 In vain, they gaze, turn giddy, rave, and die. Religion, blushing, veils her sacred fires, And unawares Morality expires. Nor public flame, nor private dares to shine; Nor human spark is left, nor glimpse divine Lo, thy dread empire, Chaos ! is restored;...  Ancient Religion and Modern Thought - Page 217by William Samuel Lilly - 1884 - 371 lehteFull view - About this book
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1909 - 882 lehte
...head ; Philosophy, that leaned on Heaven before, Shrinks to her second cause and is no more. Religion, blushing, veils her sacred fires, And, unawares, Morality...shine, Nor human spark is left, nor glimpse divine. Lo ! thy dread empire, Chaos, is restored, Light dies before thy uncreating word ; Thy hand, great... | |
 | Robert DEUCHAR - 1864 - 374 lehte
...all is night. See, skulking truth to her old cavern led, Mountains of casuistry heap'd on her head, Nor public flame, nor private, dares to shine, Nor human spark is left, nor glimpse divine." MODERN SECULAR PHILOSOPHY. What has it done for religion ? I will exemplify it by only two or three... | |
 | John Bartlett - 1865 - 504 lehte
...penalties of idleness. Book iv. Line 342. E'en Palinurus nodded at the helm. Book iv. Line 614. Religion, blushing, veils her sacred fires, And unawares Morality...shine ; Nor human spark is left, nor glimpse divine ! Lo ! thy dread empire, Chaos, is restored ; Light dies before thy uncreating word : Thy hand, great... | |
 | Edward Isidore Sears - 1865 - 858 lehte
...cause and is no more. Religion, blushing, veils her sacred fires, And, unawares, Morality expires. No public flame, nor private, dares to shine, Nor human spark is left, nor glimpse divine. Lo! thy dread empire, Chaos, is restored. Light dies before thy uncreating word ; Thy hand, great Anarch,... | |
 | 1865 - 838 lehte
...cause and is no more. Religion, blushing, veils her sacred fires, And, unawares, Morality expires. No public flame, nor private, dares to shine, Nor human spark is left, nor glimpse divine. Lo! thy dread empire, Chaos, is restored. Light dies before thy uncreating word ; Thy hand, great Anarch,... | |
 | 1883 - 934 lehte
...noble verse of the great moral poet of the last century — the noblest he ever wrote — "Religion, blushing, veils her sacred fires, And unawares morality...glimpse divine." I venture to think otherwise. And as with regard to the subject of which I am writing, it may be said that "egotism is true modesty,"... | |
 | Hippolyte Taine - 1866 - 500 lehte
...his no more. Physic of metaphysic begs defence, And metaphysic calls for aid on sense.... Religion blushing veils her sacred fires, And unawares morality...shine, Nor human spark is left, nor glimpse divine ; Lp! Thy dread empire, Chaos, is restor'd; Light dies before thy uncreating word, Thyhand, great Anarch,... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1867 - 334 lehte
...head; Philosophy, that leaned on Heaven before, Shrinks to her second cause and is no more. Religion, blushing, veils her sacred fires, And unawares Morality...shine, Nor human spark is left, nor glimpse divine. Lp! thy dread empire, Chaos, is restored, Light dies before thy uncreating word; Thy hand, great Anarch,... | |
 | Henry George Bohn - 1867 - 752 lehte
...ancestors of nature, hold Eternal anarchy amidst the noiso Of endless wars. Milton, PL n. 894. Religion, blushing, veils her sacred fires, And unawares Morality...shine ; Nor human spark is left, nor glimpse divine ! Lp ! thy dread empire, Chaos, is restored ; Light dies before thy uncreating word : Thy hand, great... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1867 - 520 lehte
...on Sense/ See Mystery to Mathematics fly ! In vain ! they gaze, turn giddy, rave, and die. Religion, blushing, veils her sacred fires, And unawares Morality...expires, Nor public flame, nor private, dares to shine j Nor human spark is left, nor glimpse divine I Lp ! thy dread empire, CHAOS ! is restored; Light dies... | |
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