 | Thomas Dick - Future life - 1829 - 308 pages
...Far as the solar walk or milky way — Yet simple nature to his hope has given Behind the cloud-topt hill, an humbler heaven ; Some safer world in depth...Some happier island in the watery waste, Where slaves ortee more their native land behold, No fiends torment, no Christians thirst for gold, — And thinks,... | |
 | 1829 - 842 pages
...himself out of all good humour with hi* actual condition, by the delirious dream of a happy valley — " Some safer world, in depth of woods embraced, Some happier Island in the watery waste," mere warfare, a pilgrimage, a probation, in which " much is to be endured, and little to be enjoyed."... | |
 | Henri Benjamin de Constant de Rebecque - 1830 - 902 pages
...•• (i44) Simple nature to his hope has given, Behind.the clond topt hill, an humbler heaven, S. M i. safer world, in depth of woods embraced Some happier Island in the wat'ry waste. POPE. (i46) LEVAILLANT, premier voy. en Afrique. (i46) ROEMERS , Nachricht von der Kùste... | |
 | Robert Ainslie - Apologetics - 1831 - 290 pages
...milky way ; Yet simple nature to his hope has given, Behind yon cloud-topt hill, an humble heaven,Some safer world, in depth of woods embraced ; Some happier island in the watery waste, "f Cato was right in his conclusion, that ideas so strongly impressed by nature, point out an hereafter.... | |
 | Daniel Tyerman, George Bennet - Missions - 1832 - 312 pages
...the picture is so captivating : — " Yet simple Nature to his hopes has given, Behind the cloud-topt hill, an humbler heaven ; Some safer world in depth...embraced, Some happier island in the watery waste. To be, contents his natural desire, He asks no angel's wing, no seraph's fire ; But thinks, admitted... | |
 | Daniel Tyerman, George Bennet - Missions - 1832 - 308 pages
...the picture is so captivating : — " Yet simple Nature to his hopes has given, Behind the cloud-topt hill, an humbler heaven ; Some safer world in depth...embraced, Some happier island in the watery waste. To be, contents his natural desire, He asks no angel's wing, no seraph's fire ; But thinks, admitted... | |
 | Laurence Sterne, Sir Walter Scott - 1832 - 542 pages
...Yet simple nature to his hopes had given, Out of a cloud-capp'd hill, a humbler heaven ; Some untamed World in depth of woods embraced— Some happier Island in the watery waste — And where, admitted to that equal sky, His faithful Dog shall bear him company. In a word, by thus... | |
 | 1845 - 778 pages
...thought of extending the Kingdom of his Redeemer and preparing the soul "of ilie poor Indian," not for " Some safer world, in depth of woods embraced, Some happier island in the watery waste j" — such an earthly paradise, from its natural loveliness and magnificence, he was said already... | |
 | John Mason Good - Natural history - 1834 - 480 pages
...taught to stray Far as the solar walk or milky way ; Yet simple nature to his hn|>e bae given Beyond the cloud-topp'd hill, an humbler heaven ; Some safer world in depth of woods embrac'd, Some happier bland In the wat'ry waste ; Where slaves once nuire their native land behold,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1835 - 350 pages
...solar walk or milky way ; Yet simple Nature to his hope has given, Behind the cloud-topp'd hill, a humbler heaven ; Some safer world in depth of woods...embraced, Some happier island in the watery waste, lOfi Where slaves once more their native land behold ; No fiends torment, no Christians thirst for... | |
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Lo, the poor Indian ! whose untutor'd mind Sees God in clouds, or hears him in the wind ; His soul, proud science never taught to stray Far as the solar walk, or milky way; Yet simple nature to his hope has given, Behind the cloud-topp'd hill, an humbler... 
