 | Robert Burns, James Currie - 1847 - 704 pages
...men display to congregations wide, Devotion's ev'ry grace except the heart / The POUI'T, incens'd, the pageant will desert, The pompous strain, the sacerdotal stole ; But haply, m some cottage far apart, May hear, well pleas'd, the language of the soul ; And in bis hook of life... | |
 | Orphan Working School (London, England) - 1847 - 152 pages
...voices as he passed through their midst. " The Power incensed, the pageant may desert, The solemn pomp, the sacerdotal stole, But haply in some cottage far apart, May hear the honest language of the heart, And in his book of life the inmates poor enrol." While to all classes... | |
 | Marlborough coll - 1855 - 126 pages
...which the devotion of the rich and great are often accompanied, in the following beautiful lines : " Compared with this, how poor Religion's pride^ In...When men display to congregations wide, Devotion's ev'ry grace, except the heart ! The Pow'r, incens'd, the pageant will desert, The pompous strain, the... | |
 | English poetry - 1848 - 468 pages
...such society, yet still more dear, While circling time moves round in an eternal sph»re. Compar'd with this, how poor Religion's pride, In all the pomp...When men display to congregations wide, Devotion's ev'ry grace except the heart ! The Pots' r, incens'd, the pageant will desert, The pompous strain,... | |
 | George Croly - 1850 - 442 pages
...praise, In such society, yet still more dear ; While circling time moves round in an eternal sphere Compared with this, how poor religion's pride, In...Power, incensed, the pageant will desert, The pompous train, the sacerdotal stole ; But haply, in some cottage far apart May hear, well pleased, ^he language... | |
 | William Harris Elson, Christine M. Keck - 1922 - 676 pages
...While circling Time moves round in an eternal sphere. Compared with this, how poor Religion's pride 145 In all the pomp of method and of art, When men display to congregations wide Devotion's ev'ry grace, except the heart! The Pow'r, incensed, the pageant will desert, The pompous strain, the... | |
 | Edwin Greenlaw, William Harris Elson, Christine M. Keck - 1922 - 600 pages
...While circling Time moves round in an eternal sphere. Compared with this, how poor Religion's pride 145 In all the pomp of method and of art, When men display to congregations wide Devotion's ev'ry grace, except the heart! The Pow'r, incensed, the pageant will desert, The pompous strain, the... | |
 | Caroline Miles Hill - 1923 - 888 pages
...such society, yet still more dear; While circling time moves round in an eternal sphere. Compar'd to this, how poor Religion's pride, In all the pomp of...When men display to congregations wide Devotion's ev'ry grace except the heart ! The Power, incens'd, the pageant will desert, The pompous' strain, the... | |
 | Harry Morgan Ayres, Frederick Morgan Padelford - 1924 - 942 pages
...praise, In such society, yet still more dear, While circling Time moves round in an eternal sphere. Past profuse Of power each ev'ry grace except the heart ! The Power, incensed, the pageant will desert, The pompous strain, the... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1925 - 424 pages
...praise, In such society, yet still more dear ; While circling Time moves round in an eti-rual sphere. Compared with this, how poor Religion's pride, In...hear, well pleased, the language of the soul ; And jn his Book of Life the inmates poor enroll. Then homeward all take off their several way ; The youngling... | |
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That thus they all shall meet in future days : There ever bask in uncreated rays, No more to sigh, or shed the bitter tear, Together hymning their Creator's praise, In such society, yet still more dear ; While circling time moves round in an eternal sphere.... 
