 | Miss Lambert (F.) - Needlework - 1842 - 300 pages
...superintending the labours of the loom, the distaff, and the dyeing vat. t Marked No. 24 in the Catalogue. " To raise at once our reverence and delight, To elevate...mind and charm the sight, To pour religion through th' attentive eye, And waft the soul on wings of extacy ; For this the mimic art with nature vies,... | |
 | Miss Lambert (F.) - Needlework - 1842 - 300 pages
...princess degrade her dignity by superintending the labours of the loom, the distaff, and the dyeing vat. " To raise at once our reverence and delight, To elevate the mind and charm the sight,To pour religion through th' attentive eye, And waft the soul on wings of extacy; For this the... | |
 | Ladies - 1844 - 260 pages
...skill : Long were the Phrygian's pict'ring looms renown'd ; Tyre also, wealthy seat of art, excell'd, And elder Sidon, in th' historic web." But we would...sight, To pour religion through the attentive eye, And waft the soul on wings of extacy ; " Bid mimic art with nature's self to vie, And raise the spirit... | |
 | Joseph Ballard - England - 1913 - 210 pages
...illustrating the events of our Saviour's life with which the English churches abound are calculated — " To raise at once our reverence and delight, To elevate...mind, and charm the sight, To pour religion through th' attentive eye, And waft the soul on wings of ecstasy. For this the mimic Art with Nature vies,... | |
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To raise at once our reverence and delight, To elevate the mind and charm the sight, To pour religion through th' attentive eye, And waft the soul on wings of extacy ; For this the mimic art with nature vies, And bids the visionary form arise. 