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Page xvi
... wings of the tempest , or as He is silently shining out his name in suns and galaxies — those un- wearied " Watchers " and unbaptized " Holy Ones . " In 1745 , Young wrote " Reflections on the Public Situation of the Kingdom " —a ...
... wings of the tempest , or as He is silently shining out his name in suns and galaxies — those un- wearied " Watchers " and unbaptized " Holy Ones . " In 1745 , Young wrote " Reflections on the Public Situation of the Kingdom " —a ...
Page xxvi
... wing of fire , Soar'd where I sink , and sung immortal man ! How had it bless'd mankind , and rescued me ! " The reader will notice how , in this noble passage , the in- dividual sentences and points are all subordinated to the main ...
... wing of fire , Soar'd where I sink , and sung immortal man ! How had it bless'd mankind , and rescued me ! " The reader will notice how , in this noble passage , the in- dividual sentences and points are all subordinated to the main ...
Page xxviii
... of the tempest , it is a tempest on whose wings , to use his own simple but immortal words , " The Lord is abroad . " THE COMPLAINT : OR , NIGHT THOUGHTS . A PREFACE xxviii LIFE AND POETIC GENIUS OF EDWARD YOUNG. ...
... of the tempest , it is a tempest on whose wings , to use his own simple but immortal words , " The Lord is abroad . " THE COMPLAINT : OR , NIGHT THOUGHTS . A PREFACE xxviii LIFE AND POETIC GENIUS OF EDWARD YOUNG. ...
Page 9
... wing'd by heaven To fly at infinite ; and reach it there , Where seraphs gather immortality , On life's fair tree , fast by the throne of God . What golden joys ambrosial clustering glow In His full beam , and ripen for the just , Where ...
... wing'd by heaven To fly at infinite ; and reach it there , Where seraphs gather immortality , On life's fair tree , fast by the throne of God . What golden joys ambrosial clustering glow In His full beam , and ripen for the just , Where ...
Page 10
... wings to reach the skies ! Night - visions may befriend ( as sung above ) : Our waking dreams are fatal . How I dream'd Of things impossible ! ( could sleep do more ? ) Of joys perpetual in perpetual change ! Of stable pleasures on the ...
... wings to reach the skies ! Night - visions may befriend ( as sung above ) : Our waking dreams are fatal . How I dream'd Of things impossible ! ( could sleep do more ? ) Of joys perpetual in perpetual change ! Of stable pleasures on the ...
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