 | New Church gen. confer - 1859 - 602 pages
...infinity, And reason's brightest spark, though kindled by thy ray, In vain would try to trace thy councils, Infinite and dark ; and thought is lost "Ere thought can soar so high, Just like past moments in eternity ! " V. Now, let us briefly glance at the fifth proposition. We have... | |
 | English literature - 1821 - 614 pages
...none can mount Up to Thy mysteries ; Reason's brightest spark, Though kindled by Thy light, in vain would try To trace Thy counsels, infinite and dark...has been translated into Japanese, by order of the limperor, and is hung up, embroidered with gold, in the Temple of Jeddo. I learn from the periodicals,... | |
 | English literature - 1821 - 612 pages
...none can mount Up to Thy mysteries ; Reason's brightest spark, Though kindled by Thy light, in vain would try To trace Thy counsels, infinite and dark...poem of which Golovnin says in his narrative, that it lias been translated into Japanese, by order of the Emperor, and is hung up, embroidered with gold,... | |
 | Samuel Greatheed, Daniel Parken, Theophilus Williams, Josiah Conder, Thomas Price, Jonathan Edwards Ryland, Edwin Paxton Hood - English literature - 1821 - 614 pages
...none can mount Up to Thy mysteries ; Reason's brightest spark, Though kindled by Thy light, in vain would try To trace Thy counsels, infinite and dark:...call First chaos, then existence; — Lord! on Thee Eternity had its foundation : — all Sprung forth from Thee : — of light, joy, harmony, Sole origin... | |
 | 1821 - 788 pages
...none can mount Up to Thy mysteries ; Reason's brightest spark, Though kindled by Thy light, in rain would try To trace Thy counsels, infinite and dark...call First chaos, then existence ; — Lord ! on Thee Eternity had its foundation : — all Sprung forth from Thee : — of light, joy, harmony, Sole origin... | |
 | 1822 - 694 pages
...none can mount Up to Thy mysteries ; Reason's brightest spark, Though kindled by Thy light, in vain would try To trace Thy counsels, infinite and dark':...call First chaos, then existence ; — Lord ! on Thee Eternity had its foundation : — all Sprung forth from Thee : — of light, joy, harmony, Sole origin... | |
 | Liberalism (Religion) - 1821 - 786 pages
...none can mount Up to Thy mysteries ; Reason's brightest spark, Though kindled by Thy light, in vain would try To trace Thy counsels, infinite and dark...call First chaos, then existence ; — Lord ! on Thee Eternity had its foundation : — all Sprung forth from Thee : — of light, joy, harmony, Sole origin... | |
 | English poetry - 1821 - 284 pages
...none can mount Up to Thy mysteries ; Reason's brightest spark, Though kindled by Thy light, in vain would try To trace Thy counsels, infinite and dark...soar so high, Even like past moments in eternity. on a piece of rich silk, and suspended in the imperial palace at Pekin. Thou from primeval nothingness... | |
 | English poetry - 1821 - 282 pages
...none can mount Up to Thy mysteries ; Reason's brightest spark, Though kindled by Thy light, in vain would try To trace Thy counsels, infinite and dark...soar so high. Even like past moments in eternity. thing similar has been done in China to the same poem. It has been translated into the Chinese and... | |
 | John Bowring - English poetry - 1821 - 290 pages
...none can mount Up to Thy mysteries ; Reason's brightest spark, Though kindled by Thy light, in vain would try To trace Thy counsels, infinite and dark...soar so high, Even like past moments in eternity. on a piece of rich silk, and suspended in the imperial palace at Pekin. 1 In 4he first edition there... | |
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In its sublime research, philosophy May measure out the ocean deep, may count The sands or the sun's rays : but, God, for thee There is no weight nor measure ; none can mount Up to thy mysteries. Reason's brightest spark, Though kindled by thy light,... 
