Which breaks the clouds and opens forth the light That doth both shine and give us sight to see. O take fast hold! let that light be thy guide In this small course which birth draws out to death, And think how evil becometh him to slide Who seeketh Heaven,... Littell's Living Age - Página 2261863Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
| Philip Sidney - 1724 - 270 páginas
...fhine, and give us fight to fee. O take faft hold ! let that light be thy guide, A In this fmall courie, which birth draws out to death, And think how evil becometh him to flide, Who feeketh heav'n, and comes of heav'nly breath. Then farewell, World, thy uttermofl I fee,... | |
| 1876 - 592 páginas
...Which breaks the clouds and opens forth the light. That doth both shine and give us sight to see. 0 take fast hold, let that light be thy guide, In this...draws out to death, And think how evil becometh him to slide Who seeketh heav'n, and comes of heav'nly breath ! Then farewell world ! thy uttermost I see... | |
| 1816 - 828 páginas
...light, That doth both shine, and give us sight to see. O take fast hold ! let that light be thy Snide, In this small course, which birth draws out to death; And think how ill-beeometh him to slide, Who seeketb heav'n, and comes of heav'nly breath. Then farewell, world,... | |
| Thomas Zouch - 1809 - 424 páginas
...breaks the clouds, and opens forth the light . " That doth both shine, and gives us light to see. " O take fast hold, let that light be thy guide, " In this small coarse which birth draws out to death, " And think how evil becometh him to slide, " Who teeketh heaven,... | |
| 1840 - 844 páginas
...clouds, and opens forth the light, That doth both shine, and give us sight to see. Ob ! take fast bold, let that light be thy guide In this small course, which birth draws out of death ; And think how ill becometh him to slide, Who seeketh heaven, and comes of heavenly breath.... | |
| 1863 - 518 páginas
...!" is no farewell to an unworthy mistress, but a turning from earthly enjoyments to heavenly : " 0 take fast hold ! let that light be thy guide In this...chide, Who seeketh heaven and comes of heavenly breath. Then farewell, world, thine uttermost I see : Eternal Love, maintain thy life in me." But if the reader... | |
| Hugh Swinton Legaré - 1845 - 606 páginas
...Which breaks the clouds, and opens for the light, That doth both shine, and give us sight to sec. O take fast hold ! let that light be thy guide, In this...draws out to death, And think how evil becometh him to elide, Who seeketh heav'n, and comes of heav'nly breath. Then farewell, world, thy uttermost I see,... | |
| William Chambers, Robert Chambers - 1847 - 850 páginas
...; Which breaks the clouds, and opens forth the light, That doth but shine and give us sight to see. Oh ! take fast hold, let that light be thy guide In this small course which birth draws out of death, And think how ill becometh him to slide, Who seeketh heaven, and comes of heavenly breath.... | |
| Clara Lucas Balfour - 1852 - 458 páginas
...Which breaks the clouds, and opens forth the light That doth both shine, and give us sight to see. Oh ! take fast hold, let that light be thy guide In this small course which birth draws out of death ; And think how ill becometh him to slide, Who seeketh heaven, and comes of heavenly breath.... | |
| Catherine Sinclair - 1852 - 424 páginas
...Which breaks the clouds, and opens forth the light, That doth both shine, and give us sight to thee, Oh ! take fast hold, let that light be thy guide, In this small course which birth drawes out of death; And thinke how ill becometh him to slide, Who seeketh heaven, and comes of heavenly... | |
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