 Of this fair volume which we World do name If we the sheets and leaves could turn with care, Of him who it corrects, and did it frame, We clear might read the art and wisdom rare: Find out his power which wildest powers doth tame, His providence extending...  The Poems of William Drummond of Hawthornden - Page 6by William Drummond - 1894Full view - About this book
 | William Drummond, Peter Cunningham - 1833 - 358 pages
...wildest powers doth tame, His providence extending every where, His justice, which proud rebels doth rot spare, In every page, no period of the same : But...Well pleas'd with colour'd vellum, leaves of gold, Fair dangling ribbands, leaving what is best, On the great writer's sense ne'er taking hold ; Or if... | |
 | Joseph Belcher - 1834 - 590 pages
...wisdom rare, Find out his power, which wildest arts doth tame, His providence extending every where, His justice which proud rebels doth not spare, In...same ; But silly we, like foolish children, rest Well pleased with coloured vellum, leaves of gold, Fair dangling ribbons, leaving what is best ; Of the... | |
 | Robert Aris Willmott - Poets, English - 1834 - 408 pages
...wisdom rare ; Find out his power which wildest arts doth tame, His providence extending every where, His justice which proud rebels doth not spare, In every page, no period of the same : But sillie we, like foolish children, rest Well pleased with coloured vellum, leaves of gold; Fair dangling... | |
 | Robert Aris Willmott - Poets, English - 1834 - 478 pages
...his power which wildest arts doth tame. His providence extending every where/ II is justice whirl» proud rebels doth not spare, In every page, no period of the same : But sillie we, like foolish children, rest Well pleased with coloured vellum, leaves of gold; Fair dangling... | |
 | 1839 - 498 pages
...wisdom rare ; Find out his power, which wildest arts doth tame, His providence extending every where, His justice, which proud rebels doth not spare, In every page, no period of the same : But sillie we, like foolish children, rest, Well pleased with coloured vellum, leaves of gold, Fair dangling... | |
 | 1839 - 444 pages
...powers doth tame, His justice, which proud rebels doth not spare, His providence extending everywhere ; In every page, no period of the same: But silly we, like foolish children, rest Well plcas'd with colour'd vellum, leaves of gold, Fair dangling ribbands, leaving what is best, On the... | |
 | A Montagu Woodford - 1841 - 320 pages
...frame, We clear might read the art and wisdom rare, Find out His power, which wildest powers doth tame, His providence, extending everywhere, His justice,...same : But silly we, like foolish children, rest Well pleased with coloured vellum, leaves of gold, Fair dangling ribbands, leaving what is best, On the... | |
 | 1846 - 436 pages
...might read the art and wisdom rare, — Find out his power, — which wildest powers doth tame, — His providence, — extending everywhere, — His...same ! But silly we, like foolish children, rest Well pleased with colored vellum, leaves of gold, Fair, dangling ribands, leaving what is best, On the great... | |
 | Cyclopaedia, Henry Gardiner Adams - 1854 - 762 pages
...Find out his power, which wildest powers doth tame, His providence extending everywhere, His lustice, which proud rebels doth not spare, In every page —...Well pleas'd with colour'd vellum, leaves of gold. Fair dangling ribbands — leaving what is best; On the great writer's sense ne'er taking hold; Or... | |
 | American poetry - 1854 - 456 pages
...might read the art and wisdom rare, — Find out his power, — which wildest powers doth tame, — His providence, — extending everywhere, — His...same ! But silly we, like foolish children, rest Well pleased with colored vellum, leaves of gold, Fair, dangling ribands, leaving what is best, > On the... | |
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