| John Milton - 1747 - 180 pages
...feel within Some fource of confolaeion from above ; Secret refrefhings, that repair his ftiength, 665 And fainting Spirits uphold. God of our Fathers ! what is man ! That thou towards him with hand to various, . Or might I fay contrarious, Temper'ft thy providence through his (hort courfe, Not ev'nly,... | |
| John Bell - English poetry - 1788 - 628 pages
...thought i But with th' afflifted in his pangs their sound 660 Little prevails, OF rather seems a .tune Harsh, and of dissonant mood from his complaint; Unless...above, Secret refreshings, that repair his strength, 665 And fainting spirits uphold. God of our fathers, what is man ! That thou towards him with hand... | |
| Richard Cecil - Consolation - 1806 - 112 pages
...Patience—— But to th' afflicted in his pangs their sound Little prevails ; or rather seenu a tune Harsh, and of dissonant mood from his complaint, Unless...repair his strength, And fainting spirits uphold. JMir.rox. THE EIGHTH EDITION. LONDON: Printed by W. Flint, Old Bailer. FOR F. AND C. RIT1NGTON,ST.... | |
| John Milton, Charles Symmons - 1806 - 602 pages
...his party may be distinctly traced in some pathetic and animated strains in the Samson Agonistes. " God of our fathers! what is man! That thou towards...with hand so various, •Or might I say contrarious, Temper's! thy providence through his short course Not evenly, as thou rulest The angelic orders, and... | |
| John Milton - 1807 - 434 pages
...sound 660 Little prevails, or rather seems a tune Harsh, and of dissonant mood from his complaint i 2 Unless he feel within Some source of consolation from...contrarious, Temper'st thy providence through his short courit Not ev'nly as thou rul'st 6' Th' angelic orders and inferior creatures mute, Irrational and... | |
| Mrs. Costello - 1809 - 236 pages
...thought ; But with th' afflicted, in his pangi, their sound Little prevails, or rather seems a tune Harsh, and of dissonant mood from his complaint ;...repair his strength, And fainting spirits uphold. MILTOK. ALI. the lessons of fortitude and patience, the early friends of Louisa had instilled into... | |
| William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - English literature - 1834 - 558 pages
...can be competently preserved in English. Take for example that solemn and affecting complaint, — ' God of our fathers ! what is Man, That Thou towards...with hand so various, Or might I say contrarious, Temperest thy providence thro' his short course, — !Not evenly, as Thou rulest The angelic orders,... | |
| William Hayley - Poets, English - 1810 - 418 pages
...anxious thought: But with the afflicted in his pangs their sound Little prevails, or rather seems a tune Harsh, and of dissonant mood from his complaint: Unless...Temper'st thy providence through his short course, Not evenly, as thou rul'st The angelick Orders, and inferior creatures mute, Irrational and brute.... | |
| John Milton - 1810 - 540 pages
...anxious thought: But with the afflicted in his pangs their sound Little prevails, or rather seems a tune Harsh, and of dissonant mood from his complaint; Unless...with hand so various, Or might I say contrarious, Temper's! thy providence through his short course, Not evenly, as thou rul'st The angelick Orders,... | |
| William Hayley - Poets, English - 1810 - 472 pages
...thought ; But with tli' afflicted in his pangs their sound Little prevails, or rather seems a tune Harsh and of dissonant mood from his complaint, Unless...spirits uphold. God of our fathers ! what is man ? That t hou towards him with hand so various, Or might I say r.ont rarious, Temperest .thy Providence through... | |
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