 | 1809 - 700 pàgines
...I'd rather have been born, ere man was bleft With the pure dawn of revelation's light. Mm 3 " ' ye«J Yes !— rather plunge me back in Pagan night, '< And take my chance with Socrates for blifs, Than be the Chriflian of a faith like this, Which builds on heavenly cant its earthly fvvay,... | |
 | Thomas Moore - 1823 - 288 pàgines
...forgiven, When here I swear, by my soul's hope of rest, I'd rather have been born, e'er man was blest With the pure dawn of Revelation's light, Yes ! — rather plunge me back in Pagan night, Lateran, or the secular pretensions of our Popes. With respect, too, to the Decree of the Council of... | |
 | Thomas Moore - 1823 - 288 pàgines
...forgiven, When here I swear, by my soul's hope of rest, I'd rather have been born, e'er man was blest With the pure dawn of Revelation's light, Yes! — rather plunge me back in Pagan night, Lateran, or the secular pretensions of our Popes. With respect, too, to the Decree of the Council of... | |
 | Thomas Moore - 1829 - 456 pàgines
...forgiven. When here I swear, by my soul's hope of rest. I 'd rather have been horn, e'er man was blest With the pure dawn of Revelation's light, Yes! —...plunge me back in Pagan night, And take my chance with Socr.ites for bliss,1 Than be the Christian of a faith like this, W Inch builds on heavenly cant its... | |
 | Thomas Moore - 1829 - 470 pàgines
...was blest With ii.i pure dawn of Hevelation's lif'Ut, YCK! — rather pluiigc me back in Pagan ni^hl. And take my chance with Socrates for bliss,' Than be the Christian of a faith like this, Which builds on heavenly cant its earthly sway, And in a convert mourus to lose <i prey; Which, binding... | |
 | Thomas Moore - 1835 - 440 pàgines
...forgiven, When here I swear, by my soul's hope of rest, I'd rather have been born, e'er man was blest With the pure dawn of Revelation's light, Yes ! —...Pagan night, And take my chance with Socrates for bliss,1 Than be the Christian of a faith like this, Which builds on heavenly cant its earthly sway,... | |
 | 1841 - 658 pàgines
...forgiven, When here. I swear, by my soul's hope of rest, I'd rather have been born, ere man was blest With the pure dawn of Revelation's light, Yes, —...bliss, Than be the Christian of a faith like this, Which builds on heavenly cant its earthly sway, And in a convert mourns to lose a prey ; Which, grasping... | |
 | Thomas Moore - 1841 - 396 pàgines
...forgiven, When here I swear, by my soul's hope of rest, I'd rather have been born, ere man was blest With the pure dawn of Revelation's light, Yes, — rather plunge me back in Pagan night, a forgery, too, so obvious and ill-fabricated, that none but our enemies have ever ventured to give... | |
 | William Erigena Robinson - 1842 - 76 pàgines
...burns." Here would " I swear by my soul's hope of rest, I'd rather have been born, ere man was blest With the pure dawn of Revelation's light; Yes, rather...bliss, Than be the Christian of a faith like this, Which builds on heavenly cant its earthly sway, And in a convert mourns to lose a prey; ***** Which,... | |
 | Thomas Moore - 1844 - 800 pàgines
...forgiven, When here I swear, by my soul's hope of rest, I'd rather have been born, ere man was blest With the pure dawn of Revelation's light, Yes, —...bliss, Than be the Christian of a faith like this, nobody doubte their sincerity, when they declare that their articles are not essentials of fnith, but... | |
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I'd rather have been born ere man was blest With the pure dawn of Revelation's light, Yes, — rather plunge me back in Pagan night And take my chance with Socrates for bliss... 
