 | 1846 - 586 pages
...the physical universe the greater analogy shall we find between things temporal and spiritual: "Wh&t if earth Be but the shadow of heaven and things therein,...Each to' other like, more than on earth is thought !" We find that the Jewish people were continually instructed by signs : their whole worship was typical;... | |
 | Arbitration (International law) - 1873 - 398 pages
...Peace, shall overspread, glorify and bless all lands. The prince of English poets significantly asks, " What if earth be but the shadow of heaven and things...each to other like more than on earth is thought?" This scene of blended majesty and loveliness of dazzling glory, and ravishing sweetness presented to... | |
 | John Milton - 1847 - 604 pages
...secrets of another world, perhaps Not lawful to reveal? yet for thy good 570 This is dispens'd ; and what surmounts the reach Of human sense, I shall delineate so, By likening spiritual to corporeal forms, As may express them best ; though, what if Earth Be but the shadow of Heaven, and... | |
 | Theophilus Parsons - New Jerusalem Church - 1847 - 196 pages
...laws, it is like our own. Milton was more than a poet, or rather he was truly a poet, when he says, Though what if earth Be but the shadow of heaven and things therein, Each to the other like, more than on earth is thought ! And Wordsworth, true to the same poetic instinct, has... | |
 | John Milton, Edward Young - 1848 - 600 pages
...secrets of another world, perhaps Not lawful to reveal ? yet for thy good 575 This is dispensed ; and what surmounts the reach Of human sense, I shall delineate so, By likening spiritual to corporeal forms, As may express them best ; though what if Earth Be but the shadow of Heaven, and things... | |
 | John Milton - Bible - 1849 - 296 pages
...and hard ; for how shall I relate To human sense th' invisible exploits 565 This is dispens'd ; and what surmounts the reach Of human sense, I shall delineate...what if earth Be but the shadow of heaven, and things therein,575 Each to other like, more than on earth is thought * "As yet this world was not, and Chaos... | |
 | Philip Wood - 1849 - 348 pages
...the accessor of the throne of the Eternal, and communicates with us face to face and hand to hand. -What, if Earth Be but the shadow of Heaven, and things...Each to other like, more than on earth is thought?" MILTON. The Creator in his wisdom has made all things to speak of his goodness and to declare his power:... | |
 | 1849 - 858 pages
...mount ; and the question suggested by the angel to Milton is often forced upon their meditations— 1 What, if earth Be but the shadow of heaven and things...Each to other like, more than on earth is thought ?' For it is a great misunderstanding of the matter, to think of these as happily, but yet arbitrarily,... | |
 | John Milton - 1849 - 650 pages
...secrets of another world, perhaps Not lawful to reveal ? yet for thy good 575 This is dispensed ; and what surmounts the reach Of human sense, I shall delineate so, By likening spiritual to corporeal forms, As may express them best ; though what if Earth Be but the shadow of Heaven, and things... | |
 | Job Durfee (Class of 1813) - American literature - 1849 - 562 pages
...REASON, RESOLVED INTO ITS OBJECTIVE ALL j SPIRITUAL AND MATERIAL. "What if earth Be hut the dhadow of Heaven, and things therein Each to other like, more than on Earth is thought?" THAT God is present to every human soul, is a truth which all admit. That He is present within, and... | |
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This is dispensed ; and what surmounts the reach Of human sense I shall delineate so, By likening spiritual to corporal forms, As may express them best ; though what if earth Be but the shadow of heaven, and things therein Each to other like, more than... 
