| Benjamin Franklin - 1819 - 520 pages
...serious silence, contemplating on those subjects.] Then sing MILTON'S HYMN TO THE CREATOR. These are thy glorious works, Parent of Good ! Almighty ; thine this universal frame, Thus won'lrous fair! Thyself how wondrous then ! Speak ye who best can tell, ye sons of light, Angels, for... | |
| 610 pages
...harmony and order of Creation : — " Tlii'sc are III v glorious works. Parent of good, Almighty! (bine this universal frame, Thus wondrous fair! Thyself how wondrous then! Unspeakable, who sil'st above the heavens To us invisible, or (Uml v seen In these thy lowest woiks; jet these declare... | |
| 1821 - 702 pages
...wondrouj then, Unspeakable : who sitt'st above those heav'n'i To as invisible, or dimly seen In these tliy lowest works ; yet these declare Thy goodness beyond thought, and power divine." And whilst his mind is thus inspired with the most sublime and exalted ideas of the majesty and greatness... | |
| 1819 - 728 pages
...indubitably proved by the subsequent discoveries of Galileo, Kepler, and Sir Isaac Newton. " These are thy glorious works, parent of good, Almighty, thine this universal frame, Thus wwidruus fair; thyself how wondrous then ! [Heavens, UnspeakAble, who sitfst above these To us invisible,... | |
| 1820 - 330 pages
...into his soul, he broke out in the words of Milton, with whom he had been much conversant— These are thy glorious works, Parent of good, Almighty ! Thine...above these heavens, To us invisible, or dimly seen Thy goodness beyond thbught, and power divine. In these thy lowest works; yet these declare After a... | |
| William Scott - 1820 - 422 pages
...THESE are thy glorious works ! Parent of giod ! Almighty ! thine this universal frame, Thus woiid'rous fair : Thyself how wond'rous, then, Unspeakable !...seen In these thy lowest works ; yet these declare Tay goodness bfyond thought and power divine. Speak ye who best can telf, ye sons of light, Angel-... | |
| John Milton - 1820 - 342 pages
...150 More tuneable than needed lute or harp To add more sweetness : and they thus began. " 'i hese are thy glorious works, Parent of good, Almighty, thine...wondrous then ! Unspeakable, who sitt'st above these Heav'ns 156 To us invisible, or dimly seen In these thy lowest works ; yet these declare Thy goodness... | |
| 1828 - 304 pages
...them all ; the earth is full of thy riches." Well may the celebrated poet Milton exclaim : "These are thy glorious works, Parent of good '. Almighty ! thine...fair, thyself how wondrous then Unspeakable ! who sits above these heavens To us invisible, or dimly seen In these thy lowest works ! Yet these declare... | |
| William Scott - 1819 - 366 pages
...ambition call, From ancient story learn to scorn them alii IV. — Adam and Eve's Morning Hytnn. THESE are thy glorious works ! Parent of good ! Almighty ! thine...frame, "Thus wond'rous fair ! Thyself how wond'rous, tlicn, Unspeakable ! who sitt'st above these heavens, To us invisible, or dimly seen In these thy lowest... | |
| Hannah Harris Taylor - 1820 - 178 pages
...formed a most delightful scene; and brought to my remembrance these lines of Milton : ftr. ' " These are thy glorious works, Parent of good, " Almighty ! Thine...universal frame. " Thus wond'rous fair, thyself how won j'rous then," fie. About the 10th of this month, I had the romjNUiy of my brother and sister Morris... | |
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