My manhood, long misled by wandering fires, Follow'd false lights; and when their glimpse was gone, My pride struck out new sparkles of her own. Such was I, such by nature still I am; Be thine the glory, and be mine the shame. Good life be now my task;... The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. - Page 47by James Boswell - 1820Full view - About this book
| John Dryden - 1859 - 480 pages
...seareh no farther than thyself rev eal'd ; But her alone for my director take, Whom thou hast promis'd never to forsake ! My thoughtless youth was wing'd with vain desires, My manhood, long misled hy wandering fires, Follow'd false lights ; and, when their glimpse was gone, My pride struck out new... | |
| Thomas Arnold - 1862 - 452 pages
...result. With regard to the first point, he quotes the poet's own confession in the Hind and Panther : — "My thoughtless youth was wing'd with vain desires; My manhood, long misled by wandering fires, Followed false lights ; and when their glimpse was gone, My pride struck out new sparkles... | |
| Hippolyte Taine - English literature - 1863 - 738 pages
...is darkness in th.' abyss of light, A blaze of glory that fi.Hiids the sight. O teach me to b?lieve thee thus conceal'd, And search no farther than thyself...But her alone for my director take , Whom thou hast promisnJ never to forsake ! My thoughlless youth was wing'd with vain desires, Mymanhood, long misled... | |
| Hippolyte Taine - English literature - 1863 - 720 pages
...darkuess in th' a&yss of light, A blaze of glory tliat furSids tlie sight. 0 teach me to b'.-lieve ihee thus conceal'd, And search no farther than thyself...But her alone for my director take , Whom thou hast promis«il never to forsake ! My thoughiless youth was wing'd with vain desires, My manhood, long misled... | |
| Hippolyte Taine - English literature - 1863 - 722 pages
...is darkness in lli' abyss of light, A blaze of glory that for!iids the sight. O teach me to b"lieve thee thus conceal'd, And search no farther than thyself reveal'd ; But her atone for my director take , Whom thou hast promised never to forsake ! My ihougluless youth was wing'd... | |
| Thomas Budd Shaw, sir William Smith - 1864 - 554 pages
...unerring guide ! Thy throne is darkness in th' abyss of light, A blaze of glory that forbids the sight. O teach me to believe thee thus conceal'd, And search...But her alone for my director take, Whom thou hast promis'd never to forsake ! My thoughtless youth was wing'd with vain desires, My manhood long misled,... | |
| 1864 - 556 pages
...the sight. Oh, teach me to believe Thee thus concealed, And seek no farther than Thyself revealed ; But her alone for my director take Whom Thou hast...promised never to forsake ! My thoughtless youth was winged with vain desires ; My manhood, long misled by wandering fires, , Followed false lights ; and,... | |
| 1864 - 908 pages
...the sight. Oh, teach me to believe Thee thus concealed, And seek no farther than Thyself revealed ; But her alone for my director take Whom Thou hast...promised never to forsake ! My thoughtless youth was winged with vain desires ; My manhood, long misled by wandering fires, Followed false lights ; and,... | |
| 1864 - 472 pages
...me to believe Thee thus concealed, And seek no farther than Thyself revealed ; But her alone for ray director take Whom Thou hast promised never to forsake ! My thoughtless youth was winged with vain desires ; My manhood, long misled by wandering fires, Followed false lights ; and,... | |
| Sir John Skelton - 1865 - 398 pages
...ourselves, and not to damn the rest." ' Mind you don't end as Dryden did,' replied the Doctor, — ' And Her alone for my director take, Whom Thou hast promised never to forsake. Extremes meet, and the Laodicean, they say, makes a first-rate inquisitor.' I knew that he spoke in... | |
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