 Father of light and life, Thou Good Supreme ! O teach me what is good ; teach me Thyself ! Save me from folly, vanity, and vice, From every low pursuit ; and feed my soul With knowledge, conscious peace, and virtue pure, Sacred, substantial, never-fading...  The Seasons: By James Thomson; with His Life, an Index, and Glossary ... - Page 179by James Thomson - 1793 - 225 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Lindley Murray - 1823 - 236 pages
...when gone Gone they ne er go when past they haunt us still Father of light and life Thou good supreme O teach me what is good Teach me thyself Save me from fully vanity and vice From er ry low pursuit and feed my soul With knowledge conscious peace and virtue... | |
 | British poets - 1824 - 676 pages
...Through all the dreary labyrinth of fate. Ibid — Winter. Father of light and life ! thou Good Supreme ! O teach me what is good ! teach me thyself ! Save...and vice, From every low pursuit ! and feed my soul With knowledge, conscious peace, and virtue pure ; Sacred, substantial, never-fading bliss ! Ibid.... | |
 | Steam boat companion - 1824 - 228 pages
...Underneath is this quotation from Thomson's " Winter," • " Father of Light and Life, Thou God supreme ! O, teach me what is good! teach me Thyself! Save me...and vice, From every low pursuit! and feed my soul With knowledge, conscious peace ,and virtue pure; Sacred, substantial, never fading bliss !" In the... | |
 | Jesse Torrey - 1824 - 308 pages
...little prayer, which I took from Thomson's poems, viz. " Father of light and life, thou Good Supreme ! O teach me what is good; teach me Thyself! Save me...and vice, From every low pursuit; and feed my soul With knowledge, conscious peace, and virtue pure; Sacred, substantial, never-fading bliss!" 23 The... | |
 | John Milton - 1824 - 510 pages
...With iMjw-flu!.htt hopes, to run the giddy round. Father of light antl life ! thou Good Supreme ! Î teach me what is good ! teach me Thyself! Save me...and vice, From every low pursuit ! and feed my soul With knowledge, conscious peace, and virrae pure ; Sai-rtd. substantial, never-failing blist ! The... | |
 | Marc-Antoine Jullien - 1824 - 662 pages
...« Father of light and life, tliou good suprême ! » O teach me what is good , teach me tbyself. » Save me from folly , vanity , and vice , » From every low pursuit , and £11 my soûl » Witli knowledge , conscious peacc and virtue pure , « Sacred , substancial , never... | |
 | Samuel Leigh (publisher.) - 1825 - 576 pages
...Underneath is this quotation from his " Winter:" Father of Light and Life! Thon Good Supreme ! O, teacii me what is good! teach me Thyself! Save me from folly,...and vice, From every low pursuit! and feed my soul With knowledge, conscious peace, and virtue pore; Sacred, substantial, never-fading bliss I In the... | |
 | James Hervey - 1825 - 460 pages
...Gentile world : * who is tola that looketli forth as the morning!' Cant. vi. 10. t Joh, xxxYili. 12. Save me from folly, vanity, and vice, From every low pursuit ! and feed my soul With faith, with conscious peace, and virtue pure, Sacred, substantial, never-fading bliss.* Wrapt... | |
 | John Arliss - 1825 - 382 pages
...Winter:" Fuber of Light anii Lib, Thou God Supreme ! O, tench me what is gund I tench me Tbyself I Save me from folly, vanity, and vice, From every low pursuit; and feed my lonl u nli knowledge, conscious nc.ice, and virtue pure; Surcd, subtuutial, never lading bliss ) SHERIDAN... | |
 | James Thomson - 1826 - 176 pages
...new-flush'd hopes, to run the giddy round. Father of light and life ! thbu Good Supreme ! O, teach mo what is good ! teach me Thyself! Save me from folly,...conscious peace, and virtue pure ; Sacred, substantial, never fading bliss ! The keener tempests rise : and fuming dun From all the livid east, or piercing... | |
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