 | 1841 - 504 pages
...the poor. GEMS FROM THE OLD ENGLISH POET3. NIGHT BHOWETH KNOWLEDGE. William Hablngdon (1806-16541. When I survey the bright Celestial sphere, So rich with jewels hung, that night Doth like an Ethlop bride appear i My aoul her wings doth spread. And heavenward flies, Tho Almighty's mysteries... | |
 | George Willson - 1844 - 300 pages
...a disabled pitcher of no use. — Blair. LESSON LXXXI. The Firmament. — HABINGTON. WHEN I surrey the bright Celestial sphere ; So rich with jewels...silent, but is eloquent In speaking the Creator's name. Into so small a character Removed far from our human sight ; But, if we steadfast look We shall discern... | |
 | Joseph Payne - 1845 - 490 pages
...trace thy wondrous origin, We muse on many an ancient tale renowned.2 Thomas Warton. THE FIRMAMENT.3 When I survey the bright Celestial sphere, So rich...unregarded star Contracts its light Into so small a character Removed far from our human sight ; But if we stedfast look, We shall discern In it, as in... | |
 | 1845 - 260 pages
...and while sound asleep. May it so happen to me ikewise. SONGS OF THE STARS. NIGHT SHOWETH KNOWLEDGE. When I survey the bright Celestial sphere, So rich...flies, The Almighty's mysteries to read, In the large volume of the skies. For the bright firmament Shoots forth no flame So silent, but is eloquent In speaking... | |
 | George Oliver - 1846 - 636 pages
...political rather than religious reasons. (Henry's History of Great Britain.) "Gen. i. U— 18. 3i " When I survey the bright Celestial sphere, So rich...firmament Shoots forth no flame So silent, but is eloquent la speaking the Creator's name." (Harrington, AD ll,50.) 32 Plato, in the 10th book of the Republie,... | |
 | Gem book - 1846 - 398 pages
...thoughts been born beneath thy ray, Too pure for age to kill, or time to steal away? W. MAKTIN. NIGHT. WHEN I survey the bright Celestial sphere, So rich...night Doth like an Ethiop bride appear, My soul her wing doth spread, And heavenward flies, The Almighty's mysteries to read In the large volume of the... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1849 - 578 pages
...For hymns, repentant tears, And a new sigh, for every crime. NOX NOCTI INDICAT SCIENTIAM.— DAVID. WHEN I survey the bright Celestial sphere, So rich with jewels hung, that night My soul her wings doth spread, And heavenward flies, Th' Almighty's mysteries to read In the large... | |
 | 1883 - 676 pages
...been re-echoed by William Habington (1605-54) in the first stanza of his poem on Starlight : — " When I survey the bright Celestial sphere, So rich with jewels hung, that night Doth like an . Ikhiop bride appear." ALPHA. FRAMEWORK KNITTERS. — A volume in the library of the City Liberal... | |
 | Caroline Matilda Kirkland - 1852 - 356 pages
...gently from a world of woes Anticipates the world where sorrows cease. Mt William HaKngton. TITHEN I survey the bright Celestial sphere. So rich with...unregarded star Contracts its light Into so small a character Remov'd far from our human sight : 100 WILLIAM HABINGTON. But if we steadfast look We shall... | |
 | Naturalist pseud, Edward Wilson (M.A., F.L.S.) - 1852 - 444 pages
...interesting observations on the Covering of Birds, in Paley's Nat, Thml., chap. 12. THE FIRMAMENT. WHEN I survey the bright Celestial sphere, So rich with jewels hung, that night Doth like an JEthiop bride appear ; My soul her wings doth spread And heavenward flies, The ALMIGHTY'S mysteries... | |
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WHEN I survey the bright Celestial sphere; So rich with jewels hung, that night Doth like an Ethiop bride appear: My soul her wings doth spread And heaven-ward flies, The Almighty's mysteries to read In the large volumes of the skies. For the bright firmament... 
