That majesty, which through thy work doth reign, Draws the devout, deterring the profane. And things divine thou treat'st of in such state As them preserves, and thee inviolate. At once delight and horror on us seize, Thou sing'st with so much gravity... The Retrospective Review - Page 3421824Full view - About this book
| George Gilfillan - 1881 - 744 pages
...which through thy work doth reign, Draws the devout, deterring the profane. And things divine thou treat'st of in such state As them preserves, and thee,...With plume so strong, so equal, and so soft. The bird named from that Paradise you sing, So never flags, but always keeps on wing. Where couldst thou words... | |
| John Milton - 1881 - 894 pages
...majesty which through thy work doth reign Draws the devout, deterring the profane. And things divine thou treat'st of in such state As them preserves, and thee,...delight and horror on us seize, Thou sing'st with BO much gravity and ease, And above human flight dost soar aloft With plume so strong, so equal, and... | |
| Matthew Arnold - English poetry - 1882 - 524 pages
...which through thy work doth reign Draws the devout, deterring the profane ; And things divine thou treat'st of in such state As them preserves, and thee,...plume so strong, so equal, and so soft : The bird named from that paradise you sing So never flags, but always keeps on wing. Where couldst thou words... | |
| Samuel Austin Allibone - American literature - 1882 - 1192 pages
...As them preserves, and thee, inviolKte. At once delight and horror oil UK seize. Thou • HI • ' with so much gravity and ease, And above human flight...plume so strong, so equal, and so soft ; The bird namM from that Paradise you sing So never flag*. lmt always keeps on wing. Where could'st thou words... | |
| Thomas Humphry Ward - English poetry - 1883 - 518 pages
...through thy work doth reign Draws the devout, deterring the profane ; And things divine thou treat's! of in such state As them preserves, and thee, inviolate....With plume so strong, so equal, and so soft: The bird named from that paradise you sing So never flags, but always keeps on wing. Where couldst thou words... | |
| Phil Robinson - Birds in literature - 1883 - 540 pages
...ordinary, man well drest, The Milky Way, the bird of parauUe.— Herbert: Prayer. ( 1 1) Thou sing'st wiih so much gravity and ease, And above human flight dost...With plume so strong, so equal, and so soft, The bird named from that paradise you sing, So never flags, but always keeps on wing. - — Marvell ': On Miltan.... | |
| William Henry Davenport Adams - Great Britain - 1885 - 440 pages
...which through thy work doth reign Draws the devout, deterring the profane ; And things divine thou treat'st of in such state As them preserves, and thee,...plume so strong, so equal, and so soft : The bird named from that paradise yon sing So never flags, but always keeps on wing. Where could'st thou words... | |
| William Henry Davenport Adams - Great Britain - 1885 - 434 pages
...which through thy work doth reign Draws the devout, deterring the profane ; And things divine thou treat'st of in such state As them preserves, and thee, inviolate. At once delight and horror on as seize, Thou sing'st with BO much gravity and ease, And above human flight dost soar aloft With plume... | |
| Maude Gillette Phillips - English literature - 1885 - 654 pages
...which through thy work doth reign Draws the devout, deterring the profane ; And things divine thou treat'st of in such state As them preserves, and thee, inviolate. At once delight and honor on us seize, Thou sing'st with so much gravity and ease, And above human flight dost soar aloft... | |
| Maude Gillette Phillips - English literature - 1885 - 728 pages
...which through thy work doth reign Draws the devout, deterring the profane ; And things divine thou treat'st of in such state As them preserves, and thee, inviolate. At once delight and honor on us seize, Thou sing'st with so much gravity and ease, And above human flight dost soar aloft... | |
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