 For I must tread on shadowy ground, must sink Deep, and, aloft ascending, breathe in worlds To which the heaven of heavens is but a veil. All strength, all terror, single or in bands, That ever was put forth in personal form — Jehovah, with his thunder,...  Blackwood's Magazine - Page 5801838Full view - About this book
 | William Wordsworth - English poetry - 1814 - 476 pages
...me find though few !" So prayed, more gaining than he asked, the Bard, Holiest of Men. — Urania, I shall need Thy guidance, or a greater Muse, if such...worlds To which the heaven of heavens is but a veil. A II strength — all terror, single or in bands, That ever was put forth in personal form ; Jehovah... | |
 | 1815 - 670 pages
...the Poem, in which the Author commences his plan, and invokes celestial aid. Urania, I shall need liy guidance, or a greater Muse, if such Descend to earth...all terror, single or in bands, That ever was put forth in personal form ; Jehovah — with his thunder, and the choir Of shouting Angels, and the empyreal... | |
 | Samuel Greatheed, Daniel Parken, Theophilus Williams, Josiah Conder, Thomas Price, Jonathan Edwards Ryland, Edwin Paxton Hood - English literature - 1815 - 702 pages
...Poem, in which the Author commences his plan, and invokes celestial aid. . ' Urania, I shall need hy guidance, or a greater Muse, if such Descend to earth...all terror, single or in bands, That ever was put forth in personal form ; Jehovah — with his thunder, and the choir Of shouting Angels, and the empyreal... | |
 | Charities - 1815 - 394 pages
...audience let me find tho' few !' So pray'd, more gaining than he ask'd, the bard Holiest of men. Urania, I shall need Thy guidance, or a greater muse if such Descend to earth, or dwell in highest heav'n ! For I must tread on shadowy ground, must sink Deep and aloft ascending, breathe in worlds... | |
 | Liberalism (Religion) - 1816 - 802 pages
...gives him a dim vision of paradise, and he rises from the contemplation of transitory scenes, " to breathe in worlds * To which the heaven of heavens is but a veil." And yet there arc those who think he wants deeper mysteries — who can find no sublimity but in terras... | |
 | John Gibson Lockhart - Edinburgh (Scotland) - 1819 - 380 pages
...likely to have, of the true sources, as well as the true effects, of the knowledge of man. " Urania, I shall need Thy guidance, or a greater muse, if such...all terror, single or in bands, That ever was put forth in personal form ; Jehovah — with his thunder, and the choir Of shouting angels, and the empyreal... | |
 | John Gibson Lockhart - Edinburgh (Scotland) - 1819 - 378 pages
...likely to have, of the true sources, as well as the true effects, of the knowledge of man. " Urania, I shall need Thy guidance, or a greater muse, if such...tread on shadowy ground, must sink Deep- — and, alofi ascending, breathe in worlds, To which the Heaven of Heavens is but a veil.— All strength —... | |
 | John Gibson Lockhart - Edinburgh (Scotland) - 1820 - 596 pages
...likely to have, of the true sources, as well as the true effects, of the knowledge of man. " Urania, I shall need Thy guidance, or a greater muse, if such...Descend to earth, or dwell in highest Heaven ! For 1 must tread on shadowy ground, must sink Deep — anJ, aloft ascending, breathe in worlds, To which... | |
 | Books - 1820 - 404 pages
...superstition, or sit " lone upon the shores of old romance," or pierce the veil of mortality, and " breathe in worlds to which the heaven of heavens is but a veil." The very deficiency of the romantic, in the actual paths of existence, will cause him to dwell in thought... | |
 | John Gibson Lockhart - Edinburgh (Scotland) - 1820 - 532 pages
...sources, as well as the true effects, of the knowledge of man. " Urania, 1 shall need Thy guidance, ora greater muse, if such Descend to earth, or dwell in highest Heaven ! For 1 must tread on shadowy ground, must sink Deep — and, aloft ascending, breathe in worlds, To which... | |
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