 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
 | William Jennings Bryan - Biography & Autobiography - 1909 - 462 pages
...repeats the words of the great scholar, Sir William Jones: "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 thy ray." • (NOTE: This address is not copyrighted and can be republished by anyone... | |
 | Adlai Ewing Stevenson - United States - 1909 - 518 pages
...repeats the words of the great scholar, Sir William Jones: ' 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 thy ray.' " XXX THE COLONELS A CONVIVIAL MEETING OF LAWYERS HILARITY SMOTHERED BY THE... | |
 | Thomas Smyth - Presbyterian Church - 1910 - 798 pages
...Sir William Jones their own, and in old age testify, — Before thy mystic altar, heavenly truth, I kneel in manhood, as I knelt in youth : Thus let me...below, Soar without bound, without consuming glow. A Western writer says that he is acquainted with three ladies, 'now in mature life and adorning their... | |
 | Edwin Du Bois Shurter - Speeches, addresses, etc - 1910 - 418 pages
...repeats the words of the great scholar, Sir William Jones: " 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 thy ray." f 8EP2U1948 . Of ... | |
 | Alexander Corkey - American fiction - 1910 - 342 pages
...repeats the words of the great scholar, Sir William Jones: " '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 with thy ray.' " When the speaker had ceased there was a momentary silence. Then the storm... | |
 | Readers - 1910 - 534 pages
...repeats the words of the great scholar, Sir William Jones : "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 thy ray." * * Work Thou for Pleasure BY KENYON COX. Work thou for pleasure ; paint or... | |
 | Methodist Church - 1842 - 700 pages
...taught to admire ; and now " Before thy mystic altar, heavenly Truth, I kneel in manhood, as I kneel'd in youth ; Thus let me kneel, till this dull form...shall my soul, now lost in clouds below, Soar without bounds, without consuming, glow !" And what Christian will not exult, that the age is advancing when... | |
 | Joseph Berg Esenwein, Dale Carnegie - Oratory - 1915 - 536 pages
...repeats the words of the great scholar, Sir William Jones: "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 thy ray." RUFUS CHO ATE EULOGY OF WEBSTER Delivered at Dartmouth College, July 27, 1853.... | |
 | Ray Keeslar Immel - Oratory - 1921 - 346 pages
...repeats the words of the great scholar, Sir William Jones : "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 thy ray ." SOUR GRAPES BY EDWAED A. OTT Edward Amherst Ott was born at Youngstown, Ohio,... | |
 | Iolo Aneurin Williams - English poetry - 1923 - 524 pages
...while all around thee weep. Written in Berkeley's " Siris " 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. Au Firmament " Would I were yon blue field above," Said Plato, warbling am'rous lays, " That with ten... | |
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