 Moved with the heaven's majestic pace ; Or, call'd to more superior bliss, Thou tread'st, with seraphims, the vast abyss : Whatever happy region is thy place, Cease thy celestial song a little space ; Thou wilt have time enough for hymns divine, Since...  The Edinburgh Review - Page 1291834Full view - About this book
 | Richard Garnett - 1895 - 314 pages
...little space ; Thou wilt have time enough for hymns divine, ; Since Heaven's eternal year is thine. Hear then a mortal Muse thy praise rehearse In no...While yet a young probationer And candidate of heaven. ' The poet who so excelled in majestic artificial harmonies was also the one poet of his day who could... | |
 | 1895 - 610 pages
...a little space ; Thou wilt have time enough for hymns divine, Since Heaven's eternal year is thine. Hear, then, a mortal Muse thy praise rehearse, In...yet a young probationer, And candidate of heaven. These smaller pieces were followed at some interval by the remarkable poem which is Dryden's chief... | |
 | Thomas Humphry Ward - 1895 - 530 pages
...a little space ; Thou wilt have time enough for hymns divine, Since Heaven's eternal year is thine. Hear then a mortal Muse thy praise rehearse, In no...yet a young probationer, And candidate of Heaven. If by traduction 1 came thy mind, Our wonder is the less to find A soul so charming from a stock so... | |
 | Thomas Humphry Ward - 1896 - 520 pages
...a little space ; Thou wilt have time enough for hymns divine, Since Heaven's eternal year is thine. Hear then a mortal Muse thy praise rehearse, In no...yet a young probationer, And candidate of Heaven. If by traduction l came thy mind, Our wonder is the less to find A soul so charming from a stock so... | |
 | Charles Mackay - 1896 - 680 pages
...re hearse. In no ignoble verse : Bit soch as thy own voice did practise here, When thy first Iruiti of poesy were given, To make thyself a welcome inmate...there ; While yet a young probationer, And candidate ol heaven. If by traductlon came thy mind, Our wonder is the less to find A tool so charming from a... | |
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - 1896 - 794 pages
...the rhyme, The motion measured, harmonized the chime. DRYDEN. Thy first-fruits of poesy were giv'n To make thyself a welcome inmate there, While yet a young probationer, And candidate of heav'n. DRYDEN. Is my muse controll'd By servile awe ? Born free, and not be bold ! At least I'll dig... | |
 | Charles Dudley Warner - 1897 - 490 pages
...a little space; Thou wilt have time enough for hymns divine. Since Heaven's eternal year is thine. Hear then a mortal Muse thy praise rehearse In no ignoble verse, But such as thy own voice did practice here, When thy first fruits of poesy were given, To make thyself a welcome inmate there; While... | |
 | Charles Mackay - 1897 - 666 pages
...a little space ; Thou wilt have time enough for hymns divine, Since heaven's eternal year is thine. Hear then a mortal muse thy praise rehearse, In no ignoble verse : Bat such as thy own voice did practise here, When thy first fruits of poesv were given, To make thyself... | |
 | John Clark Ridpath - 1898 - 554 pages
...a little space. Thou wilt have time enough for hymns divine, Since heaven's eternal year is thine. Hear then a mortal Muse thy praise rehearse In no ignoble verse ; But such as thy own voice did practice here, When thy first-fruits of poesy were given ; To make thyself a welcome inmate there :... | |
 | John Clark Ridpath - 1899 - 550 pages
...a little space. Thou wilt have time enough for hymns divine, Since heaven's eternal year is thine. Hear then a mortal Muse thy praise rehearse In no ignoble verse ; But such as thy own voice did practice here, When thy first-fruits of poesy were given ; To make thyself a welcome inmate there :... | |
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