 Objects are but th' occasion ; ours th' exploit ; Ours is the cloth, the pencil, and the paint, Which nature's admirable picture draws ; And beautifies creation's ample dome. Like Milton's Eve, when gazing on the lake, Man makes the matchless image, man...  The Rose of Sharon: A Religious Souvenir - Page 17edited by - 1847Full view - About this book
 | 1888 - 862 pages
...Take a few — " Who lives to nature, rarely can be poor; Who lives to fancy never can be rich." " Like Milton's Eve, when gazing on the lake, Man makes the matchless image man admires.'' " Pigmies are pigmies still, though perched on Alp»: And pyramids are pyramids in vales." " Learn... | |
 | Andrews Norton - 1856 - 566 pages
...uncolored chaos still Ours is the cloth, the pencil, and the paint, Which Nature's admirable picture draws Like Milton's Eve, when gazing on the lake, Man makes the matchless image man admires. Say then, shall man, his thoughts all sent abroad, Hls admiration waste on objects round, When Heaven... | |
 | John Milton - 1860 - 574 pages
...pencil, and the paint, Which Nature's admirable picture draws, And beautifies Creation's ample dome. Like Milton's Eve, when gazing on the lake, Man makes the matchless image man admire*. Say then, Khali man, his thoughts all sent abroad, Superior wonders in himself forgot, His... | |
 | 1863 - 530 pages
...pencil, and the paint Which nature's admiraole picture draws, And beautifies creation's ample dome. Like Milton's Eve, when gazing on the lake, Man makes the matchless image man admires. Our senses which inherit earth and heaven, Eujoy the various riches nature yields — Far nobler !... | |
 | Émile Edmond Saisset - 1863 - 288 pages
...pencil, and the paint Which nature's admirable picture draws, And beautifies creation's ample dome. Like Milton's Eve, when gazing on the lake, Man makes the matchless image man admires. Our senses which inherit earth and heaven, Enjoy the various riches nature yields — Far nobler !... | |
 | Émile Saisset - 1863 - 292 pages
...pencil, and the paint Which nature's admirable picture draws, And beautifies creation's ample dome. Like Milton's Eve, when gazing on the lake, Man makes the matchless image man admires. Our senses which inherit earth and heaven, Enjoy the various riches nature yields — far nobler /... | |
 | Thomas Starr King - 1864 - 374 pages
...purer nature must resolve. Young stated, with admirable precision, the true theory of beauty in those lines, — " Objects are but the occasion; ours th'...exercise and development of the taste for beauty must, iu a great degree, react upon our spiritual condition. If we owe the power to that inherent dignity... | |
 | Edward Young - 1866 - 574 pages
...pencil, and the paint, Which nature's admirable picture draws ; And beautifies creation's ample dome. Like Milton's Eve, when gazing on the lake, Man makes the matchless image, man admires, Say then, shall man, his thoughts all sent abroad, Superior wonders in himself forgot, His admiration... | |
 | 1866 - 426 pages
...pencil, and the paint, Which nature's admirable picture draws ; And beautifies creation's ample dome. Like Milton's Eve, when gazing on the lake, Man makes the matchless image, man admires : Say then, shall man, his thoughts all sent abroad, Superior wonders in himself forgot, His admiration... | |
 | 1872 - 710 pages
...paint, Which Nature's admirable picture draws, And beautifies creation's ample dome. Like Hilton's or vaunted crosses, Canst Say, then, shall man, his thoughts all sent abroad (Superior wonders in himself forgot), His admiration... | |
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