 | Sir James Kay-Shuttleworth - 1853 - 524 páginas
...; And ask them what report they bore to Heaven ; And, how they might have borne more welcome nrtm, Their answers form what men experience call ; If wisdom's friend, her best; if not, worst foe. Young. 2. This sacred right* the lisping babe proclaims To be inherent in him, by Heaven's will, For... | |
 | David Bates Tower, Cornelius Walker - 1854 - 440 páginas
...peace. 'Tis greatly wise to talk with our past hours, And ask them what report they bore to Heaven, And how they might have borne more welcome news Their...; If wisdom's friend, her best, if not, worst foe. But why on time so lavish is my song ? On this great theme kind Nature keeps a school To teach her... | |
 | Cyclopaedia, Henry Gardiner Adams - 1854 - 762 páginas
...the heart; A broken reed at best, but oft a spear: On its sharp point peace bleeds, and hope expires. There's nothing here but what as nothing weighs; The...joy, the more we know it vain; And by success are tutored to despair. Nor is it only thus, but must be so. Who knows not this, though grey, is still... | |
 | Benjamin Richings - 1854 - 326 páginas
...PAST. 'Tis greatly wise to talk with our past hours, And ask them what report they bore to heaven ; And how they might have borne more welcome news. Their...men experience call ; If wisdom's friend, her best : it not, worst foe. I YODNO. HYMN OF THE MOUNTAIN CHRISTIANS., FOR the strength of the hills, we bless... | |
 | Benjamin Richings - 1855 - 338 páginas
...PAST. 'Tis greatly wise to talk with our past hours, And ask them what report they bore to heaven ; And how they might have borne more welcome news. Their...If wisdom's friend, her best : if not, worst foe. YOUNG. EARTHLY CHANGES. As waves the grass upon the fields to-day, That soon the wasting scythe shall... | |
 | David Bates Tower, Cornelius Walker - 1855 - 442 páginas
...honest aim, At once he draws the sting of life and death; He walks with Nature, and her paths are peace. Their answers form what men experience call ; If wisdom's friend, her best, if not, worst foe. But why on time so lavish is my song ? On this great theme kind Nature keeps a school To teach her... | |
 | Edward Young - 1856 - 556 páginas
...Their answers form what men. experience call ; If Wisdom's friend, her best ; if not, worst foe. 380 0 reconcile them ! Kind Experience cries, ' There's...to despair.' Nor is it only thus, but must be so. 385 Who knows not this, though gray, is still a child. Loose then frorn earth the gra«p of fond desire,... | |
 | John Milton - 1860 - 574 páginas
...past hours, And ask them what report they Iwre to Heaven, And how they might have borne more wclctHM news. Their answers form what men Experience call; If Wisdom's friend her best, if not, worsl loe. O reconcile them! kind Experience aim. "There's nothing here but what as nothing weighs;... | |
 | 1861 - 356 páginas
...MILTON. 'Tis greatly wise to talk with our past hours; And ask them what report they bore to heaven, And how they might have borne more welcome news. Their...call; If wisdom's friend, her best; if not, worst foe. YOUNG. Experience wounded is the school Where man learns piercing wisdom out of smart. LORD BROOKE.... | |
 | John Antrobus (essayist.) - 1862 - 150 páginas
...Glory, bright As that to central horrors ; HE looks down On all that soars ; and spans immensity ! There's nothing here but what as nothing weighs :...Joy, the more we know it vain, And by SUCCESS are tutored to DESPAIB : Nor is it only thus, but must be so. "Who knows not this, though grey is still... | |
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Tis greatly wise to talk with our past hours ; And ask them, what report they bore to heaven ; And how they might have borne more welcome news. Their answers form what men Experience call ; If Wisdom's friend, her best ; -if not, worst foe. 
