The Lay PreacherScholars' Facsimiles & Reprints, 1943 - 184 pages |
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Page 72
... midnight is the noon of thought . " One of them is beau- tifully described by the poet as soliciting knowledge from the skies in private and nightly audience , and that neither his theme nor his nightly walks were forsaken till the sun ...
... midnight is the noon of thought . " One of them is beau- tifully described by the poet as soliciting knowledge from the skies in private and nightly audience , and that neither his theme nor his nightly walks were forsaken till the sun ...
Page 73
... midnight is most friendly to serious and even airy contemplations . Milton , in one of his poems , says fervently , " Let my lamp , at midnight hour , Be seen in some high lonely tower , • To unfold What worlds , or what vast regions ...
... midnight is most friendly to serious and even airy contemplations . Milton , in one of his poems , says fervently , " Let my lamp , at midnight hour , Be seen in some high lonely tower , • To unfold What worlds , or what vast regions ...
Page 104
... midnight , universal midnight , reigns . " Though in the text we are admonished to commune with [ 104 ] THE LAY PREACHER.
... midnight , universal midnight , reigns . " Though in the text we are admonished to commune with [ 104 ] THE LAY PREACHER.
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1817 Edition | 47 |
PAGE | 73 |
Facsimile of 1817 Title page Follows page | 92 |
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