| Mark Akenside - 1838 - 352 Seiten
...the spring. 150 Say, * why was man so eminently rais'd Amid the vast creation ; why ordain'd Through life and death to dart his piercing eye, With thoughts beyond the limit of his frame ; But that the Omnipotent might send him forth 155 In sight of mortal and immortal powers, As on a boundless theatre,... | |
| Chandos Leigh - 1839 - 430 Seiten
...POEMS. THE VIEW. Say, why was man so eminently raised, Amid the vast creation ! Why ordain'd Through life and death to dart his piercing eye, With thoughts beyond the limit of his frame; But that the Omnipotent might send him forth, In sight of mortal and immortal power, As in a boundless theatre,... | |
| Fitz-Greene Halleck - 1840 - 372 Seiten
...and the Spring. Say, why was man so eminently raised Amid the vast creation ; why ordain'd Through life and death to dart his piercing eye, With thoughts beyond the limit of his frame ; But that the Omnipotent might send him forth, In sight of mortal and immortal powers, As on a boundless theatre,... | |
| 1841 - 360 Seiten
...and the spring. Say, why was man so eminently raised Amid the vast creation ; why ordain'd Through life and death to dart his piercing eye, With thoughts...beyond the limit of his frame ; But that th' Omnipotent might send him forth In sight of mortal and immortal powers, As on a boundless theatre, to run The... | |
| Robert Chambers - 1844 - 746 Seiten
...tlu: Inßnile.] Say, why was man so eminently raised Amid the vast creation ; why ordained Through in history the Omnipotent might send him forth. In sight of mortal and immortal powers, As on a boundless theatre,... | |
| Mark Akenside - 1845 - 364 Seiten
...the spring. 150 Say, why was man so eminently rais'd Amid the vast Creation ; why ordain'd Through life and death to dart his piercing eye, -* With thoughts beyond the limit of his frame : But that the Omnipotent might send him forth In sight of mortal and immortal powers, As on a boundless theatre,... | |
| Joseph Payne - 1845 - 490 Seiten
...WITH GREATNESS.* SAY, why was man so eminently raised Amid the vast creation ? why ordained Through life and death to dart his piercing eye, With thoughts beyond the limit of his frame, But that the Omnipotent might send him forth, In sight of mortal and immortal powers, As on a boundless theatre,... | |
| Thomas Brown, David Welsh - 1846 - 584 Seiten
...our emulation." Say, why was man so eminently raised Amid the vast creation ; why ordain'd Through life and death to dart his piercing eye, With thoughts beyond the limit of his frame ; But that the Omnipotent might send him forth, In sight of mortal and immortal powers, As on a boundless theatre,... | |
| Robert Joseph Sullivan - 1850 - 524 Seiten
...AFTER THE INFINITE. SAY, why was man so eminently raised Amid the vast creation ; why ordained Through life and death to dart his piercing eye, With thoughts beyond the limit of his frame ; But that the Omnipotent might send him forth In sight of mortal and immortal powers, As on a boundless theatre,... | |
| Daniel Scrymgeour - 1850 - 596 Seiten
...TOWARDS THE INFINITE. Say, why was man so eminently rais'd Amid the vast creation ; why ordain'd Through life and death to dart his piercing eye, With thoughts beyond the limit of his frame ; But that the Omnipotent might send him forth In sight of mortal and immortal powers, As on a boundless theatre,... | |
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