| Grace Townsend - 1891 - 570 pàgines
...its sublime research, philosophyMay measure out the ocean deep — may count The sands or the sun's rays, — but God! for thee There is no weight nor...dark; And thought is lost ere thought can soar so high — E'en like past moments in eternity. Thou from primeval nothingness didst call, First chaos, then... | |
| Theodore Francis Wright - 1892 - 284 pàgines
...thyself alone, — Embracing all, supporting, ruling o'er, — Being whom we call God and know no more I And thought is lost ere thought can soar so high, Even like past moments in eternity."* 1 John iv. 42. * Derzhavin. But this impossibility of adequately conceiving of the Divine should not... | |
| Anne M. Prescott - 1893 - 268 pàgines
...its sublime research, philosophy May measure out the ocean-deep — may count The sands or the sun's rays— but, God ! for Thee There is no weight nor...soar so high, Even like past moments in eternity." " Lord, forever at Thy side Let my place and portion be: Strip me of the robe of pride, Clothe me with... | |
| Ainsworth Rand Spofford, Charles Gibbon - 1893 - 484 pàgines
...its sublime research, philosophy May measure out the ocean-deep — may count The sands or the sun's rays — but, God! for thee There is no weight nor measure: — none can mount Tip to Thy mysteries; Reason's brightest spark, Though kindled by Thy light, in vain would try To trace... | |
| Joseph Edwards Carpenter - 1894 - 586 pàgines
...Being whom we call God, and know no more. In its sublime research, philosophy The sands or the snn's rays; but God ! for Thee There is no weight nor measure...infinite and dark ; And thought is lost ere thought can mount so high, E'en like past moments in eternity. Thou from primeval nothingness didst call First... | |
| 1894 - 832 pàgines
...its sublime research, philosophy May measure out the ocean deep — may count The sand, or the sun's rays — but God! for Thee There is no weight nor...mount Up to thy mysteries; Reason's brightest spark 208 209 kindled by thy light, in vain would try counsels, infinite and dark: from primeval nothingness... | |
| Henry Coppée - 1896 - 546 pàgines
...its sublime research philosophy May measure out the ocean-deep — may count The sands or the sun'a rays — but, God, for thee There is no weight nor...soar so high, Even like past moments in eternity. * Golovnin says of this poem that it has been translated into Japanese by order of the emperor, and... | |
| John Clark Ridpath - 1898 - 554 pàgines
...In its sublime research, Philosophy May measure out the ocean-deep, may count The sands or the sun's rays ; but, God ! for Thee There is no weight nor...infinite and dark ; And thought is lost ere thought can mount so high, E'en like past moments in eternity. Thou from primeval nothingness didst call First... | |
| 1900 - 594 pàgines
...God! lor Thee There is no weight nor measure :— none cim mount Up to Thy my. teries. Reason's bright spark, Though kindled by Thy light, in vain would try To trace T.iy counsels, InlInlle and dark ; And thought is lost ere thought can soar so high, Even hke past... | |
| Henry Coppée - 1899 - 544 pàgines
...sublime research philosophy May measure out the ocean-deep—may count The sands or the sun's rays—but, God, for thee There is no weight nor measure; none...soar so high, Even like past moments in eternity. * Golovnin says of this poem that it has been translated into Japanese by order of the emperor, and... | |
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