 Before thy mystic altar, heavenly truth, I kneel in manhood, as I knelt in youth. Thus let me kneel, till this dull form decay, And life's last shade be brightened by thy ray. Then shall my soul, now lost in clouds below, Soar without bound, without consuming...  The Works of Sir William Jones - Página 253por William Jones - 1807Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | Literary curiosities - 1876 - 386 páginas
...knelt in youth : Thus let me kneel, till this dull form decay, And life's last shade be brightened by thy ray ; — Then shall my soul, now lost in clouds...below, Soar without bound, without consuming glow. Sir Wm. Jones. OUR FOREFATHERS. WHEN we look back upon our forefathers, we seem to look back upon the... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1879 - 428 páginas
...are sung ! Tlie Conelnding Sentence of Berkeley's Siris imitated, Before thy mystic altar, heavenly Truth, I kneel in manhood as I knelt in youth ; Thus let me kneel, till this full form decay, And life's last shade be brightened by thy ray : Then shall my soul, now lost in clonds... | |
 | Arthur B. Davison - 1880 - 396 páginas
...from us.' Dr. Thomas Brown, Lectures on Philosophy of Mind. TRUTH. BEFORE thy mystic altar, heavenly Truth, I kneel in manhood as I knelt in youth : Thus...till this dull form decay, And life's last shade be brightened by thy ray : Then shall my soul, now lost in clouds below, Soar without bound, without consuming... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1880 - 826 páginas
...youth ; Thus let me kneel, till this c'.ull form decay, And life's last shade be brightened by rhy ray ! Then shall my soul, now lost in clouds below, Soar without bound, without consuming glow.* « Telraitie — From the Persian. On parent knees, a naked new-born child, Weeping thou sat'st while... | |
 | Passages, John Allen Giles - 1881 - 744 páginas
...Crown a Hides his faint rays, and at her bidding shrinks. 2. THUTH. Before thy mystic altar, heavenly Truth, I kneel in manhood as I knelt in youth : Thus...till this dull form decay, And life's last shade be brightened by thy ray : Then shall my soul, now lost in clouds below, Soar without bound, without consuming... | |
 | William Henry Davenport Adams - 1882 - 526 páginas
...sentence is the germ of the following lines by Sir William Jones : — " Before thy mystic altar, heavenly Truth, I kneel in manhood as I knelt in youth ; Thus...till this dull form decay, And life's last shade be brightened by thy ray ; Then shall my soul, now lost in clouds below, Soar without bound, without consuming... | |
 | James Freeman Clarke - 1888 - 570 páginas
...speak of himself, as he has spoken in these lines : — " Before thy mystic altar, heavenly truth, 1 kneel in manhood, as I knelt in youth. Thus let me kneel, till this dull form decay, And life.s last shade be brightened by thy ray, Then shall my soul, now lost in clouds below, Soar without... | |
 | 1894 - 650 páginas
...another: "Before thy mystic altar, Heavenly Truth, I kneel in manhood, as I knelt in youth ; There let me kneel till this dull form decay, And life's last shade is brightened by thy ray ! " III. Spiritual. (1), We place in the very forefront of spiritual qualifications... | |
 | Laurie Magnus, Cecil Headlam - 1903 - 390 páginas
...fruits, at the altar of Truth. "—BERKELEY. THE ABOVE IMITATED. BEFORE thy mystic altar, heavenly Truth, I kneel in manhood as I knelt in youth : Thus...till this dull form decay, And life's last shade be brightened by thy ray : Then shall my soul, now lost in clouds below, Soar without bound, without consuming... | |
 | Grenville Kleiser - 1908 - 456 páginas
...received, he repeats the words of the great scholar, Sir William Jones : "Before thy mystic altar, heavenly truth, I kneel in manhood, as I knelt in youth, Thus...till this dull form decay, And life's last shade be brightened by the ray." HAMLET'S SOLILOQUY BY WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE To be or not to be: that is the question:... | |
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