And, finishing its act, exists no more : Thus in obedience to what heaven decrees, Knowledge shall fail, and prophecy shall cease ; But lasting Charity's more ample sway, Nor bound by time, nor subject to decay, In happy triumph shall for ever live, And... The Poetical Works of Matthew Prior - עמוד 213מאת Matthew Prior - 1858 - 475 דפיםתצוגה מלאה - מידע על ספר זה
| William Makepeace Thackeray - 1876 - 802 דפים
...restriction knows ; To one flxt purpose dedicates^ts power, And finishing its act, exists no more. Thus, in obedience to what Heaven decrees, Knowledge...endless good diffuse, and endless praise receive. How differently the poet could write when he found a congenial topic may be seen from the bright and... | |
| John Wesley - 1964 - 532 דפים
...nature and its office still the same, Lasting its lamp, and unconsumed its flame, Its deatbless tr1umph shall for ever live, And endless good diffuse, and endless praise receive.* 1. Very excellent things are spoken of faith, and whosoever is a partaker thereof may well say with... | |
| Matthew Prior - 1709 - 404 דפים
...Purpose dedicates it's Pow'r ; And finishing it's A£t, exists no more. Thus, in Obedience to what HEAV'N decrees, Knowledge shall fail, and Prophecy shall...endless Good diffuse, and endless Praise receive. As thro' the Artist's intervening Glass, Our Eye observes the distant Planets pass ; A little we discover... | |
| John Wesley - 1825 - 652 דפים
...obedience to what heaven decrees, '•'lif .•i•„!,,.' -. K"owledge shall fail and prophecy shiill cease, But lasting Charity's more ample sway, Nor...subject to decay, In happy triumph shall for ever live, 1•I'! •."!i ' ii And endless good diffuse, and endless praise receive." shall '' the merciful obtain... | |
| John Wesley - 1826 - 452 דפים
...time or in eternity. i " In obedience to wbat Heaven decrees, Knowledge shall Tail and prophecy slnll cease, But lasting Charity's more ample sway, Nor...time, nor subject to decay, In happy triumph shall Tor ever lire, And endless good diffuse, and endless praise receire." So shall "the merciful obtain... | |
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