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" Parts it may ravage, but preserves the whole. On life's vast ocean diversely we sail, Reason the card, but Passion is the gale ; Nor God alone in the still calm we find, He mounts the storm, and walks upon the wind. "
The Remains of Henry Kirke White ... - Page 195
by Henry Kirke White - 1813
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An essay on man. Cornish ed

Alexander Pope - 1798 - 140 pages
...preserves the whole. On life's vast ocean diversely we sail, Reason the card, but passion is the gale ; Nor God alone in the still calm we find, He mounts the storm, and walks upon the wind. Passions, like elements, th'o' born to fight, Yet, mix'd and soften'd, in his...
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The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope: With His Last Corrections ..., Volume 3

Alexander Pope - 1804 - 232 pages
...the whole. On life's vast ocean diversely we sail : Reason the card, but passion is the gale ; Nor God alone in the still calm we find ; He mounts the storm, and walks upon the wind. 110 Passions like elements, tho' born to fight, Yet mix'd and soften'd in his...
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A Dictionary of the English Language: In which the Words are ..., Volume 1

Samuel Johnson - English Language - 1805 - 954 pages
...Can steer the ship in cu,,:, ; but he performs M í "i P?*' can тапа§е h in storms. Dt,,t. Nor God alone in the still calm we find • He mounts the storm, aud walks upon the wind. a. Freedom from disturbance ; quiet ; repose : applied to the passions. Great...
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The Poetical Preceptor; Or, A Collection of Select Pieces of Poetry ...

English poetry - 1806 - 408 pages
...preserves the whole. On life's vast ocean diversely we sail, Reason the card, but Passion is the gale ; Nor God alone in the still calm we find, He mounts the storm, and walks upon the wind. Passions, like elements, tho' born to fight, Yet, mix'd and soften' d, in his...
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The Remains of Henry Kirke White ; of Nottingham, Late of St. John's College ...

Henry Kirke White - 1807 - 318 pages
...adremigat alis Se circum tiiho nebularum involvitamictn, Praetenditque cavjs piceas in nubibus undas. 196 Which is probably imitated, as well as most of the...the storm." The unfortunate Chatterton has — " And rides upon the pinions of the wind." And Gray — " With arms sublime that float upon the air." Few...
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The remains of Henry Kirke White [ed.] with an acount of his life ..., Volume 2

Henry Kirke White - 1807 - 320 pages
...Se circum fulyo nebularum involvit amid u, Praetenditque cavis piceas in nubibus nndas. 196 \vhich is probably imitated, as well as most of the following,...the storm." The unfortunate Chatterton has — " And rides upon the pinions of the wind." And Gray — " With arms sublime that float upon the air." Few...
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The Remains of Henry Kirke White: Of Nottingham, Late of St. John's College ...

Henry Kirke White - Poets, English - 1808 - 698 pages
...adremigat alis Se circnm fulvo nebularum involvit amictu, Prstenditque cavis piceas in nubibus unclas. This is somewhat too harsh and prosaic, and there...we find, " He mounts the storm and rides upon the wiud." And Addison— " Rides in the whirlwind and directs the storm." The unfortunate Chatterton has...
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Poetical Works

Alexander Pope - 1808 - 334 pages
...preserves the whole. On life's vast ocean diversely we sail, Reason the card, but passion is the gale ; Nor God alone in the still calm we find, He mounts the storm, and walks upon the wind. Passions, like elements, though born to fight, Yet, mix'd and softeu'd, in his...
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The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope: In Four Volumes. Collated with the ...

Alexander Pope, Thomas Park - 1808 - 328 pages
...the whole. On life's vast ocean diversely we sail, Reason the card, but passion is the gale ; Nor 6od alone in the still calm we find, He mounts the storm, and walks upon the wind. Passions, like elements, though born to fight, Yet, inix'd and soften'd, in his...
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The Works of the Right Reverend William Warburton, D.D., Lord ..., Volume 11

William Warburton (Bp. of Gloucester), Richard Hurd - Theology - 1811 - 446 pages
...Stoics, which he illustrates by a very beautiful similitude, on a hint taken from Scripture story*; Nor God alone in the still calm we find, . ' He mounts the storm, and walks upon the wind. But the Translator, not taking this allusion, has turn'd it thus : Dieu lui-me'me,...
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