 Enquirer, cease, petitions yet remain, Which heav'n may hear, nor deem religion vain. Still raise for good the supplicating voice, But leave to heav'n the measure and the choice, Safe in his pow'r, whose eyes discern afar The secret ambush of a specious...  Miscellaneous and Fugitive Pieces - Page 322by Samuel Johnson - 1774 - 375 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Montgomery Belgion - Books and reading - 1950 - 312 pages
...fate? Shall no dislike alarm, no wishes rise, No cries attempt the mercy of the skies? Inquirer, cease; petitions yet remain, Which Heav'n may hear, nor deem Religion vain. Still raise for good the supplicating voice, But leave to Heaven the measure and the choice. Let us set beside... | |
 | D. H. Rawlinson - Literary Criticism - 1968 - 254 pages
...sand is spent, Thou mayest think life, a thing but lent. 3) wracke, ie be shipwrecked Enquirer, cease, Petitions yet remain, Which Heav'n may hear, nor deem Religion vain. Still raise for Good the supplicating Voice, But leave to Heav'n the Measure and the Choice: Safe in his... | |
 | Greg Clingham - Literary Criticism - 1997 - 290 pages
...Must no Dislike alarm, no Wishes rise, No Cries attempt the Mercies of the Skies? Enquirer, cease, Petitions yet remain, Which Heav'n may hear, nor deem Religion vain. Still raise for Good the supplicating Voice, But leave to Heav'n the Measure and the Choice. Safe in his... | |
 | Arthur Finley Scott - English poetry - 1957 - 240 pages
...How do the following passages differ in their treatment of the subject? , > J (*) Enquirer, cease, petitions yet remain, Which heav'n may hear, nor deem religion vain. Still raise for good the supplicating voice, But leave to heav'n the measure and the choice. Safe in his... | |
 | Richard Garnett - 1899 - 432 pages
...Must no dislike alarm, no wishes rise, No cries invoke the mercies of the skies ? Inquirer, cease, petitions yet remain, Which Heav'n may hear, nor deem religion vain. Still raise for good the supplicating voice, But leave to Heav'n the measure, and the choice. Safe in his... | |
 | James Boswell - Authors, English - 1820 - 544 pages
...Shall no dislike alarm, no wishes rise, ' No cries attempt the mercy of the skies ? Inquirer, cease ; petitions yet remain, Which heav'n may hear, nor deem religion vain. Still raise for good the supplicating voice, But leave to Heaven the measure and the choice. Safe in His... | |
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