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" That very law* which moulds a tear, And bids it trickle from its source, That law preserves the earth a sphere, And guides the planets in their course. "
The Poetical Works of Rogers, Campbell, J. Montgomery, Lamb, and Kirke White ... - Page 93
by Samuel Rogers - 1829 - 497 pages
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The Pleasures of Human Life, Examined and Enumerated: With an Entertaining ...

John Platts - 1822 - 844 pages
...or Pity, Joy or Grief. The Sage's and the Poet's theme, In every clime, in every age ; Thou charm'st in Fancy's idle dream, In Reason's philosophic page....a sphere, And guides the Planets in their course. Vision is perhaps the most intricate and wonderful faculty bestowed on man. Trees and forests, hills...
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Poems

Samuel Rogers - 1822 - 340 pages
...or Pity, Joy or Grief. The sage's and the poet's theme, In every clime, in every age ; Thou charm'st in Fancy's idle dream, In Reason's philosophic page....a sphere, And guides the planets in their course. * The law of gravitation. TO A VOICE THAT HAD BEEN LOST.* Vane, quid affectas faciera mihi poncre,...
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The Manchester iris, Volume 1, Issues 1-23

1822 - 206 pages
...The sage's and the poet's theme, In every clime, in every age ; Thou charm'st in fancy's idle dreain, In reason's philosophic page. That very law which...a sphere, And guides the planets in their course. Though thy fingers are cover'd with circlets of gold, And thy locks they are braided with flowers ;...
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The Bardiad: A Poem ; in Two Cantos

Charles Burton - 1823 - 234 pages
...or Pity, Joy or Grief. The sage's and the poet's theme, In every clime, in every age ; Thou charm'st in Fancy's idle dream, In Reason's philosophic page....sphere, And guides the planets in their course." TO THE BUTTERFLY. " CHILD of the sun! pursue thy rapturous flight, Mingling with her thou lov'st in fields...
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The Chemist, Volume 1

1824 - 528 pages
...delights in tracing general laws, and who is struck with admiration at finding that — " That тегу law which moulds a tear, And bids it trickle from...the earth a sphere, And guides the planets in their couise," will be equally pleased at discovering that oxygen gas is possessed of the same properties...
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Historical and Literary Tour of a Foreigner in England and Scotland, Volume 2

Amédée Pichot - 1825 - 510 pages
...enough,) but still more mediocre, says the critic, when compared with the exquisite lines of S. Rogers. "That very law which moulds a tear And bids it trickle...sphere, And guides the planets in their course.'' •• . Mr. Rogers has been the spoiled child of the reviews ; one of his lucky circumstances was...
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The Circulator of useful knowledge, amusement, literature, science and ...

1825 - 424 pages
...produces this effect is called the attraction 'of gravitation ^— and the poet has justly observed, "The very law which moulds a tear, And bids it trickle...sphere, ' And guides the planets in their course." ' The same phenomenon may be observed in the formation of the drops of falling rain, which partake...
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The Literary and Scientific Class Book: Embracing the Leading Facts and ...

Levi Washburn Leonard - 1827 - 398 pages
...and at very small distances, the other acts on the largest bodies, and extends to immense distances. That very law which moulds a tear, And bids it trickle...sphere, ' And guides the planets in their course. — ROGERS. The tendency which bodies have to fall is produced entirely by the attraction of the earth...
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The British poets of the nineteenth century, including the select works of ...

British poets - 1828 - 838 pages
...or Pity, Joy or Grief. The sage's and the poet's theme, In every clime, in every age; Thou charmst ar;— And then coarse. TO THE GNAT. WHBN by the grecn-wood-side, at summereve, Poetic visions charm my closing eye,...
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The Poetical Melange

1828 - 814 pages
...sage's and the poet's theme, In every clime, in every age ; •Thou charm'st in fancy's idle drearn. In reason's philosophic page. That very law which...a sphere, And guides the planets in their course. Rogers . ELEGIAC STANZAS. Oh ! snatched away in beauty's bloom, On thee shall press no ponderous tomb,...
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