 Of nature, and though poor perhaps, compared With those whose mansions glitter in his sight, Calls the delightful scenery all his own. His are the mountains, and the valleys his, And the resplendent rivers ; his to enjoy With a propriety that none can...  Miscellaneous Essays and Discourses - Page 107by Mark Hopkins - 1847 - 514 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1802 - 350 pages
...compar'd With those whose mansions glitter in his sight, Calls the delightful scen'ry all his own. His are the mountains, and the valleys his, And the resplendent rivers. His t' enjoy With a propriety that none can feel, But who, with filial confidence inspir'd, Can lift... | |
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1810 - 212 pages
...compar'd With those whose mansions glitter in his sight, Calls the delightful scen'ry all his own. His are the mountains, and the valleys his, And the resplendent rivers. His t' enjoy With a propriety that none can feel, But who, with filial confidence inspir'd, Can lift... | |
 | New Church gen. confer - 1874 - 608 pages
...compared With those whose mansions glitter in his sight, Calls the delightful scenery ail his own. His are the mountains, and the valleys his, And the resplendent rivers ; his to enjoy With a propriety which none can feel, But who, with humble confidence inspired, Can... | |
 | English poetry - 1817 - 314 pages
...perhaps, comparM With those whose mansions glitter in his sight, Calls the delightful scen'ry all his own. His are the mountains, and the valleys his, And the resplendent rivers. His t' enjoy With a propriety that none can feel, But who, with filial confidence inspir'd, Can lift... | |
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1817 - 252 pages
...compared With those whose mansions glitter in his sight, Calls the delightful scenery all his own. His are the mountains, and the valleys his, And the resplendent rivers. His to enjoy With a propriety that none can feel, But who, with filial confidence inspired, Can lift... | |
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1821 - 278 pages
...compar'd With those whose mansions glitter in his sight, Calls the delightful scen'ry all his own. His are the mountains, and the valleys his, And the resplendent rivers. His t' enjoy With a propriety that none can feel, But who, with filial confidence inspir'd, Can lift... | |
 | Ann Yosy - Christian life - 1822 - 198 pages
...mercy, I was enabled to call " my God." O sweet, but humbling ! humbling, but sweet, reflection! " His are the mountains, and the valleys his, And the resplendent rivers: his to enjoy With a propriety that none can feel, But who, with filial confidence inspir'd, Can lift... | |
 | Henry Kollock - Presbyterian Church - 1822 - 510 pages
...where discerns his God ! he can call the objects of earth, "• the varied scenery, all his own." " His are the mountains, and the valleys his, And the resplendent rivers. His to enjoy With a propriety that none can feel : But who, with filial confidence inspired. Can lift... | |
 | William Cowper - 1824 - 446 pages
...compared With those whose mansions glitter in his sight, Calls the delightful scenery all his own. His are the mountains, and the valleys his, And the resplendent rivers : his to enjoy With a propriety that none can feel, But who, with filial confidence inspired, Can lift... | |
 | William Cowper - 1824 - 450 pages
...compar'd With those whose mansions glitter in his sight, Calls the delightful scen'ry all his own. His are the mountains, and the valleys his, And the resplendent rivers : his t' enjoy With a propriety that none can feel, But who, with filial confidence inspir'd, Can lift... | |
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