Compared with this, how poor religion's pride, In all the pomp of method and of art, When men display to congregations wide Devotion's every grace... Poems - Page 190by Robert Burns - 1811Full view - About this book
| George Barrell Cheever - American poetry - 1830 - 516 pages
...of art, When men display to congregations wide, Devotion's ev'ry grace except the heart ! The Power, incens'd, the pageant will desert, The pompous strain,...; But haply, in some cottage far apart, May hear, well pleas'd, the language of the soul ; And in his book of life the inmates poor enroll. Then homeward... | |
| 1831 - 426 pages
...art, When men display to congregations wide. Devotion's ev'ry grace, except the heart! The Poni'r, incens'd, the pageant will desert, The pompous strain,...sacerdotal stole; But haply, in some cottage far apart, May near, well pleas'd, the language of the soul; And in his book of life the inmates poor enrol. XVIII.... | |
| Robert Burns - Scotland - 1831 - 484 pages
...display to congregations wide, Devotion's ev'ry grace, except the heart ! The jPote'r, incens'd,the pageant will desert, The pompous strain, the sacerdotal...; .But haply, in some cottage far apart. May hear, well pleas d, the language of the soul ; And in his book of life the inmates poor enrol. xvm. Then... | |
| Moses Severance - Readers - 1832 - 312 pages
...of art. When men display to congregations wide, Devotion's ev'ry grace, except the heart ! The pow'r incens'd the pageant will desert, The pompous strain,...; But haply, in some cottage far apart, May hear, well pleased, the language of the soul; And in his book of life the inmates poor enroll. 7. From scene's... | |
| Bela Bates Edwards - Readers - 1832 - 338 pages
...When men display to congregations wide, Devotion's every grace except the heart! The Power, incensed, the pageant will desert, The pompous strain, the sacerdotal...; But haply, in some cottage far apart, May hear, well pleased, the language of the soul; And in his book of life the inmates poor enrol. Then homeward... | |
| Henry Stebbing - Religious poetry, English - 1832 - 378 pages
...Devotion's every grace except the heart ! The Power, incensed, the pageant will desert, The pompons train, the sacerdotal stole ; But haply, in some cottage far apart May hear, well pleased, the language of the soul, And in his book of life the inmates poor enrol. SIXTH CHAPTER... | |
| Moses Severance - American literature - 1833 - 304 pages
...'.'."* Devotion's ev'ry grace, except the heart ! The pow'r incens'd the pageant will desert, \\t ' The pompous strain, the sacerdotal stole ; . -. . « But haply, in some cottage far apart, May hear, well pleased, the language of the soul; ; : And in his book of life the inmates poor enroll. 7. From... | |
| Religious poetry, English - 1833 - 292 pages
...Devotion's every grace except the heart! The Power, incensed, the pageant will desert, The pompous train, the sacerdotal stole ; But, haply, in some cottage far apart, May hear, well pleased, the language of the soul, And in his book of life the inmates poor enrol. BURNS. On !... | |
| Robert Burns, Allan Cunningham - Ballads, Scots - 1834 - 370 pages
...art, When men display to congregations wide, Devotion's ev'ry grace, except the heart ! The pow'r, incens'd, the pageant will desert, The pompous strain,...; But, haply, in some cottage far apart, May hear, well pleas'd, the language of the soul; And in his book of life the inmates poor enrol. XVIII. Then... | |
| Robert Burns - Poetry, Modern - 1834 - 206 pages
...wide, "HiV" " Devotion's ev'ry grace except the heart .' The Pow'r incens'd, the pageant wiiraesert, The pompous strain, the sacerdotal stole ; But haply, in some cottage far apart, May hear, well pleas' d, Uje language of the soul And in his book of life the inmates poor enrol. XVITL Then... | |
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