 Whose fire was kindled at the prophets' lamp, The time of rest, the promised sabbath, comes. Six thousand years of sorrow have well nigh Fulfilled their tardy and disastrous course Over a sinful world; and what remains Of this tempestuous state of human...  Poems - Strana 234podľa William Cowper - 1810Úplné zobrazenie - O tejto knihe
 | William Cowper - 1824 - Počet stránok 470
...The time of rest the promis'd Sabbath, comes. Six thousand years of sorrow have well-nigh Fulfill'd their tardy and disastrous course Over a sinful world...and what remains Of this tempestuous state of human thmgs Is merely as the working of a sea Before a calm, that rocks itself to rest : For He, whose car... | |
 | Moyle Sherer - 1825 - Počet stránok 454
...blackened mosque, the dulled crescent, the silent khan, the roofless dwelling, these tell us that " What remains Of this tempestuous state of human things,...of a sea Before a calm, that rocks itself to rest" spacious and airy, are the chambers; they surround an open court with a fountain. We walked round the... | |
 | Moyle Sherer - 1825 - Počet stránok 454
...blackened mosque, the dulled crescent, the silent khan, the roofless dwelling, these tell us that " What remains Of this tempestuous state of human things,...of a sea Before a calm, that rocks itself to rest." spacious and airy, are the chambers ; they surround an open court with a fountain. We walked round... | |
 | William Cowper - 1826 - Počet stránok 242
...sabbath, comes Six thousand years of sorrow have well nig Fulfill'd their tardy and disastrous course 735 Over a sinful world ; and what remains Of this tempestuous...to rest ; For He, whose car the winds are, and the clouds 740 The dust that waits upon his sultry march, When sin hath mov'd him, and his wrath is hot,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1826 - Počet stránok 242
...sabbath, comes Six thousand years of sorrow have well nig Fulfill1;! their tardy and disastrous course 735 Over a sinful world ; and what remains Of this tempestuous...Before a calm that rocks itself to rest ; For He, whoso car the winds are, and the clouds 740 The dust that waits upon his sultry march, When sin hath... | |
 | Questions - 1828 - Počet stránok 184
...The time of rest, the promis'd Sabbath, comes. Six thousand years of sorrow have well nigh Fulfill'd their tardy and disastrous course Over a sinful world...to rest : For He, whose car the winds are, and the clouds The dust, that wait upon His sultry march, When sin hath mov'd Him, and His wrath is hot, Shall... | |
 | William Cowper - 1828 - Počet stránok 468
...The time of rest the promis'd Sabbath, comes. Six thousand years of sorrow have well-nigh Fulfill'd their tardy and disastrous course Over a sinful world ; and what remains Of this tempestvious state of human things Is merely as the working of a sea Before a calm, that rocks itself... | |
 | Samuel Putnam - 1828 - Počet stránok 314
...promis'd Sabbath, comes. Six thousand years of sorrow have well nigh Fulfill'd their tardy and diastrous course Over a sinful world ; and what remains Of this tempestuous state of human thinga Is merely as the working of a sea Before a calm, that rocks itself to rest ; For He, whose car... | |
 | William Mackray - 1829 - Počet stránok 392
...tempest of war over the breadth and length of the land, these were its expiring throes, resembling " the working of a sea, Before a calm, that rocks itself to rest." The motives which prompted Henry to come to a rupture with the court of Rome are too well known to... | |
 | William Cowper - 1830 - Počet stránok 328
...The time of rest, the promised sabbath, comes. Six thousand years of sorrow have well nigh Fulfill'd their tardy and disastrous course Over a sinful world...to rest : For He, whose car the winds are, and the clouds The dust that waits upon his sultry march, When sin hath moved him, and his wrath is hot, Shall... | |
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