Beispielsammlung zur Theorie und Literatur der Schönen Wissenschaften, Volume 5F. Nicolai, 1790 - 438 pages |
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Page 367 - Fairest of stars, last in the train of night, If better thou belong not to the dawn, Sure pledge of day, that crown'st the smiling morn With thy bright circlet; praise Him in thy sphere While day arises, that sweet hour of prime.
Page 367 - Air, and ye elements, the eldest birth Of Nature's womb, that in quaternion run Perpetual circle, multiform ; and mix And nourish all things ; let your ceaseless change Vary to our great Maker still new praise.
Page 366 - Evil into the mind of God or man May come and go, so unapproved, and leave No spot or blame behind...
Page 365 - Are many lesser faculties, that serve Reason as chief: among these, Fancy next Her office holds; of all external things, Which the five watchful senses represent, She forms imaginations, aery shapes, Which Reason, joining or disjoining, frames All what we affirm or what deny, and call Our knowledge or opinion ; then retires Into her private cell, when Nature rests.
Page 93 - Why so pale and wan, fond lover? Prithee, why so pale? Will, when looking well can't move her, Looking ill prevail? Prithee, why so pale?