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The Scottish magazine, and churchman's review, Volume 1

1849 - 642 pages
...communion : — ' But when the sense of sacred presence fires, A strong devotion to the skies aspires, Poor forth thy fervours for a healthful mind, Obedient passions, and a will resign'd ; For patience, sovereign o'er transmuted ill ; For love, which scarce collective man can fill ; For faith,...
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The sound mind, a lecture

Joseph Jones - 1850 - 72 pages
...Safe in His power, whose eyes discern afar The secret amhush of a specious prayer. Implore His aid, in His decisions rest, Secure whate'er He gives, He gives...for a Healthful Mind, Obedient Passions, and a Will resigned ; For Love, which scarce collective man can fill ; For Patience, sovereign o'er transmuted...
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Beauties of the British Poets ...

George Croly - 1850 - 442 pages
...i|«i.-i<- Ws aid, in his decisions rest, Secure, wnate'er he gives, he gives the best. Yet, when tne sense of sacred presence fires, And strong devotion...for a healthful mind, Obedient passions, and a will resigned ; For love, which scarce collective man can fill ; For patience, sovereign o'er transmuted...
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The Practice of Criticism

D. H. Rawlinson - 1968 - 254 pages
...in his Pow'r, whose Eyes discern afar y The secret Ambush of a specious Pray'r. Implore his Aid, in his Decisions rest, Secure, whate'er he gives, he...Presence fires, And strong Devotion to the Skies aspires, 10 Pour forth thy Fervours for a healthful Mind, Obedient Passions, and a Will resign'd; For Love,...
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The Life of Samuel Johnson

Robert Anderson - 696 pages
...admirable conclusion of the satire is improved into an impressive lesson of piety and resignation. " Pour forth thy fervours for a healthful mind, Obedient...passions, and a will resign'd ; For love, which scarce collectire man can fill ; For patience, sovereign o'er transmuted ill ; For faith, that, panting for...
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Reading the Old Testament: Method in Biblical Study

John Barton - 1984 - 276 pages
...Still raise for good the supplicating voice, But leave to heav'n the measure and the choice. . . . Pour forth thy fervours for a healthful mind, Obedient...which scarce collective man can fill; For patience sov'reign o'er transmuted ill; For faith, that panting for a happier seat Counts death kind Nature's...
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The Rāmāyaṇa of Tulasīdāsa

Tulasīdāsa - 1987 - 792 pages
...English moralist of the last century as inculcated in the following lines : — "Yet when the scene of sacred presence fires, And strong devotion to the skies aspires, Pour forth thy fervour for a healthful mind, Obedient passions and a will resigned, For love which scarce collective...
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Divided Fictions: Fanny Burney and Feminine Strategy

Kristina Straub - 1987 - 260 pages
...prayers. Cognizance of this high perspective gradually develops into a "Sense of Sacred Presence": Yet when the Sense of sacred Presence fires, And strong...healthful Mind, Obedient Passions, and a Will resign'd; [VHW 357-60] This fervent search begins to resemble worship. Instead of seeking full comprehension,...
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Thomas Stearns Eliot: Poet

A. David Moody - 1994 - 412 pages
...off, could end The Vanity of Human Wishes with a prayer in the manner of the minor verse of the time for a healthful mind, Obedient passions, and a will...resign'd; For love, which scarce collective man can fillj For patience sov'reign o'er transmuted ill ... The last line can be connected with 'What the...
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The Columbia Anthology of British Poetry

Carl R. Woodring, James Shapiro - 1995 - 936 pages
...Safe in His power, whose eyes discem afar The secret ambush of a specious prayer. Implore His aid, in His decisions rest, Secure, whate'er He gives. He...strong devotion to the skies aspires. Pour forth thy fervors for a healthful mind, Obedient passions, and a will resigned, 360 For love, which scarce collective...
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