 | George Croly - 1854 - 426 pages
...Devotion's every grace, except the heart ! The Power, incensed, the pageant will desert, The pompous train, the sacerdotal stole ; But haply, in some cottage far apart May hear, well pleased, the language of the soul, And in his book of life the inmates poor enrol. Then homeward all... | |
 | John Wilson - 1854 - 252 pages
...the meaning of devotion ? If all be false and hollow, a mere semblance only, then indeed " The Pow'r incens'd, the pageant will desert, The pompous strain, the sacerdotal stole ; " but if, even in the midst of "religion's pride," there be humble and contrite hearts — if a place be... | |
 | John Wilson - 1854 - 252 pages
...the meaning of devotion ? If all be false and hollow, a mere semblance only, then indeed " The Pow'r incens'd, the pageant will desert, The pompous strain, the sacerdotal stole ; " but if, even in the midst of "religion's pride," there be humble and contrite hearts—if a place be found... | |
 | Alexander Blaikie - 1855 - 378 pages
...to congregations wide, Devotion's ev'ry grace, except the heart! * Pope's Windsor Forest. The Pow'r, incens'd, the pageant will desert, The pompous strain,...But haply, in some cottage far apart, May hear, well pleas'd, the language of the soul ; And in his book of life the inmates poor enroll." The scene thus... | |
 | Anna Cabot Lowell - 1855 - 452 pages
...When men display to congregations wide Devotion's every grace except the heart ! The Power, incensed, the pageant will desert, The pompous strain, the sacerdotal...But haply, in some cottage far apart, May hear, well pleased, the language of the soul ; And in his book of life the inmates poor enroll. Then homeward... | |
 | Horace - 1855 - 718 pages
...costly sacrifice were offered. Compare Burns, " Cotter's Saturday Night,"-— " The Pow'r, incensed, the pageant will desert, The pompous strain, the sacerdotal...But, haply, in some cottage far apart, May hear, well pleased, the language of the soul, And in his book of Ufe the inmates poor enrol." — 20. Parre pió... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1855 - 562 pages
...art, 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,...; But haply, in some cottage far apart, May hear, wellpleas'd, the language of the soul ; And in His book of life the inmates poor enrol. XVIII. Then... | |
 | 1855 - 458 pages
...When men display to congregations wide Devotion's every grace except the heart ! The Power, incensed, the pageant will desert, The pompous strain, the sacerdotal...But haply, in some cottage far apart, May hear, well pleased, the language of the soul ; And in his book of life the inmates poor enroll. Then homeward... | |
 | Isaac Clarke Pray - 1855 - 496 pages
...When men display to congregations wide Devotion's every grace, except the heart! The Power incensed, the pageant will desert, The pompous strain, the sacerdotal...But haply in some cottage far apart. May hear, well pleased, the language of the soul, And in his Book of Life the inmates poor enroL" Such were the influences... | |
 | Robert Burns, Allan Cunningham - 1855 - 616 pages
...display to congregations wide, IFev orient ev^ry grace, excenJ thphfta.r.fl The pow'r, mcens'd, tne pageant will desert, The pompous strain, the sacerdotal...But, haply, in some cottage far apart, May hear, well pleas'd, the language of the soul ; [enrol. And in his book of life the inmates poor Then homeward... | |
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Compared with this, how poor religion's pride, In all the pomp of method, and of art, When men display to congregations wide Devotion's every grace, except the heart! 
