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
| Medicine - 1846 - 408 pages
...bind the universe together ; that retain the sun in his system, and the planets in their orbits. " 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." 8* The mysteries... | |
| Churches of Christ - 1847 - 592 pages
...to us, but in the sublime, and, to us, incomprehensible evolutions of a universe without bounds ! " That very law* which moulds a tear, And bids it trickle from its source ; That law preserves the earth a sphere, And binds the planets to their course ! " But, to be... | |
| 1860 - 1246 pages
...in the came source ; they are alike in nature and allied in does the poet say, — >nd. Truly " The very law which moulds a tear, And bids it trickle from its source ; Thut law preserves the earth a sphere. And guides the planets iu their eour.se." Nor is this... | |
| John Hunter (of Uxbridge.) - 1848 - 224 pages
...means of defence. Gleig. I, a solitary student, pretend not to much knowledge of the world. Johnson. 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. Rogers.... | |
| William Balmbro'. Flower - 1848 - 304 pages
...to the application of the same mighty principle to the greatest and the least of things : — " The very law* which moulds a tear, And bids it trickle from its souce, — That law preserves the earth a sphere, And guides the planets in their course." — Rogert.... | |
| George Harris - 1849 - 540 pages
...thereto again the peculiar density of our planet ! Truly, as well as musically, has the poet sung — 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. In like manner,... | |
| Religion - 1850 - 454 pages
...of the lines themselves we shall say that they never fail to impress us with a sense of sublimity. " That very law which moulds a tear, And bids it trickle from iu source — That law preserves the earth a sphere, And guides the planets in their course." We anticipate... | |
| Samuel Rogers - 1851 - 354 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, i hat law preserves the earth a sphere And guides the planets in their course. , ON ASLEEP.... | |
| Edward Bascome - Epidemics - 1851 - 268 pages
...which the earth is sustained be completed, the same ends will be accomplished by the same agency : " 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." We further... | |
| John Aikin - English poetry - 1852 - 792 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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