 | John Dryden - 1760 - 448 sider
...fires difcover but the fky, Not light us here ; fo reafon's glimmering ray Was lent, not to aflure our doubtful way, But guide us upward to a better day. And as thofe nightly tapers difappear When day's bright lord afcends our hemifphere ; So pale grows reafon... | |
 | John Dryden - 1767 - 318 sider
...rolling fires difcover but the fky, Not light us here; fo reafon's glimmering ray Was lent, not to affure our doubtful way, But guide us upward to a better day. And as thofe nightly tapers difappear When day's bright lord afcends our hemifphere; So pale grows reafon... | |
 | John Bell - 1777 - 644 sider
...rolling fires discover hut the sky, Not light us here ; so reason's glimm'ring ray J Was leut, not to assure our doubtful way, But guide us upward to...hemisphere; So pale grows Reason at Religion's sight ; 10 So dies, and so dissolves in supernat'ral light. Some few, whose lamp shone brighter, have been... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1779 - 664 sider
...fires difcover but the fky, Not light us here ; fo reafon's glimmering ray Was lent, not to afture our doubtful way, But guide us upward to a better day. And as thofe nightly tapers difappear When day's bright lord afcends our hemifphere; So pale grows reafon-at... | |
 | 1801 - 416 sider
...glimmering ray 1 Was lent, not to assure our doubtful way, L But guide us upward to a better day. I And as those nightly tapers disappear When day's bright...hemisphere, So pale grows Reason at Religion's sight, ro So dies, and so dissolves, in supernat'ral light. Some few, whose lamp shone brighter, have been... | |
 | John Dryden - 1808 - 382 sider
...glimmering ray 1 Was lent, not to assure our doubtful way, f But guide us upward to a better day. J And as those nightly tapers disappear When day's bright...sight; So dies, and so dissolves in supernatural light. Some few, whose lamp shone brighter, have been led From cause to cause, to Nature's secret head, And... | |
 | John Dryden - 1808 - 480 sider
...rolling fires discover but the sky, Not light us here ; so reason's glimmering ray V Was lent, not to assure our doubtful way, > But guide us upward...sight, So dies, and so dissolves in supernatural light. Some few, whose lamp shone brighter, have been led From cause to cause, to nature's sacred head, And... | |
 | John Dryden, Thomas Park - 1808 - 374 sider
...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 hemisphere ; So pale grows... | |
 | John Dryden, Walter Scott - 1808 - 474 sider
...Those rolling fires discover but the sky, Not light us here; so reason's glimmering ray Y Was lent, not to assure our doubtful way, > But guide us upward to a better day. 3. And as those nightly tapers disappear, When day's bright lord ascends our hemisphere; So pale grows... | |
 | John Dryden, Walter Scott - 1808 - 472 sider
...Those rolling fires discover but the sky, Not light us here; so reason's glimmering ray V Was lent, not to assure our doubtful way, > But guide us upward to a better day. X And as those nightly tapers disappear, When day's bright lord ascends our hemisphere; So pale grows... | |
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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,... 
