 WHEN yonder glorious sky, Lighted with million lamps, I contemplate, And turn my dazzled eye To this vain mortal state, All dim and visionary, mean and desolate,— A mingled joy and grief Fills all my soul with dark solicitude; I find a short relief...  Ancient Poetry and Romances of Spain - Page 226edited by - 1824 - 328 pagesFull view - About this book
 | John Bowring - Hymns - 1823 - 286 pages
...million lamps, I contemplate ; And turn my dazzled eye To this vain mortal state, All dim and visionary, mean and desolate — A mingled joy and. grief Fills...torrents rude Roll down my cheeks — or thoughts that thus intrude : Thou so sublime abode ! Temple of light, and beauty's fairest shrine, — My soul... | |
 | 1825 - 600 pages
...visiony, mean and desolate — ' A mingled joy and grief Fills all my soul with dark solicitude ; 1 find a short relief In tears, whose torrents rude...of light, and beauty's fairest shrine, — My soul ! — 3 spark of God, Aspiring to Thy seats divine— • • Why, why is it condemn'd in this dull... | |
 | Alexander Frederic Foster - Portuguese literature - 1851 - 358 pages
...million lamps, I contemplate ; And turn my dazzled eye To this vain mortal state, All dim and visionary, mean and desolate; — A mingled joy and grief Fills...torrents rude Roll down my cheeks, or thoughts which thus intiude. Thou bright, sublime abode! Temple of light, and beauty's fairest shrine : My soul! a spark... | |
 | Cyclopaedia, Henry Gardiner Adams - 1854 - 762 pages
...million lamps, I contemplate ; And turn my dazzled eye To this vain mortal state, All dim and visionary, mean and desolate, A mingled joy and grief Fills all...torrents rude Roll down my cheeks, or thoughts which then intrude. Thou bright, sublime abode! Temple of light, and beauty's fairest shrine: My soul! a... | |
 | Augustus Charles Thompson - Heaven - 1863 - 392 pages
...vain mortal state, All dim and visionary, mean and desolate, — • A mingled joy and grief Pills all my soul with dark solicitude; I find a short relief...abode, Temple of light, and beauty's fairest shrine 1 My soul, a spark of God, Aspiring to thy seats divine, Why, why is it condemned in this dull cell... | |
 | Augusta Blanche Berard - Art, Spanish - 1866 - 188 pages
...this vain mortal state, All dim and visionary, mean and desolate : In tears, whose torrents rude Eoll down my cheeks ; or thoughts which thus intrude :...God, Aspiring to thy seats divine, — Why, why is it condemned in this dull cell to pine? " Why should I ask in vain For truth's pure lamp, and wander here... | |
 | Lucy Pauline Wright Hobart - Consolation - 1867 - 534 pages
...dazzled eye To this vain mortal state, All dim and visionary, mean and desolate — NOCHE SERENA. 249 A mingled joy and grief Fills all my soul with dark...In tears, whose torrents rude Roll down my cheeks, at thoughts that will intrude. Thou so sublime abode, Temple of light, and- beauty's fairest shrine... | |
 | Henry Clay Fish - Heaven - 1874 - 826 pages
...million lamps, I contemplate, And turn my dazzled eye To this vain mortal state, All dim and visionary, mean and desolate,— A mingled joy and grief Fills...God, Aspiring to thy seats divine, Why, why is it condemned in this dull cell to pine? Why should I ask in vain For truth's pure lamp, and wander here... | |
 | Philip Schaff, Arthur Gilman - Dummies (Bookselling) - 1880 - 1108 pages
...million lamps, 1 contemplate, And turn my dazzled eye To this vain mortal state, All dim and visionary, e numbered with thy Saints in glory everlasting. O Lord, save who^e torrents rude Roll down my cheeks, at thoughts that will intrude. Thou so sublime abode, Temple... | |
 | Philip Schaff, Arthur Gilman - Religious poetry - 1885 - 1148 pages
...million lamps, I contemplate, And turn my dazzled eye To this vain mortal state, All dim and visionary, mean and desolate, A mingled joy and grief Fills all...In tears, whose torrents rude Roll down my cheeks, at thoughts that will intrude. Thou so sublime abode, Temple of light, and Leauty's fairest shrine... | |
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