooth expanse receives imprest Calm nature's...answering colours glow : But if a stone the gentle scene divide, Swift ruffling circles curl on every side, THOMAS PARNELL. 139 And glimmering fragments...
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The Poetical Works of Churchill, Parnell, and Tickell: With a Life of Each ...

Charles Churchill, Thomas Parnell, Thomas Tickell - 1880 - 724 pages
...Providence's sway : His hopes no more a certain prospect boast, And all the tenour of his soul is lost. So when a smooth expanse receives imprest Calm nature's...answering colours glow : But if a stone the gentle scene divide, Swift ruffling circles curl on every side, And glimmering fragments of a broken sun,...
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The English Poets: Addison to Blake

Thomas Humphry Ward - English poetry - 1880 - 632 pages
...Providence's sway : His hopes no more a certain prospect boast, And all the tenour of his soul is lost. So when a smooth expanse receives imprest Calm nature's...watery breast, Down bend the banks, the trees depending gro\v, And skies beneath with answering colours glow : But if a stone the gentle scene divide, S\virt...
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Gems from the English Poets: Chaucer to Tennyson ; with Biographical Notices ...

English poets - English poetry - 1889 - 596 pages
...prospect boast, And all the tenor of his soul is lost. So, when a smooth expanse receives impressed Calm nature's image on its watery breast, Down bend...divide, Swift ruffling circles curl on every side, And glimmermg fragments of a broken sun, Banks, trees, and skies, in thick disorder run. To clear this...
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The English Poets: Selections with Critical Introductions by ..., Volume 3

Matthew Arnold - English poetry - 1881 - 632 pages
...Providence's sway: His hopes no more a certain prospect boast, And all the tenour of his soul is lost. So when a smooth expanse receives imprest Calm nature's...answering colours glow: But if a stone the gentle scene divide, Swift ruffling circles curl on every side, And glimmering fragments of a broken sun,...
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