 TRIUMPHAL arch, that fill'st the sky When storms prepare to part, I ask not proud Philosophy To teach me what thou art — Still seem as to my childhood's sight, A midway station given For happy spirits to alight Betwixt the earth and heaven.  The American Whig Review - Page 1861846Full view - About this book
 | James Sheridan Knowles - Elocution - 1847 - 344 pages
...exist. LESSON V. To The Rainbow. — CAMPBELL. TRIUMPHAL arch, that fill'st the sky When storms prepare to part, I ask not proud philosophy To teach me what...when I dreamt of gems and gold Hid in thy radiant bow 1 When Science from Creation's face Enchantment's veil withdraws, What lovely visions yield their place... | |
 | Garland - 1847 - 104 pages
...was just as true. BLOOMPIELD. THE RAINBOW. TRIUMPHAL arch, that fill'st the sky When storms prepare to part, I ask not proud philosophy To teach me what...happy spirits to alight Betwixt the earth and heaven. all that optics teach unfold Thy form to please me so, As when I dreamed of gems and gold Hid in thy... | |
 | Stephen W. q (Stephen Watkins) Clark - English language - 1847 - 242 pages
...the Subject or Object of an Auxiliary Sentence, it should be placed next its Antecedent. EXAMPLEs. " Can all THAT optics teach, unfold Thy form to please me so." •' The grave, THAT never spoke before Hath found, at length, a tongue to chide." Hom.—To this rule... | |
 | English literature - 1848 - 886 pages
...plighted clouds ; and everybody is familiar with the beautiful terms in which Campbell addresses it : ' Still seem as to my childhood's sight, A midway station,...For happy spirits to alight Betwixt the earth and hearrn. The allusions in the exquisite poem which we have noticed are extremely beautiful, and they... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - 1849 - 276 pages
...dreaming ear melted away. TO THE RAINBOW. TRIUMPHAL arch, that fill'st the sky, When storms prepare to part, I ask not proud Philosophy To teach me what...that optics teach, unfold Thy form to please me so, When Science from Creation's face Enchantment's veil withdraws, What lovely visions yield their place... | |
 | Stephen Henry Ward - Human beings - 1849 - 248 pages
...banqueting-hall of Odin. The rainbow with the ancient Scandinavians was the bridge of heaven, — ' ' A midway station given For happy spirits to alight Betwixt the earth and heav'n." We, however, have resolved it into simple rays of light, and may perhaps sigh and feel with... | |
 | John Cumming - Providence and government of God - 1849 - 190 pages
...of an oracle, proclaim God is in history. Triumphal arch that fill's! the sky, When storms prepare to part ; I ask not proud philosophy To teach me what thou art. When o'er the green, undeluged earth, Heaven's covenant thou didst shine ; How came the world's grey... | |
 | Electronic journals - 1900 - 614 pages
...once recall Campbell's two stanzas Î — Triumphal arch, that fill'st the sky When storms prepare to part, I ask not proud Philosophy To teach me what thou art. When Science from Creation's face Enchantment's veil withdraws, What lovely visions yield their place... | |
 | Questions and answers - 1900 - 676 pages
...once recall Campbell's two stanzas î — Triumphal arch, that fill'st the sky When storms prepare to part, I ask not proud Philosophy To teach me what thou art. When Science from Creation's face Enchantment's veil withdraws, What lovely visions yield their place... | |
 | Religious poetry - 1850 - 300 pages
...Creator, In bliss return to reign. THE RAINBOW. TRIUMPHAL arch, that fill'st the sky When storms prepare to part, I ask not proud philosophy To teach me what...optics teach unfold Thy form to please me so, As when I dream'd of gems and gold Hid in thy radiant bow ? When science from creation's face Enchantment's veil... | |
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