 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 fill my soul With knowledge, conscious peace, and virtue pure; Sacred, substantial, never-fading...  Pamphlets: Education. English. 1810-1906] - Page 151835Full view - About this book
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1818 - 556 pages
...Poems, viz. "Father of light and life, thou God supreme! O teach nie irhat is good; teach me thyself.1 Save me from folly, vanity, and vice, From every low pursuit; and fill my soul With knowlegf, conscious peace, and virtue pure; Sacred, substantial, never-fading bliss!9'... | |
 | Samuel Leigh (publisher.) - 1818 - 506 pages
...Underneath is this quotation from his " Winter:" Father of Light and Life, Thou Good Snpreme ! O, tcacb me what is good ! teach me Thyself! Save me from folly, vanity, anil vice, From every low pursuit ! and feed my sonl With knowledge, conscious peace, and virtue pure... | |
 | Samuel Leigh (publisher.) - 1820 - 782 pages
...quotation from his " Winter :" " Father of Light and Life! Tliou Good Supreme! O, teach me what is goodl teach me Thyself! Save me from folly, vanity, and...my soul With knowledge, conscious peace, and virtue pnre; Sacred, substantial, never-fading bliss!" This town contains 875 houses, and 5,219 inhabitants.... | |
 | Samuel Leigh (publisher.) - 1820 - 774 pages
...quotation from his " Winter:" " Father of Light and Life! Thou Good Supreme! O, teach me what is good I teach me Thyself! Save me from folly, vanity, and vice, From every low pursuit 1 and feed my soul With knowledge, conscious peace, and virtue pure; Sacred, substantial, never-fading... | |
 | 1822 - 336 pages
...little prayer, which I took from Thomson's Poems, viz. " Father of light and life, thou God supreme ! O teach me what is good ; teach me thyself ! Save me...folly, vanity, and vice, From every low pursuit ; and fill my soul With knowledge, conscious peace, and virtue pure ; Sacred, substantial, never-fading bliss... | |
 | James Thomson - 1822 - 174 pages
...new-flush'd hopes, to run the giddy round. Father of light and life ! thou Good Supreme ! O, teach me wnat is good ! teach me Thyself ! Save me from folly, vanity, and vice, From every low pursuit! and feeti my soul With knowledge, conscious peace, and virtue pure ; Sacred, substantial, never fading... | |
 | Jesse Appleton - 1822 - 452 pages
...the character of God, or the cond, 'ion of man. " Father of light and lil'c ; thou good supreme ; O teach me what is good ; teach me thyself; Save me from folly, vnnity and vice, From every low pursuit ; ond feed my »onl With knowledge, conscious peace, and virtue... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1823 - 716 pages
...gone Gone they ne er go when past they haunt us still Father of light and life Thou good supremo O teach me what is good Teach me thyself Save me from folly vanity and vire From ev ry low pursuit and feed my soul With knowledge conscious peace and virtue pure Sacred... | |
 | John Milton - 1824 - 510 pages
...With iMjw-flu!.htt hopes, to run the giddy round. Father of light antl life ! thou Good Supreme ! О teach me what is good ! teach me Thyself! Save me...feed my soul With knowledge, conscious peace, and virrae pure ; Sai-rtd. substantial, never-failing blist ! The keener tempests rise: and fuming dun... | |
 | Marc-Antoine Jullien - 1824 - 662 pages
...« Father of light and life, tliou good suprême ! » O teach me what is good , teach me tbyself. » Save me from folly , vanity , and vice , » From every low pursuit , and £11 my soûl » Witli knowledge , conscious peacc and virtue pure , « Sacred , substancial , never... | |
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