Truth is within ourselves ; it takes no rise From outward things, whate'er you may believe. There is an inmost centre in us all, Where truth abides in fulness ; and around, Wall upon wall, the gross flesh hems it in, This perfect, clear perception —... Spiritual Reformers in the 16th & 17th Centuries - Page 138by Rufus Matthew Jones - 1914 - 362 pagesFull view - About this book
| Robert Browning - 1830 - 426 pages
...is truth ; A baffling and perverting carnal mesh Blinds it, and makes all error: and '•to know'1 Rather consists in opening out a way Whence the imprisoned...Than in effecting entry for a light Supposed to be without. Watch narrowly The demonstration of a truth, its birth, And you trace back the effluence to... | |
| William Shakespeare, Michael Henry Rankin - 1841 - 266 pages
...true Perception—which is Truth : A baffling and perverting carnal mesh, Which blinds it, and makes Error: and,' to know,' Rather consists in opening out a way Whence the imprison'd splendour may dart forth, Then in effecting entry for the light." . Paracelsus. SWEET AND... | |
| Richard H. Horne - 1844 - 342 pages
...himself, believing that there is " an inmost centre in us all, where truth abides in fulness ;" and that to know, " Rather consists in opening out a way Whence the imprisoned splendour may dart forth, Than in effecting entry for a light Supposed to be without." Filled with the divine portion... | |
| Richard H. Horne - 1844 - 330 pages
...that there is " an inmost centre in us all, where truth abides in fulness ;" and that to know, Y • " Rather consists in opening out a way Whence the imprisoned splendour may dart forth, <-, \ Than in effecting entry for a light Supposed to be without." Filled with the divine... | |
| Robert Browning - 1850 - 406 pages
...in, This perfect, clear perception — which is truth ; A baffling and perverting carnal mesh Blinds it, and makes all error : and, " to know" Rather consists...Than in effecting entry for a light Supposed to be without. Watch narrowly The demonstration of a truth, its birth, And you trace hack the effluence to... | |
| 1852 - 302 pages
...in, This perfect clear perception — which is truth : A baffling and perverting carnal mesh Blinds it, and makes all error, and To know Rather consists in opening out a way Whence the imprisoned splendor may escape, Than in effecting entry for a light Supposed to be without. The lines below must... | |
| 1891 - 346 pages
...scientific. Browning, inspired by the labours of a chemist, finely tells us in his " Paracelsus " : — To know Rather consists in opening out a way Whence the imprisoned splendor may escape, Than in effecting entry for a light Supposed to b« without. If it be asked who... | |
| Andrew Jackson Davis - 1861 - 444 pages
...in, This perfect clear perception — which is Truth ! A baffling and perverting carnal mesh Blinds it, and makes all error ; and to know, Rather consists in opening out a way Whence the imprisoned splendor may escape, Than in effecting entry for a light Supposed to be without." But the next chapter... | |
| Robert Browning - 1863 - 430 pages
...which is truth ; A baffling and perverting carnal mesh Blinds it, and makes all error: and, "to hnow'" Rather consists in opening out a way Whence the imprisoned...Than in effecting entry for a light Supposed to :be without. Watch narrowly The demonstration of a truth, its birth, And you trace back the effluence to... | |
| Robert Browning - 1863 - 394 pages
...truth ; A baffling and perverting carnal mesh Blinds it, and makes all error: and, "to know" Hather consists in opening out a way Whence the imprisoned...Than in effecting entry for a light Supposed to be without. Watch narrowly The demonstration of a truth, its birth, And you trace back the effluence to... | |
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