 Aloft their sooty banners rear Round my poor captive soul, and dare Pronounce me prisoner of hell. But thou, my Sun, and thou, my Shield, Wilt save me in the bloody field ; Break, glorious Brightness, shoot one glimmering ray, One glance of thine creates...  The works of the English poets. With prefaces, biographical and critical, by ... - Page 28by English poets - 1790Full view - About this book
 | Isaac Watts - Religious poetry - 1743 - 356 pages
...Thou, my SHIELD, Wilt fave me in the bloody Field ; Break, glorious BRICHTN Ess, fhoot one glimm'ring Ray, One Glance of thine creates a Day, And drives the Troops of Hell away. III. Happy the Times, but ah ! the Times are gone When wond'rous Power and radiant Grace Round the... | |
 | Isaac Watts - English poetry - 1753 - 360 pages
...fhoot one glimm'ring Ray, One Glance of thine creates a Day, And drives the Troops of Hell away. III. Happy the Times, but ah ! the Times are gone When...radiant Grace Round the tall Arches of the Temple fhonc, And mingled their vi&orioiis Rays : Sacred to DEVOTIO-N, &c. 135 Sin, with all its ghaflly Train,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1779 - 400 pages
...Aloft their footy banners rear Round my poor captive foul, and dare Pronounce me prifoner of hell. But But Thou, my Sun, and Thou my Shield, Wilt fave me...the temple fhone, And mingled their viftorious rays i Sin, with all its ghaftly train, FJe.d to the deeps of death again, And fmiling triumph fat on every... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1779 - 426 pages
...Thou, my Sun, and Thou my Shield, Wilt fave me in the bloody field ; Break, glorious Brightnefs, (hoot one glimmering ray, One glance of thine creates a...radiant grace Round the tall arches of the temple mone, And mingled their viftorious rays i Sin, with all its ghaftly train, Fled to the deeps of death... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1779 - 424 pages
...field ; Break, glorious Brightnefs, fhoot one glimmering ray, One glance of thine creates a day, Aml drives the troops of hell away. Happy the times, but...the temple fhone, And mingled their viftorious rays i Sin, with all its ghaftly train, Fled to the deeps of death again, And fmiling triumph fat on every... | |
 | Robert Anderson - English poetry - 1795 - 972 pages
...my Shield, Wilt fave me in the bloody field ; [ray, Break, glorious brightncfs, moot one glimmering' One glance of thine creates a day, And drives the troops of hell away. H-ippy the times, but ah ! the times tire gone • When wondrous power and radiant grace Round the... | |
 | Isaac Watts - Hymns, English - 1802 - 306 pages
...Shield, Wilt save me in the bloody field ; 1/ay.j Break, glorious Brightness, shoot one glimmering On-e glance of thine creates a day, And drives the troops of hell away. III. Happy the times; but, ah! the times are gone When wond'rous potvcr and radiant grace Round the... | |
 | Isaac Watts - English poetry - 1807 - 410 pages
...my Shield, Wilt save me in the bloody field ; [ray, Break, glorious Brightuess, shoot one glimmering One glance of thine creates a day, And drives the troops of hell away. Happy the times, but ah ! those times are gone When wondrous power and radiant grace Round the tall arches of the temple shone,... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 554 pages
...thou my Sun, and thou my Shield, Wilt save me in the bloody field ; Break, glorious Brightness, shoot one glimmering ray, One glance of thine creates a...radiant grace Round the tall arches of the temple shone, And mingled their victorious rays : Sin, with all its ghastly train, Fled to the deeps of Death... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1810 - 556 pages
...tbou my Sun, and thou my Shield, Wilt save me in the bloody field ; Break, glorious Brightness, shoot one glimmering ray, One glance of thine creates a...of Hell away. Happy the times ; but ah ! the times «re gone When wondrous power and radiant grace Round the tall arches of the temple shone, And mingled... | |
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