 A ray of heavenly light, gilding all forms Terrestrial in the vast and the minute; The unambiguous footsteps of the God Who gives its lustre to an insect's wing, And wheels his throne upon the rolling worlds.  Mechanics Magazine - Page 4911827Full view - About this book
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1800 - 438 pages
...what with stupid gaze Of ignorance, till then she overlook'd — • A ray of heav'nly light, gilding all forms Terrestrial in the vast and the minute; The unambiguous footsteps of the God Who gives its lustre to an insect's wing, And wheels his throne upon the rolling worlds. Much conversant... | |
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1802 - 350 pages
...what, with stupid gaze Of ignorance, till then she overlook'd — A ray of heav'nly light, gilding all forms Terrestrial in the vast and the minute ; The unambiguous footsteps of the God Who gives its lustre to an insect's wing, And wheels his throne upon the rolling worlds. Much conversant... | |
 | Health - 1802 - 302 pages
...stupid gaze Of ignorance, till then she overlook'd — A ray of heavenly light, gilding all forms 810 Terrestrial in the vast and the minute ; The unambiguous footsteps of the God AVho gives its lustre to an inseft's wing, And wheels his throne upon the rolling worlds. Much... | |
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1806 - 234 pages
...things what, with stupid gaze Of ignorance, till then she overlooked, . A ray of heavenly light, gilding all forms Terrestrial in the vast and the minute ; The unambiguous footsteps of the God, Who gives its lustre to an insect's wing, And wheels his throne upon the rolling worlds. Much... | |
 | Edward Mangin - Books and reading - 1808 - 236 pages
...Deity, he says, with grandeur befitting the awful theme— " The unambiguous footsteps of the God, Who gives its lustre to an insect's wing. And wheels his throne upon the rolling worlds." \ » This great poet's love of freedom also inspires his verse with more than wonted energy; and, in... | |
 | Edward Mangin - Books and reading - 1808 - 240 pages
...object; for instance, speaking of Deity, he says, with grandeur befitting the awful theme — • e> •* The unambiguous footsteps of the Cod, Who gives its lustre to an insect's wing, . And wheel* Ins throne upon the rolling worlds."" This great poet's love of freedom also inspires his Terse... | |
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1810 - 212 pages
...what, with stupid gaze Of ignorance, till then she overlook'd.... A ray of heav'nly light, gilding all forms Terrestrial in the vast and the minute ; The unambiguous footsteps of the God Who gives its lustre to an insect's wing, And wheels his throne upon the rolling worlds. Much conversant... | |
 | William Cowper - 1810 - 494 pages
...A ray of heav'nly light, gilding all forms sio The unambiguous footsteps of the God, Who gives it's lustre to an insect's wing, And wheels his throne upon the rolling worlds. Much conversant with Heav'n, she often holds With those fair ministers of light to man, That fill the... | |
 | William Cowper - 1811 - 228 pages
...things, what with stupid gaze Of ignorance, till then she overlook'd — A ray of heav'nly light, gilding all forms Terrestrial in the vast and the minute ; The unambiguous footsteps of the God Who gives its lustre to an insect's wing, And wheels his throne upon the rolling worlds. Much conversant... | |
 | New Church gen. confer - 1869 - 636 pages
...was, he goes on to describe that mind tracing through all nature The unambiguous footsteps of the God, Who gives its lustre to an insect's wing And wheels His throne upon the rolling worlds. He then proceeds to his well-known address to the starry heavens, also too well-known to need quotation,... | |
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