 | John Bell - English poetry - 1789 - 442 pages
...discern afar The secret ambush of a specious pray'r, Implore his aid, in his decisions rest, Secure, whate'er he gives, he gives the best. Yet when the...sacred presence fires, And strong devotion to the skies aspires, Pour forth thy fervors for a healthful mind, Obedient passions, and a will resign'd ; For... | |
 | English poetry - 1789 - 228 pages
...specious pray'r, Implore his aid, in his decisions rest, Secure, whate'er he gives, he gives the best. Vet when the sense of sacred presence fires, And strong devotion to the skies aspires, Pour forth thy fervors for a healthful mind, Obedient passions, and a will resign 'd ; For... | |
 | James Boswell - Hebrides (Scotland) - 1799 - 640 pages
...discerns afar The secret ambush of a specious pray'r ; Implore His aid, in His decisions rest, Secure whate'er He gives He gives the best Yet when the sense...sacred presence fires, And strong devotion to the skies aspires, Pour forth thy fervours for a healthful mind, Obedient passions, and a will resign'd ; For... | |
 | James Boswell - 1799 - 648 pages
...discerns afar The secret ambush of a specious pray'r; Implore His aid, in His decisions rest, Secure whate'er He gives He gives the best Yet when the sense...sacred presence fires, And strong devotion to the skies aspires, Pour forth thy fervours for a healthful mind, Obedient passions, and a will resign'd ; For... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1804 - 594 pages
...discern afar The secret ambush of a specious prayer ; Implore his aid, in his decision rest, Secure, whate-er he gives, he gives the best. , Yet when the...sacred presence fires, And strong devotion to the skies aspires, Pour forth thy fervours for a healthful mind, Obedient passions, and a will resign-d; For... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English literature - 1805 - 238 pages
...discern afar The secret ambush of a specious pray'r. Implore his aid, in his decisions rest, Secure whate'er he gives, he gives the best. Yet when the...sacred presence fires, And strong devotion to the skies aspires, four forth thy fervors for a healthful mind, Obedient passions, and a will resign'd ; For... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English literature - 1806 - 328 pages
...discern afar The secret ambush of a specious pray'r ; Implore his aid, in his decisions rest, Secure, whate'er he gives, he gives the best. Yet, when the...sacred presence fires, And strong devotion to the skies aspires, Pour forth thy fervours for a healthful mind, Obedient passions, and a will resigned; For... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English literature - 1806 - 350 pages
...afar The secret ambush of a specious pray'r; Implore his aid, in his decisions rest, Secure, what'er he gives, he gives the best. Yet, when the sense of...sacred presence fires, And strong devotion to the skies aspires, Pour forth thy fervours for a healthful mind, Obedient passions, and a will resign'd ; For... | |
 | John Aikin - Books and reading - 1806 - 346 pages
...modern writer was superior to that of the ancient. Nobler lines than the following were never composed : Yet when the sense of sacred presence fires, And strong devotion to the skies aspires, Pour forth thy fervours for a healthful mind, Obedient passions and a will resign'd ; For... | |
 | James Boswell - Authors, English - 1807 - 514 pages
..." ^ ne secret ambush of a specious pray'r ; 40. " Implore his aid, in his decisions rest, " Secure whate'er he gives he gives the best, " Yet when the...presence fires, " And strong devotion to the skies aspires, " Pour forth thy fervours for a healthful mind, " Obedient passions, and a will resign'd ;... | |
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Secure, whate'er he gives, he gives the best. Yet when the sense of sacred presence fires, And strong devotion to the skies aspires, Pour forth thy fervours for a healthful mind, Obedient passions, and a will resign'd; For love, which scarce collective... 
