 Vast concave ! ample dome ! wast thou design'd A meet apartment for the Deity ? — •Not so; that thought alone thy state impairs, Thy lofty sinks, and shallows thy profound, And straitens thy diffusive ; dwarfs the whole, And makes a universe an orrery.  The Planetarium and Astronomical Calculator - Page 14by Tobias Ostrander - 1832 - 262 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Edward Young - 1853 - 382 pages
...is it ? What are these sons of wonder \ say, proud arch 780 (Within those azure palaces they dwell), Built with divine ambition ! in disdain Of limit built...of heaven ! Vast concave ! ample dome ! wast thou design'd A meet apartment for the Deity ? — Not so ; that thought alone thy state impairs, Thy lofty... | |
 | Edward Young, George Gilfillan - Death in literature - 1853 - 354 pages
...is it ? What are these sons of wonder ? say, proud arch 780 (Within those azure palaces they dwell), Built with divine ambition ! in disdain Of limit built...of heaven ! Vast concave ! ample dome ! wast thou design'd A meet apartment for the Deity ? — Not so ; that thought alone thy state impairs, Thy lofty... | |
 | James Hervey - Devotional literature - 1853 - 424 pages
...all baffled by the amazing subject; permit me to apply that spirited exclamation, and noble remark : Say, proud arch, Built with divine ambition, in disdain Of limit built, built in the tnste of heav'n ! Vast concave ! ample dome ! wast thou design'd ON THE 8TARRY HEAVENS. 369 the innumerable... | |
 | James Hervey - 1856 - 396 pages
...all baffled by the amazing subject ; permit me to apply that spirited exclamation, and noble remark : Say, proud arch, Built with divine ambition, in disdain Of limit built, built in the taste of heav'n ! Vast concave ! ample dome ! wast thou design'd A meet apartment for the Deity 1 Not so : that... | |
 | John Milton - English poetry - 1860 - 574 pages
...inhabitants,—what ia itl What are these sons of wonder! Say, proud Arch. (Within whose azure palaces they dwell) Built with divine ambition ; in disdain Of limit, built; built in the taste of Heaven! Vast concave—ample dome! wast thou designed A meet apartment for the Deity 1 Not so; that thought alone... | |
 | 1866 - 426 pages
...what is it ? What are these sons of wonder ? say, proud arch, (Within those azure palaces they dwell,) Built with divine ambition ! in disdain Of limit built...of heaven ! Vast concave ! ample dome ! wast thou design'd A meet apartment for the Deity? — Not so ; that thought alone thy state impairs, Thy lofty... | |
 | Thomas Pope (canon of Castleknock.) - 1874 - 458 pages
...a wider and a higher arch to accommodate His greatness, His height, His profundity and vastness ! " Say, proud arch, Built with divine ambition ; in disdain Of limit built ; built in the taste of heav'n ! Vast concave ! Ample dome ! Wast thou design'd A meet apartment for the Deity ? Not BO : that... | |
 | Rossiter Johnson - English poetry - 1876 - 840 pages
...What is it ? What are these sons of wonder ? Say, proud arch, (Within whose azure palaces they dwell,) late compassion mov'd, shall wound Thy bleeding head,...the ground. Though thou art tempted by the link-man' design'd A meet apartment for the Deity ? — Not so; that thought alone thy state impairs, Thy lofty... | |
 | Sir Thomas Wyatt - 1879 - 624 pages
...is it 1 What are these sons of wonder 1 say, proud arch 780 (Within those azure palaces they dwell), Built with divine ambition ! in disdain Of limit built ! built in the taste of heav'n ! Vast concave ! ample dome ! wast thou design'd A meet apartment for the Deity \ — Not so... | |
 | Dominic Baker-Smith, C. C. Barfoot - Literary Criticism - 1987 - 240 pages
...What is it? What are these Sons of Wonder? Say, proud Arch! (Within whose azure Palaces they dwell) Built with Divine Ambition! in Disdain Of Limit built!...Taste of Heaven! Vast Concave! Ample Dome! Wast thou design'd A meet Apartment for the DEITY? (IX 772-85) 3. If one detects in Young a critical response... | |
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