The fainting traveller winds his way ; Bewildering meteors glare around, And tempt his wandering feet astray. Welcome, thrice welcome, to his eye, The sudden moon's inspiring light, When forth she sallies through the sky, The guardian angel of the night.... The Wanderer of Switzerland, and Other Poems - Page 97by James Montgomery - 1806 - 175 pagesFull view - About this book
| Congregational churches - 1807 - 612 pages
...thrice welcome to his eye, The sudden moon's inspiring light, When forth she sallies thro* the sky, The guardian angel of the night ! Thus mortals, blind and weak, below Pursue the phantom, bliss, in vain , The world's a wilderness of wo, And life a pilgrimage of pain... | |
| American periodicals - 1812 - 594 pages
...thrice welcome, to his eye, The sudden moon's inspiring light, When forth she sallies through the sky, The guardian angel of the night ! Thus mortals, blind and weak, below, Pursue the phantom Bliss, in vain ; The world's a wilderness of woe, And life a pilgrimage of pain... | |
| James Montgomery - 1821 - 294 pages
...thrice welcome, to his eye, The sudden moon's inspiring light, When forth she sallies through the sky, The guardian angel of the night ! Thus mortals, blind and weak, below Pursue the phantom Bliss, in vain ; The world's a wilderness of wo, And life a pilgrimage of pain !... | |
| John Cole - 1827 - 166 pages
...thrice welcome to his eye, The sudden moon's inspiring light, When forth she'sallies through the sky, The guardian angel of the night! Thus mortals, blind and weak, below, Pursue the phantom Bliss, in vain; Till mild Religion, from above, Descends, a sweet engaging form,... | |
| Samuel Rogers - 1829 - 520 pages
...thrice welcome, to his eye, The sudden moon's inspiring light, When forth she sallies through the sky, The guardian angel of the night. Thus mortals, blind and weak, below Pursue the phantom Bliss, in vain ; The world 'sa wilderness of woe, And life a pilgrimage of pain,... | |
| Christianity - 1832 - 670 pages
...thrice welcome, to his eye, The sudden moon's inspiring light, When forth she sallies through the sky, The guardian angel of the night ! Thus mortals, blind and weak, below Pursue the phantom Bliss, in vain ,The world's a wilderness of woe, And life a pilgrimage of pain !... | |
| English poetry - 1836 - 514 pages
...thrice welcome, to his eye. The sudden moon's inspiring light. When forth she sallies through the sky. The guardian angel of the night. Thus mortals, blind and weak, below Pursue the phantom Bliss, in vain , The world 'sa wilderness of woe, And life a pilgrimage of pain,... | |
| Henry Marlen - 1838 - 342 pages
...thrice welcome, to his eye, The sudden moon's inspiring light, When forth she sallies through the sky. The guardian angel of the night. Thus mortals, blind and weak, below Pursue the phantom Bliss, in vain ; The world's a wilderness of woe, And life a pilgrimage of pain,... | |
| Emily Taylor - American poetry - 1839 - 306 pages
...thrice welcome to his eye The sudden moon's inspiring light, When forth she sallies through the sky, The guardian angel of the night. Thus mortals blind and weak below Pursue the phantom bliss in vain; The world's a wilderness of wo, And life's a pilgrimage of pain !... | |
| Samuel Rogers - English poetry - 1843 - 516 pages
...thrice welcome, to his eye, The sudden moon's inspiring light. When forth she sallies through the sky, The guardian angel of the night. Thus mortals, blind and weak, below Pursue the phantom Bliss, in vain , The world - a wilderness of woe, And life a pilgrimage of pain,... | |
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