 | Thomas De Quincey - 1862 - 380 pages
...aside His arm; and even in thee, sister unknown ! shown to me for a moment only to be hidden for ever, found an occasion to glorify His goodness. A thousand...a thousand times in the worlds of sleep have seen theefollowed by God's angel through storms; through desert ieas ; through the darkness of quicksands... | |
 | Thomas De Quincey - 1863 - 380 pages
...aside His arm; and even in thee, sister unknown! shown to me for a moment only to be hidden for ever, found an occasion to glorify His goodness. A thousand...have I seen thee entering the gates of the golden dawn—with the secret word riding before thee—with the armies of the grave behind thee; seen thee... | |
 | 1863 - 568 pages
...tremendous hull at sea; now sinking in quicksands, with only one fair white arm lifted in vain to heaven. "A thousand times, amongst the phantoms of sleep, have I seen thee entering the golden gates of the dawn — with the secret word riding before thee — with the armies of the grave... | |
 | English literature - 1863 - 634 pages
...tremendous hull at sea; now sinking in quicksands, with only one fair white arm lifted in vain to heaven. 'A thousand times, amongst the phantoms of sleep, have I seen thee entering the golden gates of the dawn—with the secret word riding before thee—with the armies of the grave behind... | |
 | Thomas De Quincey - Opium abuse - 1876 - 654 pages
...aside his arm ; and even in thee, sister unknown ! shown to me for a moment only to be hidden for ever, found an occasion to glorify his goodness. A thousand times, amongst the phantoma of sleep, have I seen thee entering the gates of the golden dawn — with the secret word... | |
 | Thomas De Quincey - 1889 - 88 pages
...cathedral, they overtook, and, as with a garment, they wrapped us round with thunders greater than our own. As brothers we moved together ; to the dawn that advanced...despairing ; a thousand times in the worlds of sleep have I seen thee followed by God's angel through storms ; through desert seas ; through the darkness of... | |
 | Thomas De Quincey - Authors, English - 1890 - 466 pages
...aside His arm, and even in thee, sister unknown ! shown to me for a moment only to be hidden for ever, found an occasion to glorify His goodness. A thousand...riding before thee, with the armies of the grave behind thee,—seen thee sinking, rising, raving, despairing ; a thousand times in the worlds of sleep have... | |
 | Thomas De Quincey - 1892 - 188 pages
...suddenly did God relent; suffered thy angel to turn aside His arm; and even in thee, sister un5 known! shown to me for a moment only to be hidden forever,...sleep, have I seen thee entering the gates of the golden-dawn — with the secret word riding before thee — with the armies of 10 the grave behind... | |
 | Thomas De Quincey - 1892 - 212 pages
...suddenly did God relent ; suffered thy angel to turn aside His arm ; and even in thee, sister un5 known ! shown to me for a moment only to be hidden forever,...sleep, have I seen thee entering the gates of the golden-dawn — with the secret word riding before thee — with the armies of 10 the grave behind... | |
 | Thomas De Quincey - Children's poetry - 1893 - 180 pages
...moment only to be hidden forever, found an occasion to glorify his 3° goodness. A thousand times, among the phantoms of sleep, have I seen thee entering the...in the worlds of sleep have seen thee followed by 5 God's angel through storms, through desert seas, through the darkness of quicksands, through dreams... | |
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A thousand times, amongst the phantoms of sleep, have I seen thee entering the gates of the golden dawn— with the secret word riding before thee — with the armies of the grave behind thee : seen thee sinking, rising, raving, despairing... 
