 | David Watson Rannie - Literary Criticism - 1926 - 424 pages
...House, with its mysteriously opening gates, recalling Tennyson's poem : — " Fear not thou . . . . . . the myriad world, His shadow, nor the Silent Opener of the Gate." How affectionately do these gatherings remain in our memory, recalling the strong clan feeling and... | |
 | Handley Carr Glyn Moule - Bible - 1927 - 344 pages
...stars, we can say with the poet,1 "Spirit, nearing yon dark portal at the limit of thy human state, Fear not thou the hidden purpose of that Power which...world, His shadow, nor the silent Opener of the Gate." With another,2 whose harp rung still truer 1 Tennyson, God and the Universe. 1 Cowper, The Winter Walk... | |
 | Royal Society of New Zealand - Science - 1911 - 864 pages
...your fiery clash of meteorites ? " Spirit, Hearing yon dark portal at the limit of thy human state, Fear not thou the hidden purpose of that Power which...world, His shadow, nor the silent Opener of the Gate." (" God and the Universe.") The thought is starlike in its splendour of bloom : was the flower called... | |
 | Michael Caputo - Religion - 2000 - 248 pages
...PASSING WONDROUS MUST HE BE, WHOSE PRESENCE LENT TO EARTHLY DUST SUCH PERMANENCE OF BRILLIANCY! Fear not the hidden purpose of that Power which alone is great....world, His shadow, nor the silent Opener of the Gate. TENNYSON Where is the wonderful abode, The holy, secret, searchless shrine, Where dwells the immaterial... | |
 | Elise Lawton Smith, Evelyn De Morgan - Art - 2002 - 268 pages
...Spirit, Hearing yon dark portal at the limit of thy human state, Fear not thon the hidden purposes of that Power which alone is great, Nor the myriad world, His shadow, nor the silent Opener of the Gate.85 The Barred Gate can also be considered a thematic companion to The Undiscovered Country (fig.... | |
 | William R. Brashear - Literary Criticism - 2008 - 182 pages
...Throstle," "Crossing the Bar," and "Spirit, nearing yon dark portal at the limit of thy human state, Fear not thou the hidden purpose of that Power which...world, His shadow, nor the silent Opener of the Gate." ("God and the Universe") To be a harbinger of doom was always counter, first to his instincts, and... | |
 | Science - 1911 - 466 pages
...fiery clash of meteorites? The Answer "Spirit, nearing yon dark portal At the limit of thy human state, Fear not thou the hidden purpose Of that Power which...world, His shadow, Nor the silent Opener of the Gate. ' ' During the few hours I have spent at this University, I have noted, and with satisfaction, the... | |
 | William Lonsdale Watkinson, William Theophilus Davison - Methodist Church - 1893 - 424 pages
...Wliole Work — 2%c Close. 3 5 1 ." Spirit, nearing yon dark portal at the limit of thy human state, Fear not thou the hidden purpose of that Power which...world, His shadow, nor the silent Opener of the Gate." A deep pathos breathes on us from these words, now that their speaker has passed away. How gently the... | |
 | Religious education - 1899 - 846 pages
...His thought In hie last honre had been dwelling upon one of hie noblest verses : " Fear not thoti tho hidden purpose Of that Power which alone is great,...his shadow, Nor the silent Opener of the gate." The silent Opener came. The gate was opened. Tho immortal spirit went in. The sea of life was crossed.... | |
 | Religious education - 1898 - 850 pages
...dwelling upon one of his noblest verses : " Fear not thon the hidden purpose Of that Power which alone IB great, Nor the myriad world, his shadow, Nor the silent Opener of the gate." The silent Opener came. The gate was opened. The immortal spirit went in. The sea of life was Grossed.... | |
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WILL my tiny spark of being wholly vanish in your deeps and heights? Must my day be dark by reason, O ye Heavens, of your boundless nights, Rush of Suns, and roll of systems, and your fiery clash of meteorites? 
