 | Psychology - 1828 - 394 pages
...wisdom and by mercy pre-ordained ? Might send him forth the sovereign good to learn To chase each meaner purpose from his breast ; And through the mists of passion and of sense, And through the pelting storms of chance and pain, To hold straight on with constant heart and eye Still fixed upon... | |
 | Christian Cann - 1828 - 570 pages
...of his frame ? But that th' Omnipotent might send him forth, In sight of mortal and immortal pow'rs, As on a boundless theatre, to run The great career of justice; to exalt His gen'rous aim to all diviner deeds ; To chase each partial purpose from his breast ; And through the... | |
 | Charles Burroughs - 1829 - 212 pages
...imparting to them the most extensive benefits, must ever command our admiration and applause. He, who " through the mists of passion and of sense, and through the tossing tide of chance and pain," holds on. his way unfalBering " up the steep ascent of nature," will ever receive the encouragement... | |
 | Robert Chambers - American literature - 1830 - 844 pages
...death to dart his piercing eye, With thoughts beyond the limit of his frame ; But that the Omnipotent be sold and eaten as food ! ' I have been assured,'...whether stewed, roasted, baked, or boiled ; and I toseinï tide of chance and pain, To hold his course unfaltering, while the voice Of Truth and Virtue,... | |
 | Religion - 1853 - 1142 pages
...to dart his piercing eye, With thoughts beyond the limit of his frame ; — But that the Omnipotent might send him forth, In sight of mortal and immortal...each partial purpose from his breast, And through the midst of passion and of sense, And through the tossing tide of chance and pain, To hold his course... | |
 | 1837 - 830 pages
...death to dart his piercing eye, With thoughts beyond the limit of his frame î But that the Omnipotent might send him forth. In sight of mortal and immortal powers, As on a boundless theatre to run The high career of justice ; to exalt His generous aim to all diviner deeds ; To chase each partial purpose... | |
 | Mark Akenside - 1835 - 416 pages
...eye, With thoughts beyond the limit of his frame ; But that the Omnipotent might send him forth us In sight of mortal and immortal powers, As on a boundless...deeds ; To chase each partial purpose from his breast ; i60 And through the mists of passion and of sense, And through the tossing tide of chance and pain,... | |
 | Isaac William Stuart - Classical education - 1836 - 234 pages
...of mortal and immortal powers, " As in a boundless theatre to run "The great career of justice— " And through the mists of passion and of sense, " And...tossing tide of chance and pain " To hold his course unfaultering." You, my young friends, who are standing at the threshold, and waiting with eager impatience... | |
 | Mourner - Devotional literature, English - 1836 - 242 pages
...forth, — Might send him forth the sov'reign good to learn, To chase each meaner purpose from the breast, And through the mists of passion and of sense, And through the pelting storms of grief and pain To hold straight on, with constant heart, and eye Still fix'd upon... | |
 | Mark Akenside - 1838 - 352 pages
...eye, With thoughts beyond the limit of his frame ; But that the Omnipotent might send him forth 155 In sight of mortal and immortal powers, As on a boundless...deeds ; To chase each partial purpose from his breast ; 1 60 * Book I, lint 194. Say, why was man, #r. "] In apologizing for the frequent negligences of... | |
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Through life and death to dart his piercing eye, With thoughts beyond the limit of his frame ; But that the Omnipotent might send him forth In sight of mortal and immortal powers, As on a boundless theatre, to run The great career of justice... 
