 My thoughtless youth was wing'd with vain desires, 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,...  Poetical Works - עמוד 111מאת John Dryden - 1808תצוגה מלאה - מידע על ספר זה
 | John Dryden - 1811 - 612 דפים
...I, fuch by nature ftill I am ; Be thine the glory, and be mine the fhame. Good life be now my talk: my doubts are done : What more could fright my faith,...three in one? Can I believe eternal God could lie Difguis'd in mortal mold and infancy ? That the great Maker of the world could die ? Vet. 64. . i •!... | |
 | 1813 - 496 דפים
...blaxe was gone, My pride struck out new sparkles of her owa. Such was 1 — such by nature still 1 am : Be thine the glory, and be mine the shame '. Good life be now my task, my d«ubU are done}JUMNUS. ,' ON COMMERCE. No. XXX¥. ' THE French cruizers from the Isles of France and... | |
 | James Boswell - 1817 - 536 דפים
...fires, " Follow'd false light» ; and when tbtir glimpse was gone, " My pride struck out new sparkle« of her own. " Such was I, such by nature still I am...now my task : my doubts are done ; " What more could »hock my faith than Three in One. >" In drawing Dryden's character, Johnson has given, though I suppose... | |
 | Ezekiel Sanford - 1819 - 412 דפים
...glimpse was gone, My pride struek out new sparkles of her own. Sueh was I, sueh by nature still I ami Fe thine the glory, and be mine the shame! Good life be now my task: my doubts are donei What more eould fright my faith than Three in One? Can I believe eternal God eould lie Disguis'd... | |
 | James Boswell - 1820 - 476 דפים
...manhood long misled by wand'ring fires, " Follow'd false lights ; and when their glympse was gone, " My pride struck out new sparkles of her own. " Such...now my task : my doubts are done ; " What more could shock thy faith than Three in One?" In drawing Dryden's character, Johnson has given, though I suppose... | |
 | James Boswell - 1821 - 412 דפים
...My manhood long misled by wand'ring fires, FoJlow'd false lights ; and when their glimpse was gone, My pride struck out new sparkles of her own. Such...now my task : my doubts are done ; What more could shock my faith than Three in One ?" In drawing Dryden's character, Johnson has given, though I suppose... | |
 | James Boswell - 1821 - 418 דפים
...My manhood long misled by wand'ring fires, Follow'd false lights ; and when their glimpse was gone, My pride struck out new sparkles of her own. Such...the glory, and be mine the shame. Good life be now tny task : my doubts are done ; What more could shock my faith than Three in One ?" In drawing Dryden's... | |
 | Charles Butler - 1821 - 636 דפים
...fires, " Follow'd false lights; and when their glimpse was gone " My pride struck out new sparkles of my own. " Such was I, — such by nature still I am ;..." Good life be now my task, — my doubts are done ! — Two fables of exquisite beauty close this noble poem. The first, is founded on an historical... | |
 | John Dryden - 1821 - 570 דפים
...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...still I am ; Be thine the glory, and be mine the shame !" The " vain desires" of Dryden's " thoughtless youth" require no explanation : they obviously mean,... | |
 | John Dryden, Walter Scott - 1821 - 476 דפים
...by nature still I am ; Be thine the glory, and be mine the shame ! * Unitarians. See Note VI. er } Good life be now my task ; my doubts are done ;* What...three in one? Can I believe eternal God could lie Disguised in mortal mould, and infancy ? That the great Maker of the world could die ? And after that... | |
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