 | James Thomson, Samuel Johnson - 1813 - 180 pages
...round. Father of light ami life ! thou Good Supremfc ! O, teach me what is good? teach me thyself! Pave me from folly, vanity, and vice, From every low pursuit...and feed my soul With knowledge, conscious peace, anil virtue pur* : Pacred, substantial, never-fading bliss ! The keener tempests rise : and, fuming... | |
 | Lindley Murray - English language - 1814 - 308 pages
...terrible when gone Gone they ne er go when past they haunt us still Father of light and life Thou good supreme O teach me what is good Teach me thyself Save me from folly vanity and vice From ev ry low pursuit and feed my soul Wilh knowledge conscious peace and virtue pure Saci-ed substantial... | |
 | Lindley Murray - English language - 1814 - 190 pages
...gone ! Gone ! they ne'er go : when past, they haunt us still. Father of light and life ! Thou good supreme ! O teach me what is good ! Teach me thyself ; Save me from folly, vanity, and vice, From ev'ry low pursuit ; and feed my soul With knowledge, conscious peace, and virtue pure, Sacred, substantial,... | |
 | Theology - 1814 - 496 pages
...Father, Son, and 'Holy Ghost, forever. — ^U»/£JV. A PRAYER. FATHER of light and life, Thou Good Supreme ! O teach me what is Good : teach me thyself! Save me from folly, vanity, and vice ; Prom every low pursuit ; and fecd my soul With Knowledge, conseious Peace, and Virtue pure, Sacred,... | |
 | Richard Clark - Madrigals, English - 1814 - 530 pages
...• INVOCATION for Four foices. S. WESLEY. .il^ATit m of light and life ! thou good supreme ! O leach me what is good. — Teach me thyself. Save me from folly, vanity, and vice ; From evory low pursuit ; and feed my soul With knowledge, conscious peace, and virtue pure: Sacred, substantial,... | |
 | Noah Webster - Geography - 1815 - 228 pages
...ESQ. *' O teach me what is good! teach me thyself! « Father of light and life! thou GOOD SUPREME! " Save me from folly, Vanity and Vice : " From every low pursuit! and feed my soul " Sacred, substantial, never fading bliss." THOMPSON. " With knowledge, consciolis peace, and virtue... | |
 | James Thomson - 1816 - 256 pages
...still resolr'd, With new-flush'd hopes, to ran the giddy round. Fathef of light and life ! thou Good Supreme ! O teach me what is good ! teach me Thyself!...soul With knowledge, conscious peace, and virtue pure 5 Sacred, substantial, never-fading bliss ! The keener tempests rise : and fuming dun From all the... | |
 | John Evans - 1817 - 610 pages
...satisfaction of his admirers, in the year of our Lord 1792. " FATHER of light and life ! thou good SUPREME ! O teach me what is good ! Teach me Thyself!...feed my soul With knowledge, conscious peace, and virtne pure, Sacred, substantial, never-fading bliss!" As one of Thomson's admirers, I here thank this... | |
 | John Ely - Readers - 1817 - 124 pages
...descend, Thro' distant realms and endless years extend. A PRAYER. FATHER of light and life, Thou good supreme ! O teach me what is good : teach me Thyself! Save me from folly, vanity and vice : With Knowledge, conscious Peace, and Virtue pure, From every low pursuit: and fill my soul Sacred,... | |
 | John Nichols, John Bowyer Nichols - Authors, English - 1831 - 952 pages
...the satisfaction of his admirers, in the year of our Lord 1792 Father of light and life, thou Good Supreme ! O teach me what is good, teach me thyself; Save me from folly, vanity, and woe, From every low pursuit, and feed my soul With knowledge, conscious peace, and virtue pure, Sacred,... | |
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Father of light and life, thou Good Supreme ! O teach me what is good ; teach me Thyself! Save me from folly, vanity, and vice, From every low pursuit ; and feed my soul With knowledge, conscious peace, and virtue pure ; Sacred, substantial, never-fading... 
