 He looks abroad into the varied field Of nature, and though poor perhaps, compared With those whose mansions glitter in his sight, Calls the delightful scenery all his own. His are the mountains, and the valleys his, And the resplendent rivers. His to...  Poems, with a memoir of the author - Side 302av William Cowper - 1847Uten tilgangsbegrensning - Om denne boken
 | 1838 - 332 sider
...his, And the resplendent rivers. His to enjoy With a propriety that none can feel. But who, with ulial confidence inspired, Can lift to Heaven an unpresumptuous...peculiar right, And by an emphasis of interest his, Whose eyes they fill with tears of holy joy, Whose heart with praise, and whose exalted mind With worthy... | |
 | John McVickar - 1838 - 564 sider
...envy. ' His were the mountains, and the valleys his, And the resplendent rivers his t' enjoy, With a propriety that none can feel, But who, with filial...eye, And smiling say, "My Father made them all."' ' There never yet lived,' says Bishop Jebb, ' a good and happy man who did not communicate from the... | |
 | William Cutter Hanscom - 1838 - 226 sider
...his own. His are the mountains, and the valleys his, And the resplendent rivers. His to enjoy With a propriety that none can feel, But who, with filial...eye, And, smiling, say, ' My Father made them all.' " 3d. Another advantage enjoyed by the believer in the " restitution of all things " is, that he has... | |
 | Edward Bickersteth (rector of Watton, Herts.) - 1838 - 604 sider
...rivers ; his to enjoy With a propriety that none can feel. But who, with filial confidence inspired, Cao lift to heaven an unpresumptuous eye. And smiling...father made them all.' Are they not his by a peculiar righ1, And by an emphasis of interest his, Whose eye they fill with tears of holy joy, Whose heart... | |
 | Henry Woodward - 1838 - 438 sider
...horizon clears, the landscape brightens, and the whole creation rejoices, in the contemplation of him who, with filial confidence inspired, Can lift to...eye, And smiling say — ' My Father made them all !' " I shall conclude with but one more brief observation ; to show the wisdom of " considering the... | |
 | Elizabeth Stryker Ricord - 1840 - 440 sider
...He only truly, because gratefully, enjoys, "Who with filial confidence inspired, Can lift to heav'n an unpresumptuous eye, And smiling say — " My Father...fill with tears of holy joy, Whose heart with praise ?" COWPER. Unfortunate Rousseau, who styled himself I the priest of nature, cast in his dying hours... | |
 | John Greenleaf Adams - 1840 - 286 sider
...his own. His are the mountains, and the valleys his, And the resplendent rivers. His to enjoy With a propriety that none can feel, But who, with filial...eye, And smiling say — ' My Father made them all ! ' " Let us now enter upon a brief consideration of some of the peculiar advantages of the gospel... | |
 | Thomas Shuttleworth Grimshawe - 1840 - 476 sider
...his o\vn. His are the mountains, and the valleys his, And the resplendent rivers j his to enjoy With a propriety that none can feel, ; But who, with filial...unpresumptuous eye, And smiling say, ' My Father made them all ! " t * See ' Annals of the Poor— Negro Servant,' p. 36. t Cowper's Task, bv A suspicion has been... | |
 | Robert Adair - 1840 - 332 sider
...his own. His were the mountains, and the valleys his, And the resplendent rivers. His to enjoy, With a propriety that none can feel, But who, with filial...eye, And smiling say, ' My father made them all.* " These, however, were not the only objects contemplated by his capacious and benevolent mind in his... | |
 | 1847 - 662 sider
...his own. His are the mountains, and the valleys his, And the resplendent rivers. His to enjoy With a propriety that none can feel, But who, with filial...of interest his, Whose eye they fill with tears of holiest joy, With worthy thoughts of that unwearied love That plann'd, and built, and still upholds,... | |
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