| John Dryden - 1760 - 448 էջ
...fires difcover but the fky, Not light us here ; fo reafon's glimmering ray Was lent, not to aflure our doubtful way, But guide us upward to a better day. And as thofe nightly tapers difappear When day's bright lord afcends our hemifphere ; So pale grows reafon... | |
| John Dryden - 1767 - 318 էջ
...rolling fires difcover but the fky, Not light us here; fo reafon's glimmering ray Was lent, not to affure our doubtful way, But guide us upward to a better day. And as thofe nightly tapers difappear When day's bright lord afcends our hemifphere; So pale grows reafon... | |
| John Bell - 1777 - 644 էջ
...tp=a negat, o ntema dccere. DIM as the borrow 'd beams of moon and stars To lonely, weary, wand'ring, travellers, Is reason to the soul : and as on high Those rolling fires discover hut the sky, Not light us here ; so reason's glimm'ring ray J Was leut, not to assure our doubtful... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1779 - 664 էջ
...fires difcover but the fky, Not light us here ; fo reafon's glimmering ray Was lent, not to afture our doubtful way, But guide us upward to a better day. And as thofe nightly tapers difappear When day's bright lord afcends our hemifphere; So pale grows reafon-at... | |
| 1801 - 416 էջ
...ipsa neSat, content* docere. DIM as the borrow'd beams of moon and stars To lonely, weary, wand'ring travellers, Is reason to the soul : and as on high...sky, Not light us here ; so reason's glimmering ray 1 Was lent, not to assure our doubtful way, L But guide us upward to a better day. I And as those nightly... | |
| 1907 - 584 էջ
...machines, and the Churches may well appeal to human hearts and feelings : Dim as the borrowed light of moon and stars To lonely weary wandering travellers, Is reason to the soul. . . . Still, ' dim " as it may have been, it helped the old pagan philosophers to grope forward towards... | |
| John Dryden - 1808 - 382 էջ
...be reasoned into truth. RELIGIO LAICI. Ornari res Ipsa iiegal, coutenla docere. DIM as the borrow'd beams of moon and stars To lonely, weary, wandering...sky, Not light us here; so reason's glimmering ray 1 Was lent, not to assure our doubtful way, f But guide us upward to a better day. J And as those nightly... | |
| John Dryden, Thomas Park - 1808 - 374 էջ
...cunlenla docerc. DIM as the borrow'd beams of moon and stars To lonely, weary, wandering traveller^ Is reason to the soul : and as on high Those rolling...doubtful way, /But guide us upward to a better day. 1 And as those nightly tapers disappear When day's bright lord ascends our hemisphere ; So pale grows... | |
| John Dryden, Walter Scott - 1808 - 474 էջ
...thy design ; > And always to do well is only thine. 3 THO. CREECH. RELIGIO LAICI. DIM as the borrowed beams of moon and stars To lonely, weary, wandering...sky, Not light us here; so reason's glimmering ray Y Was lent, not to assure our doubtful way, > But guide us upward to a better day. 3. And as those... | |
| John Dryden, Walter Scott - 1808 - 472 էջ
...and generous thy design ; > And always to do well is only thine. ) RELIGIO LAICL DIM as the borrowed beams of moon and stars To lonely, weary, wandering...sky, Not light us here; so reason's glimmering ray V Was lent, not to assure our doubtful way, > But guide us upward to a better day. X And as those nightly... | |
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