| 1842 - 592 pàgines
...And still more in Dryden, who expands the thought into a fine couplet, after his own fashion : — ' Thy throne is darkness in the abyss of light — A blaze of glory which defies the sight.' The last two lines, in the passage from Milton, are taken from another source,... | |
| John Dryden - 1808 - 382 pàgines
...public scale ? Bnt, gracious God ! how well dost thou provide For erring judgments an unerring guide ? Thy throne is darkness in the' abyss of light, A blaze of glory that forbids the sight. O teach me to believe thee thus conceal'd, And search no further than thyself reveal'd ; But her alone... | |
| James Boswell - 1807 - 532 pàgines
...sentiment: " BUT, gracious GOD, how well dost thou provide " For erring judgements an unerring guide! " Thy throne is darkness in the abyss of light, " A blaze of glory that forbids the sight. " O ! teach me to believe thee thus conceal'd, " And search no farther than thyself reveal'd; " But... | |
| James Boswell - 1807 - 562 pàgines
...sentiment : " BUT, gracious GOD, how well dost thou provide " For erring judgements an unerring guide ! " Thy throne is darkness in the abyss of light, " A blaze of glory that forbids the sight. " O ! teach me to believe thee thus conceal'd, " And search no farther than thyself reveal'd ; " But... | |
| John Dryden, Walter Scott - 1808 - 564 pàgines
...public scale ? But, gracious God, how well dost thou provide For erring judgments an unerring guide ! Thy throne is darkness in the abyss of light, A blaze of glory that forbids the sight. O teach me to believe thee, thus concealed, And search no farther than thyself revealed ; But her alone... | |
| John Dryden - 1808 - 480 pàgines
...public scale? But, gracious God, how well dost thou provide For erring judgments an unerring guide! Thy throne is darkness in the abyss of light, A blaze of glory that forbids the sight. O teach me to believe thee, thus concealed, And search no farther than thyself revealed ; But her alone... | |
| John Dryden, Walter Scott - 1808 - 472 pàgines
...public scale? Hut, gracious God, how well dost thou provide For erring judgments an unerring guide! Thy throne is darkness in the abyss of light, A blaze of glory that forbids the sight. O teach me to believe thce, thus concealed, And search no farther than thyself revealed; But her alone... | |
| John Dryden, Thomas Park - 1808 - 374 pàgines
...public scale ? But, gracious God ! how well dost thou provide For erring judgments an unerring guide ? Thy throne is darkness in the' abyss of light, A blaze of glory that forhids the sight. O teach me to believe thee thus conceal'd, And search no farther than thyself reveal'd... | |
| James Boswell - 1817 - 536 pàgines
...gracious God, how well doit Ihou provide " Fur erring judgements an unerring guide ? " Thy throne i» darkness in the abyss of light, " A blaze of glory that forbids the night. " U ! i euch roe to believe tbee thus conccal'd, " And search no farther tima thyself revcal'il... | |
| Ezekiel Sanford - 1819 - 410 pàgines
...public scale ? But, gracious God ! how well dost thou provide For erring judgments an unerring guide ! Thy throne is darkness in the' abyss of light, A blaze of glory that forbids the sight. O teach me to believe thee thus conceal'd, And search no farther than thyself reveal'd ; But her alone... | |
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