 That very law* which moulds a tear, And bids it trickle from its source, That law preserves the earth a sphere, And guides the planets in their course.  The Pleasures of Memory - Page 117by Samuel Rogers - 1793 - 124 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Edward Mammatt - Art - 1835 - 472 pages
...beautiful spheroidal drops, and as a poet has expressed himself of the tear that flows down the cheek — " That very law which moulds a tear, And bids it trickle from its source, That law preserves the earth a sphere, And guides the planets in their course." Mr. W. here... | |
 | English poetry - 1836 - 514 pages
...poet's theme, In every clime, in every age; Thou charm'st in Fancy's idle dream, In Reason's philosophic page. That very law ' which moulds a tear, And bids it trickle from its source, That law preserves the earth a sphere, And guides the planets in their course. TO A VOICE THAT... | |
 | Samuel Carter Hall - English poetry - 1838 - 336 pages
...theme, In every clime — in every age ; Thou charm'st in fancy's idle dream, In reason's philosophic page. That very law which moulds a tear, And bids it trickle from its source, TO AN OLD OAK. ROUND thee, alas ! no shadows move, — From thee no sacred murmurs hreathe... | |
 | Samuel Carter Hall - English poetry - 1838 - 412 pages
...theme, In every clime — in every age ; Thou charm" st in faney's idle dream, In reason's philosophic page. That very law which moulds a tear, And bids it trickle from its source, That law preserves the earth a sphere, And guides the planets in their course. TO AN OLD OAK.... | |
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1838 - 796 pages
...theme, In every clime, in every age ; Thou charm'st in fancy's idle dream, In reason's philosophic & source, That law preserves the earth a sphere, And guides the planets in their course. TO A VOICE THAT... | |
 | Jewel - 1839 - 352 pages
...theme, In every clime, in every age ; Thou charm 'st in Fancy's idle dream, In Reason's philosophic page. That very law which moulds a tear, And bids it trickle from its source, That law preserves the earth a sphere, And guides the planets in their course. CORONACH, OR... | |
 | Maria Hack - Geology - 1839 - 464 pages
...of action, very simple in themselves, but capable of extensive application. Do you not remember, ' That very law which moulds a tear, And bids it trickle from its source, That law ' preserves the earth a sphere, And guides the planets in their course,' " Some philosophers... | |
 | Francis William Newman - 1841 - 268 pages
...the other phenomena ;" until we can show, as it has been beautifully remarked by a popular poet, " That very law which moulds a tear, And bids it trickle from its source, That law presprves the earth a sphere, And guides the planets in their course." In Newton's... | |
 | Readings - English poetry - 1843 - 466 pages
...theme, In every clime, in every age ; Thou charmest in Fancy's idle dream, In reason's philosophic page. That very law which moulds a tear', And bids it trickle from its source, That law preserves the earth a sphere, And guides the planets in their course. THOMAS CAMPBELL... | |
 | Samuel Rogers - English poetry - 1843 - 352 pages
...theme, In every clime, in every age ; Thou charm'st in Fancy's idle dream, In Reason's philosophic page. That very law* which moulds a tear. And bids it trickle from its source, That law preserves the earth a sphere, And guides the planets in their course. TO A VOICE THAT... | |
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