These are thy glorious works, Parent of good, Almighty, thine this universal frame, Thus wondrous fair; thyself how wondrous then ! Unspeakable, who sitt'st above these heavens, To us invisible, or dimly seen In these thy lowest works; yet these declare... The Quarterly Review - Page 431edited by - 1829Full view - About this book
| A. Yosy - 1823 - 304 pages
...detained with them beyond the intended period of return to the paternal roof. CHAP. VII. " These are thy glorious works, Parent of good, Almighty : thine this universal frame, Thus wondrous fair — Thyself how wondrous then ! Unspeakable! Who sitt'st above these heavens, To us invisible, or dimly... | |
| A. Yosy - 1823 - 574 pages
...detained with them beyond the intended period of return to the paternal roof. CHAP. VII. " These are thy glorious works, Parent of good, Almighty : thine this universal frame, Thus wondrous fair—Thyself how wondrous then! Unspeakable! Whositt'st above these heavens, To us invisible, or... | |
| Timothy Dwight - Religion - 1824 - 652 pages
...Divine perfection. How naturally do our first parents exclaim, in the language of the great English poet, ' These are thy glorious works, Parent of good, Almighty ! thine this universal frame, Thus woudrous fair ; thyself how wondrous then, Unspeakable ! ' What an astonishing act must it have been... | |
| Maria Elizabeth Budden - Conduct of life - 1824 - 226 pages
...assemblage of loveliness and grandeur; and the scenes awakened to admire, will unite to adore. " These are thy glorious Works, Parent of Good, Almighty !—Thine this universal Frame ! Thus wondrous fair ! Thyself how wondrous then!" It is natural for a feeling mind to desire to share its happiness I*... | |
| 1824 - 492 pages
...those beautiful lines of Milton, so appropriate to the feelings on such an occasion : — These are thy glorious works ! Parent of good ! Almighty ! thine this universal frame, Thus wondrous fair : thyself how wondrous then! Unspeakable ! who sit'st above these heavens, To us invisible, or dimly... | |
| John Milton - 1824 - 510 pages
...More tunable than needed lute or harp 151 To add more sweetness; and they thus began : " These are thy glorious works, Parent of Good ! Almighty ! thine this universal frame, Thus wondrous fair ; thyself how wondrous then ! Unspeakable, who sitt'st above these heavens 156 To us invisible, or... | |
| British poets - 1824 - 676 pages
...infinite That brought them forth, but hid their causes deep. Milton's Paradise Lost, b. 3. These are thy glorious works, Parent of good, Almighty, thine this universal frame, Thus wond'rous fair ; thyself how wond'rous then ! Unspeakable, who sit'st above these heavens To us invisible, or dimly... | |
| Readers - 1824 - 348 pages
...argument I may assert eternal providence, And justify the ways of God to men. Morning Hymn. THESE are thy glorious works, Parent of good ! Almighty ! thine this universal frame, Thus wond'rous ; fair: thyself ho wwond'rous, then, Unspeakable ! who sit'st above these heavens, To us invisible, or dimly... | |
| John Lauris Blake - History - 1824 - 396 pages
...renouncing Christianity ! — 5. How many sufiered martyrdom with Theodore ? MORNING HYMN. 1. THESE are thy glorious works, Parent of good, Almighty ; thine this universal frame, Thus wondrous fair; Thyself how wondrous then ! Unspeakable, who sitt'st above these heav'ns, To us invisible, or dimly... | |
| William Hazlitt - English poetry - 1824 - 1062 pages
...verse, More tuneable than needed lute or harp To add more sweetness ; and they thus began. These are herbs, Espoused Eve deck'd first her nuptial bed, And heav'nly choirs the hymensean ; thyself how wondrous then ! laspeakable, who sit'st above these Heavens TJ us mvisible, or dimly... | |
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