 For, letting down the golden chain from high, He drew his audience upward to the sky; And oft with holy hymns he charm'd their ears, A music more melodious than the spheres; For David left him, when he went to rest, His lyre; and after him he sung the...  The Works of the English Poets: Dryden - Sivu 207tekijä(t) Samuel Johnson - 1779Koko teos - Tietoja tästä kirjasta
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 750 sivua
...character still more ins more enraptured, more sublime, than the poet; and-, in his ordinary conversation, Letting down the golden chain from high, He drew his audience upward to the sky. Notwithstanding Young had said, in his Conjecture original Composition, that " blank verse is... | |
 | Maria [collections] Edgeworth - 1825 - 344 sivua
...action free. With eloquence innate his tongue was arm'd, Though harsh the precept, yet the preacher charm'd ; For, letting down the golden chain from high, He drew his audience upwards to the sky. He taught the Gospel rather than the law, And forc'd himself to drive, but lov'd... | |
 | Maria Edgeworth - 1825 - 340 sivua
...action free. With eloquence innate his tongue was arm'd, Though harsh the precept, yet the preacher charm'd ; For, letting down the golden chain from high, He drew his audience upwards to the sky. He taught the Gospel rather than the law, And forc'd himself to drive, but lov'd... | |
 | George Lewis Smyth - 1826 - 1042 sivua
...Mild was his accent, and his action free ; With eloquence innate his tongue was arm'd; Though harsh the precept, yet the people charm'd. For, letting...chain from high, He drew his audience upward to the sky ; And oft with holy hymns he charm'd their ears (A music more melodious than the spheres) : For... | |
 | George Lewis Smyth - 1826 - 556 sivua
...free ; With eloquence innate his tongue was arm'd ; Though harsh the precept, yet the people charm 'd. For, letting down the golden chain from high, He drew his audience upward to the sky ; And oft with holy hymns he charm'd their ears (A music more melodious than the spheres) : For... | |
 | John Johnstone - 1827 - 596 sivua
...Mild was his accent, and his action free. With eloquence innate his tongue was arm'd ; Though harsh the precept, yet the people charm'd ; For, letting...chain from high, He drew his audience upward to the sky : And oft with holy hymns he charm'd their ears (A music more melodious than the spheres) : For... | |
 | Mary Jane Mackenzie - 1829 - 226 sivua
...dwell : He taught the Gospel rather than the Law, And forced himself to drive, but loved to draw : For, letting down the golden chain from high, . He drew his audience upward to the sky; Lightnings and thunder (heaven's artillery). As harbingers, before the Almighty fly — These... | |
 | George Barrell Cheever - 1830 - 516 sivua
...action free. With eloquence innate his tongue was arm'd, Though harsh the precept, yet the preache-, charm'd. For, letting down the golden chain from high, He drew his audience upward to the sky : And oft with holy hymns he charm'd their ears, (A music more melodious than the spheres:) For... | |
 | John Dryden - 1832 - 338 sivua
...action free. With eloquence innate his tongue was arm'd ; Though harsh the precept, yet the preacher charm'd. For letting down the golden chain from high, He drew his audience upward to the sky : 20 And oft, with holy hymns, he charm'd their ears : (A music more melodious than the spheres.)... | |
 | Hugh Pearson - 1834 - 546 sivua
...respect. His cheerful countenance and pleasing manner impressed them with an earnest desire to hear him. For, letting down the golden chain from high, He drew his audience upward to the sky. The zeal of Swartz was untinctured by fanaticism, and undebased by extravagance, eccentricity,... | |
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