 Before thy mystic altar, heavenly truth, I kneel in manhood, as I knelt in youth. Thus let me kneel, till this dull form decay, And life's last shade be brightened by thy ray. Then shall my soul, now lost in clouds below, Soar without bound, without consuming...  The British Prose Writers - Page 1731821Full view - About this book
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - 746 pages
...! Tlie Condudinj Sentence of Berkeley1! Siria Imitated. Before thy mystic altar, heavenly Truth, I ho were able to evade this tempest fled to the walled...cities ; but, escaping from fire, sword, and exile, the brightened by thy ray : Then shall my soul, now lost in clouds below, Soar without bound, without consuming... | |
 | Deborah Matilda Lunt Bennison - 1847 - 154 pages
...of said Cburch, at that time. Before thy Sacred Altar, Heavenly Truth ! I bow in manhood as I bowed in youth ; Thus let me kneel till this dull form decay, And life's last shadow brighten in thy ray ; Then let my soul, now lost in clouds below, Boar without bounds, — without... | |
 | Electronic journals - 1867 - 696 pages
...— ' Quos vult Jupiter perderé dementat prias.' " PAL " Before thy mystic altar, heav'nly Truth, I kneel in manhood, as I knelt in youth : Thus let me...below, Soar without bound, without consuming glow." Memoirs of Sir William Jones's Life, 4to, p. 370. A note says : — " These lines were written by Sir... | |
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1851 - 790 pages
...Jones's testimony, we conclude by urging his example. " Before thy mystic allar. Heavenly Truth, I kneel in manhood, as I knelt in youth : Thus let me kneel, till flu- dull form decay, And life's last shade be brighten'd by thy ray. Then shall my soul, now lost... | |
 | Alexander Marjoribanks - America - 1853 - 504 pages
...interest whatever in the matter but the cause of truth, and ttefore thy sacred altar, heavenly Truth, I kneel in manhood as I knelt in youth ; Thus let me...dull form decay, And life's last shade be brighten'd hy thy ray ; Then shall my soul, now lost in clouds below, Soar without bound, without consuming glow.... | |
 | Thomas Smyth - Christian life - 1857 - 468 pages
...own, and in old age testify : — Before thy mystic altar, heavenly truth, I kneel in manhood, as 1 knelt in youth : Thus let me kneel, till this dull form decay, And life's last shade be brightened by thy ray ; Then shall my soul, now lost in clouds below, Soar without bound, without consuming... | |
 | 1860 - 784 pages
...conclude by urging his example. " Before thy mystic altar. Heavenly Truth, I kneel in umnhood. as 1 knelt in youth : Thus let me kneel till this dull...decay, And life's last shade be brighten'd by thy rny. Then shall my soul, now lost in clouds below. Sour without bound, without consuming glow."* TO... | |
 | Hymns - Hymns, English - 1861 - 464 pages
..." Sanctify them through Thy truth. Thy Word is Truth." " Before Thy mystic altar, heavenly Truth, I kneel in manhood, as I knelt in youth ; Thus let me...till this dull form decay, And life's last shade be brightened by this ray." Sir W. JOHBS. fjf HE rounded whole of Truth the mortal mind 'iO f£ May never... | |
 | Quotations - 1861 - 356 pages
...Not in the tongue, which falsehood oft imparts; BRANDON. Before thy mystic nltar, heavenly Truth, I kneel in manhood as I knelt in youth: Thus let me...till this dull form decay, And life's last shade be brightened by thy ray: Then shall my soul, now lost in clouds below, Soar without bound, without consuming... | |
 | Oliver Norton Worden - Washington County (R.I.) - 1868 - 270 pages
...Jones — "Around thy mystic altar, heavenly Truth ! I kneel in manhood as I knelt in youth ; There let me kneel till this dull form decay, And life's last shade be brightened by the ray ; Then shall my soul, now lost in clouds below, Soar without bound ; without... | |
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