 And shoots his piercing eye; And Eve, with modest, measured pace, Steps up the western sky, Reposed beneath Thy guardian wings, The pious mortal rests; Nor knows one watchful care that springs Within unholy breasts. What, then, if pealing thunders roll,...  Juvenilia, Or, A Collection of Poems - Page 141by Leigh Hunt - 1802 - 215 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1840 - 520 pages
...wakes ; Man starts from emblematic death,. And bends the grateful knee, To welcome, with transported breath, New light, and life, and Thee ! " When Noon averts his radiant face, And shuts his piercing eye ; And Even, with modest, measured pace, Steps up the western sky ; Reposed beneath... | |
 | Christian poetry, English - 1828 - 398 pages
...animation wakes ; Man starts from emblematic death, And bends the grateful knee To welcome with transported breath New light, and life, and thee ! When Noon averts his radiant face, And shuts his piercing eye ; And Eve, with modest measur'd pare, Steps up the western sky, Repos'd beneath... | |
 | David Grant (of Aberdeen) - 1871 - 478 pages
...the air, Man starts from emblematic death, And bends the grateful knee, To welcome with transported breath, New light, and life, and thee ! When noon averts his radiant face, And shoots his piercing eye ; And Eve, with modest, measured pace, Steps up the western sky, Reposed beneath... | |
 | - 1881 - 854 pages
...wakes ; , Man starts from emblematic death, And bends the grateful knee, To welcome, with transported breath, New light, and life, and Thee ! When Noon averts his radiant face, And shoots hi» piercing eye ; And Eve, with modest, measured pace, Steps up the western sky. Reposed beneath... | |
 | 1881 - 406 pages
...wakes; Man starts from emblematic death, And bends the grateful knee, To welcome, with transported breath, New light, and life, and Thee! When Noon averts his radiant face, And shoots his piercing eye; And Eve, with modest, measured pace, Steps up the western sky, Reposed beneath... | |
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