 Sweet drop of pure and pearly light! In thee the rays of Virtue shine ; More calmly clear, more mildly bright, Than any gem that gilds the mine.  Poems - Page 133by Samuel Rogers - 1816 - 246 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Frederick Locker-Lampson, Coulson Kernahan - English poetry - 1891 - 452 pages
...the rays of Virtue shine; More calmly clear, more mildly bright, Sweet drop of pure and pearly light! Than any gem that gilds the mine. Benign restorer...fly'st to bring relief, When first we feel the rude control Of Love or Pity, Joy or Grief. Thou charm'st in Fancy's idle dream, In Reason's philosophic... | |
 | Frederick Locker-Lampson, Coulson Kernahan - English poetry - 1891 - 458 pages
...Benign restorer of the soul I Who ever fly'st to bring relief, When first we feel the rude control Of Love or Pity, Joy or Grief. The sage's and the poet's theme, In every clime, in every age ; That very law which moulds a tear, And bids it trickle from its source, That law preserves the earth... | |
 | Student publications - 1891 - 406 pages
...is saying the best and worst of thee." Crane. — " Sweet drop of pure and pearly light, In thee the rays of virtue shine, More calmly clear, more mildly bright Than any gem that gilds the mine." Cougdon. — " An infinite deal of nothing." Miss J'calhcrly. — " What she will to do or say, Seems... | |
 | Edward William Cole - 1892 - 412 pages
...trembling left its coral cell, The spring of sensibility ! Sweet drop of pure and pearly light, In thee the rays of virtue shine, More calmly clear, more mildly...fly'st to bring relief, When first we feel the rude control Of love or pity, joy or grief. The sage's and the poet's theme, In every clime, in every age... | |
 | Oskar Guttmann - Chants - 1893 - 298 pages
...left its coral cell — The spring of Sensibility. Sweet drop of pure and pearly light, In thee the rays of Virtue shine ; More calmly clear, more mildly...fly'st to bring relief, When first we feel the rude control Of Lovo or Pity, Joy or Grief. The sage's and the poet's theme In every clime, in every age,... | |
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - Quotations, English - 1896 - 794 pages
...cell — The spring of Sensibility ! Sweet drop of pure and pearly light, In thee the rays of Yirtue shine ; More calmly clear, more mildly bright, Than...gilds the mine. Benign restorer of the soul ! Who ever fliest to bring relief When first we feel the rude control The sage's and the poet's theme, In every... | |
 | Mottoes - 1896 - 1224 pages
...forever. g. POPE— Moral Essays. Ep. II. L. 163. Sweet drop of pure and pearly light ; In thee the let us trace the matchless vale of Thames ; Fair winding up to where the Muses haunt In Twit'nh A. SAM'L ROGERS — On a Tear. According to his virtue let us use him. With all respect and rites of... | |
 | American literature - 1903 - 462 pages
...and a tear is described in these sonorous lines: " Sweet drop of pure and pearly light ! In thee the rays of virtue shine ; .More calmly clear, more mildly bright. Than any gem that gilds the mine." Rogers's poetry was enjoyed and praised without stint by his contemporaries, Lord Byron among the number,... | |
 | English poetry - 1904 - 542 pages
...left its coral cell, — The spring of Sensibility ! Sweet drop of pure and pearly light ! In thee the rays of Virtue shine, More calmly clear, more mildly...gilds the mine. Benign restorer of the soul ! Who ever fliest to bring relief, When first we feel the rude control Of Love or Pity, Joy or Grief. The sage's... | |
 | John Matthews Manly - English poetry - 1907 - 654 pages
...spring of Sensibility ! Sweet drop of pure and pearly light I In thee the rays of Virtue shine, ю More calmly clear, more mildly bright, Than any gem that gilds the mine. Benign restorer of the soul 1 Who ever fliest to bring relief, When first we feel the rude control Of Love or Pity, Joy or Grief.... | |
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