| London coll. of the Presbyterian church in England - 1875 - 268 lehte
...spiritual thought. No wonder that Dryden himself succumbed to superstition, when he could write : — " Dim as the borrowed beams of moon and stars, To lonely,...wandering travellers, Is Reason to the soul. And as those mighty tapers disappear When day's bright lord ascends our hemisphere, So pale grows Reason at... | |
| Samuel Austin Allibone - 1875 - 794 lehte
...gone: But youth is strong enough to walk alone. DRYDEN. Dim as the borrow'd beams of moon and stxfl To lonely, weary, wandering travellers, Is reason...and as on high Those rolling fires discover but the <;ky, — Not light us here, — so reason's glimmering r» Was lent, not to assure our doubtful wav,... | |
| James Hamblin Smith - 1876 - 184 lehte
...at the command of the representatives of the nation. — Macaulay. Adjectives. Dim as the borrow'd beams of moon and stars To lonely, weary, wandering travellers, Is Reason to the soul. — Dryden. I fear thee, ancient mariner ! I fear thy skinny hand ! And thou art long, and lank, and... | |
| William Collins - 1877 - 104 lehte
...go ; To make a third, she joined the former two. REASON. FROM " EEHGIO LAICl." ! IM as the boLTOwed beams of moon and stars To lonely, weary, wandering travellers, Is Reason to the soul ; and as on Ligli Those rolling fires discover but the sky, Not light us here ; so Reason's glimmering ray Was... | |
| John Dryden - 1878 - 368 lehte
...naturally are. A man is to be cheated into passion, but to be reasoned into 10 truth. RELIGIO LAICI. DIM as the borrowed beams of moon and stars To lonely,...sky, Not light us here, so Reason's glimmering ray 5 "Was lent, not to assure our doubtful way, But guide us upward to a better day. And as those nightly... | |
| Hippolyte Taine - 1878 - 518 lehte
...toerlaffen fein.. .."**) *) Dim as the borrow'd beams of moon and stars To lonely, weary, wand'ring travellers, Is reason to the soul: and as on high Those rolling fires discover but the sky, • Nor light us here ; so Reason's glimm'ring ray Was lent, not to assure our doubtful way, But guide... | |
| Young people - 1879 - 348 lehte
...which describes justly the comparative advantages of Reason and Revelation in guiding men to Heaven. " Dim as the borrowed beams of moon and stars To lonely, weary, wandering travellers, Is Beason to the soul ; and as on high Those rolling fires discover but the sky, Nor light us here ; so... | |
| James Hain Friswell - 1880 - 380 lehte
...Materialist are utterly confuted. The latter piece he begins in a very noble vein : — Dim as the borrow'd beams of moon and stars To lonely, weary, wandering...light us here, so Reason's glimmering ray Was lent us, not t'assure our doubtful way, But guide us upward to a better day. No divine ever argued better.... | |
| Birmingham central literary assoc - 1881 - 470 lehte
...Catholic communion, he published a piece entitled " The Layman's Faith." This is his declaration : — " Dim as the borrowed beams of moon and stars To lonely,...glimmering ray Was lent, not to assure our doubtful way, Out guide us upward to a better day. And, as those nightly tapers disappear When day's bright lord... | |
| Edwin Harrison Cady, Louis J. Budd - 1991 - 280 lehte
...and Stars To lonely, weary, wandring Travellers, Is Reason to the Soul: And as on high, Those rowling Fires discover but the Sky Not light us here; So Reason's glimmering Ray Was lent, not to assure our doubtfull way, But guide us upward to a better Day? Actually, Frost's position agrees with a major... | |
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