 Enquirer, cease, petitions yet remain, Which heav'n may hear, nor deem religion vain. Still raise for good the supplicating voice, But leave to heav'n the measure and the choice, Safe in his pow'r, whose eyes discern afar The secret ambush of a specious...  Miscellaneous and Fugitive Pieces - Page 322by Samuel Johnson - 1774 - 375 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Cassell, ltd - 1883 - 562 pages
...Must no dislike alarm, no wishes rise, No cries attempt the mercies of the skies ? Enquirer, cease, petitions yet remain Which Heav'n may hear, nor deem religion vain. Still raise for good the supplicating voice, But leave to Heav'n the measure and the choice. Safe in His... | |
 | Edwin O. Chapman - American poetry - 1884 - 430 pages
...Must no dislike alarm, no wishes rise, No cries invoke the mercies of the skies ? Inquirer, cease ; petitions yet remain Which Heav'n may hear, nor deem religion vain. Still raise for good the supplicating voice, But leave to Heav'n the measure and the choice : Safe in his... | |
 | James Boswell - Authors, English - 1888 - 608 pages
...Shall no dislike alarm, no wishes rise, No cries attempt the mercy of the skies ? Enthusiast, cease ; petitions yet remain, Which heav'n may hear, nor deem religion vain. Still raise for good the supplicating voice, But leave to heav'n the measure and the choice. Safe in his... | |
 | Louis Du Pont Syle - English poetry - 1894 - 478 pages
...no dislike alarm, no wishes rise, No cries invoke the mercies of the skies ? — Enquirer, cease ; petitions yet remain, Which heav'n may hear ; nor deem religion vain. Still raise for good the supplicating voice, But leave to heav'n the measure and the choice ; Safe in his... | |
 | Richard Garnett, Léon Vallée, Alois Brandl - Anthologies - 1899 - 432 pages
...Must no dislike alarm, no wishes rise, No cries invoke the mercies of the skies ? Inquirer, cease, petitions yet remain, Which Heav'n may hear, nor deem religion vain. Still raise for good the supplicating voice, But leave to Heav'n the measure, and the choice. Safe in his... | |
 | James Boswell - 1900 - 638 pages
...Shall no dislike alarm, no wishes rise, No cries attempt the mercy of the skies ? Enthusiast, cease ; petitions yet remain, Which heav'n may hear, nor deem religion vain. Still raise for good the supplicating voice, But leave to heav'n the measure and the choice. Safe in his... | |
 | Walter Cochrane Bronson - English poetry - 1908 - 562 pages
...Must no dislike alarm, no wishes rise, No cries invoke the mercies of the skies? 80 Enquirer, cease; petitions yet remaIn Which Heav'n may hear. Nor deem religion vain: Still raise for good the supplicating voice, But leave to Heav'n the measure and the choice, Safe in His... | |
 | William Henry Hudson - Authors, English - 1918 - 186 pages
...Must no dislike alarm, no wishes rise, No cries invoke the mercies of the skies ? Inquirer, cease : petitions yet remain, Which Heav'n may hear : nor deem religion vain. Still raise for good the supplicating voice, But leave to Heav'n the measure and the choice. Safe in his... | |
 | David Nichol Smith - English poetry - 1926 - 744 pages
...Must no Dislike alarm, no Wishes rise, No Cries attempt the Mercies of the skies? Enquirer, cease, Petitions yet remain, Which Heav'n may hear, nor deem Religion vain. Still raise for Good the supplicating Voice, But leave to Heav'n the Measure and the Choice : Safe in his... | |
 | Charles Townsend Copeland - American literature - 1926 - 1744 pages
...fate? Must no dislike alarm, no wishes rise No cries attempt the mercies of the skies? Inquirer, cease, , raise for good the supplicating voice, But leave to heav'n the measure and the choice. Safe in his... | |
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