 DIM as the borrow'd beams of moon and stars To lonely, weary, wandering travellers, Is Reason to the soul : and as on high, Those rolling fires discover but the sky, Not light us here ; so Reason's glimmering ray Was lent, not to assure our doubtful way,...  Entering on Life: A Book for Young Men - Page 268by Cunningham Geikie - 1888 - 298 pagesFull view - About this book
 | John Dryden, Thomas Park - 1808 - 374 pages
...wandering traveller^ Is reason to the soul : and as on high Those rolling fires discover but the sky, Not light us here ; so reason's glimmering ray ) Was lent, not to assure our doubtful way, /But guide us upward to a better day. 1 And as those nightly tapers disappear When day's bright lord ascends our... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 654 pages
...wandering travellers, Is reason to the soul : and as on high, Those rolling fires discover but the sky, Not light us here ; so Reason's glimmering ray Was lent, not to assure our doubtful way, But guide us upward to a better day. And as those nightly tapers disappear When day's bright lord ascends our hemisphere;... | |
 | 1820 - 774 pages
...wand'rni£ travellers Is reason to the soul ; and as on liish Those rolling fires discover but the sky, Not light us here; so Reason's glimmering ray Was lent not to assure our doubtful way, But guide us upward to a better day. And as these nightly tapers disappear When day's bright Lord ascends our hemisphere,... | |
 | Ezekiel Sanford - 1819 - 410 pages
...wandering travellers, Is reason to the soul : and as on high Those rolling fires discover but the sky, Not light us here ; so Reason's glimmering ray Was lent, not to assure our doubtful way, But guide us upward to a better day. And as those nightly tapers disappear When day's bright lord ascends our hemisphere... | |
 | Ezekiel Sanford - 1819 - 412 pages
...Is reason to the soul: and as on high Those rolling fires diseover but the sky, Not light us herei so Reason's glimmering ray Was lent, not to assure our doubtful way, But guide us upward to a better day. And as those nightly tapers disappear I When day's bright lord aseends our... | |
 | John Aikin - 1820 - 832 pages
...wandering travellers, Is reason to the soul : and as on high, Those rolling fires discover but the sky, Not in Hesebon upward to a better day. And as those nightly tnpcrs disappear When day's bright lord ascends our hemisphere... | |
 | John Dryden, Walter Scott - 1821 - 476 pages
...travellers, Is reason to the soul : and as, on high, Those rolling fires discover but the sky, Not light us here ; so reason's glimmering ray ") Was...doubtful way, >But guide us upwards to a better day. j And as those nightly tapers disappear, When day's bright lord ascends our hemisphere ; So pale grows... | |
 | John Aikin - 1821 - 346 pages
...wandering travellers, Is reason to the soul : and as on high, Those rolling fires discover but the sky, Not light us here ; so Reason's glimmering ray Was lent, not to assure our doubtful way, But guide us upward to a better day. And as those nightly tapers disappear When day's bright lord ascends our hemisphere... | |
 | 1821 - 694 pages
...wandering travellers, I: reason to the soul ; and as on high Those rolling fires discover but the sky, Not light us here, so reason's glimmering ray Was lent, not to assure our doubtful way, But guide us upward to a better day. And as those nightly tapers disappear, When days' bright lord ascends our hemisphere,... | |
 | John Dryden, Walter Scott - 1821 - 498 pages
...on high, Those rolling fires discover but the sky, Not light us here ; so reason's glimmering ray "I Was lent, not to assure our doubtful way, >But guide us upwards to a better day. J And as those nightly tapers disappear, When day's bright lord ascends -our hemisphere ; So pale grows... | |
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