 | Edward Young - 1820 - 200 pages
...(says the sage,*) 'twere not absurd To doubt, if beams, set out at nature's birth, Are yet arrived at this so foreign world ; Though nothing half so rapid as their flight. An eye of awe and wonder let me roll, And roll for ever : who can satiate sight * Hugenius. In such... | |
 | John Aikin - 1821 - 358 pages
...mingle Earth and Heaven. How distant some of the nocturnal suns ! So distant (says the sage), 't were not absurd To doubt, if beams, set out at Nature's...world ; Though nothing half so rapid as their flight. An eye of awe and wonder let me roll, And roller ever : who can satiate sight In surli a scene ? in... | |
 | 1830 - 492 pages
...distant, says the sage, 'twere not absurd To doubt, if beams, set out at Nature's birth, Are yet arrived at this so foreign world ; Though nothing half so rapid as their flight ! An eye of awe and wonder let me roll, And roll for ever !— Who can satiate sight In such a scene,... | |
 | 1824 - 514 pages
...distant, says the sage, 'twere not absurd To doubt, if beams, set out at Nature's birth, Are yet arrived at this so foreign world ; Though nothing half so rapid as their flight. An eye of awe and wonder let me roll, And roll for ever. Who can satiate sight In such a scene, in... | |
 | Jeremiah Joyce - 1825 - 354 pages
...of the nocturnal suns ! So distant, says the sage, 'twere not absurd To doubt, if beams, set out on Nature's birth, Are yet arriv'd at this so foreign...their flight. Tutor. He probably referred to Huygens, »n eminent astronomer, who threw out the idea before Akenside was born. James. And you say the particles... | |
 | George G. Carey - 1825 - 274 pages
...distant says the sage, 'twere not absurd To doubt, if beams set out at Nature's birth, Are yet arrived at this so foreign world ; Though nothing half so rapid as their flight. An eye of awe and wonder let me roll, And roll for ever. Who can satiate sight In such a scene, in... | |
 | Jeremiah Joyce - 1829 - 410 pages
...How distant some of the nocturnal suns ! So distant, says the sage, 'twere not absurd To doubt, it beams set out at Nature's birth, Are yet arriv'd at...world ; Though nothing half so rapid as their flight. TOWNS. Charles. What can be the use of these fixed stars ? — not to enlighten the earth, for a single... | |
 | Thomas F. Walker - 1830 - 256 pages
...mingle Earth and Heaven. How distant some of the nocturnal suns I So distant (says the sage), 't were not absurd To doubt, if beams, set out at Nature's...world ; Though nothing half so rapid as their flight. An eye of awe and wonder let me roll, And roll for ever: who can satiate sight In such a scene 'i in... | |
 | Aaron Arrowsmith - 1831 - 970 pages
...distant, says the sage, 'twere not absurd To doubt, if beams, set out at nature's birth, Are yet arrived at this so foreign world ; Though nothing half so rapid as their flight. An eye of awe and wonder let me roll, And roll for ever : who can satiate sight In such a scene ? in... | |
 | Joseph Emerson - 1832 - 122 pages
...mingle earth and heav'n How distant some of these nocturnal suns .'385 So distant (says the sage,t) 'twere not absurd To doubt, if beams, set out at nature's...world ; Though nothing half so rapid as their flight. An eye of awe and wonder let me roll, fHusenius. And roll forever. Who can satiate sight In such a... | |
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How distant some of these nocturnal suns ! So distant (says the sage) 'twere not absurd To doubt, if beams, set out at nature's birth, Are yet arriv'd at this so foreign world ; Though nothing half so rapid as their flight. 
