 Almighty's mysteries to read In the large volumes of the skies. For the bright firmament Shoots forth no flame So silent, but is eloquent In speaking the Creator's name. No unregarded star Contracts its light Into so small a character...  The beginners' drill-book of English grammar - Page 112by James Burton (schoolmaster.) - 1878 - 113 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1854 - 1112 pages
...; Loud as night's thunder Ascends the glad psalm. — QJP CELESTIAL OBJECTS. AUGUST, 1854. :1 W«EM I survey the bright Celestial sphere, So rich with...soul her wings doth spread, And heavenward flies, The' Almighty's mysteries to read In the large volumes of the skies. CELESTIAL OJUKCTS. " For the bright... | |
 | 1837 - 540 pages
...Penseroso" section, we gather a poem often quoted from, but seldom seen : — THE MI\ Mir rt OF HABINGTON. " When I survey the bright Celestial sphere So rich...My soul her wings doth spread And heavenward flies, The Almighty's mysteries to read, In the large volumes of the skies. " For the bright firmament Shoots... | |
 | 1832 - 406 pages
...glass of grog for saving a boy's life ?" ' THE FIRMAMENT. | WILLIAM HABINGTON, born 1605, died 1654.] When I survey the bright Celestial Sphere: So rich...soul her wings doth spread, And Heaven-ward flies, The Almighty's mysteries to read In the large volumes of the skies. For the bright firmament Shoots... | |
 | William Hone - 1832 - 852 pages
...piers, and the ocean engulfed numberless ships and sailors, with an immense amount of property. NIGHT. When I survey the bright Celestial sphere : So rich...night Doth like an Ethiop bride appear : My soul her wing doth spread. And heaven-ward fliee, The Almighty's mysteries to read In the large volume of the... | |
 | Giles Fletcher - 1836 - 442 pages
...lost in death's cold night, Who will remember, now I write ? " NIGHT SHOWETH KNOWLEDGE."— DAVID. WHEN I survey the bright Celestial sphere, So rich...soul her wings doth spread, And heavenward flies, The Almighty's mysteries to read In the large volumes of the skies. For the bright firmament Shoots... | |
 | Richard Cattermole - 1836 - 436 pages
...lost in death's cold night, Who will remember, now I write ? " NIGHT SHOWETH KNOWLEDGE."— DAVID. WHEN I survey the bright Celestial sphere, So rich...soul her wings doth spread, And heavenward flies, The Almighty's mysteries to read In the large volumes of the skies. For the bright firmament Shoots... | |
 | Chandler Robbins Gilman - 1836 - 296 pages
...those faintly blushing rays were most beautiful. I thought of those sweet lines of old Habingdon : " When I survey the bright Celestial sphere, So rich...bride appear ; My soul her wings doth spread, And upward flies, Th' Almighty mysteries to read In the large volume of the skies." Then came recollections... | |
 | George Willson - 1840 - 298 pages
...noisome grave. Like a disabled pitcher of no use. — Blair. LESSON LXXXI. The Firmament. — HABINOTON. WHEN I survey the bright Celestial sphere ; So rich...soul her wings doth spread, And Heavenward flies, The Almighty's mysteries to read In the large volumes of the skies For the bright firmament Shoots... | |
 | Gems - 1841 - 624 pages
...For both dissolve to air, if Thou Thy influence but withdraw. NOX NOCTI INDICAT SCIENTIAM.— DAVID. WHEN I survey the bright Celestial sphere, So rich...flies, Th' Almighty's mysteries to read In the large volume of the skies. For the bright firmament Shoots forth no flame So silent, but is eloquent In speaking... | |
 | 1841 - 504 pages
...the poor. GEMS FROM THE OLD ENGLISH POET3. NIGHT BHOWETH KNOWLEDGE. William Hablngdon (1806-16541. When I survey the bright Celestial sphere, So rich with jewels hung, that night Doth like an Ethlop bride appear i My aoul her wings doth spread. And heavenward flies, Tho Almighty's mysteries... | |
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