 | James Thomson - 1757 - 244 pagina’s
...paft, And broken flumbers, rifes ftill refolv'd, 215 With new-flufh'd hopes, to run the giddy round. FATHER, of light and life ! thou GOOD SUPREME ! O teach me what is good ! teach me THYSELF ! Save me frjm folly, vanity, and vice, From every low purfuit ! and feed my foul 320 With... | |
 | James Thomson - 1763 - 458 pagina’s
...part, And broken flumbers, rifes ftill refolv'd, 215 With new-flufh'd hopes, to run the giddy round. 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 purfuit! and feed my foul 22O With... | |
 | James Thomson - 1766 - 266 pagina’s
...paft> And broken flumbers, rifes ftill refolv'd, 21; With new-flufh'd hopes, to run the giddy round. 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 purfuit! and feed my foul 220 With... | |
 | Ann Murry - 1778 - 246 pagina’s
...following claffes. Thofe addreffed to the Deity—of which I fhall produce an. example from Thompfon. " Father of Light and Life, thou good Supreme, " O teach me what is good, teach me Thyfelf!" The next are thofe prefented to Apollo, the Mufes r or any Virtue, and are ufed by Poets... | |
 | James Thomson, Patrick Murdoch - 1788 - 326 pagina’s
...vifions paft, And broken flumbers, rifes ftill refolv'd, With new-flufh'd hopes, to run the giddy round. 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 purfuit ! and feed my foul With knowledge,... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - 1791 - 510 pagina’s
...EXTRACTS. -POETICAL. BOOK THE FIRST. SACRED AND MORAL. { i. An Addrefi totheDeiiy. THOMSON. FATH ER of light and life ! Thou GOOD SUPREME ! O teach me what is good. Teach me THYSELF ! Save me from folly, vanity, and vice ; From cv'ry low purfuit ! and feed my foul Withknowledge.confcious... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - 1791 - 966 pagina’s
...ELEGANT EXTRACTS, IN VERSE. BOOK THE FIRST. SACRED AND MORAL. | i. At Mdreft to I be Dtitf. THOMSON. FATHER of light and life ! Thou GOOD SUPREME ! O teach me what a good. Teach me T HYS EL F Save me from folly, vanity, and vice, From every low purfuit ! and feed... | |
 | 1802 - 596 pagina’s
...'tis God alone ean set me right, And turn my darkness into light, And lead me to the skiei I PRAYF.lt. FATHER of light and life ! thou " Good Supreme ! O teach me what it good ! teach me "Thyself! Save me from folly, vanity, and vice, From ev'ry low pursuit I and feed... | |
 | T. Bowen - 1799 - 76 pagina’s
...roar; When thy proud waves with indignation rife, And dafti thy foamy fury to the tkies. CHAPTER XI. FATHER of light and life ! thou Good Supreme! O teach me what is good! teach me Th)fclf! Save me from folly, vanity, and vice, From every low purfuit ! and feed my foul With knowledge,... | |
 | James Thomson - 1802 - 340 pagina’s
...visions past, And broken slumbers, rises still resolv'd, With new-flush'd hopes, to run the giddy round. 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,... | |
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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... 
