...the fond pursuit to shun Wh«je few can reach the purpos'd aim, Ami thousands daiiy.are undone. 'Tis greatly wise to talk with our past hours; And. ask them, what report they bore to Heav'n. All nature is but art unknown to thee ; All chance, direction which thou canst not...

...the fond pursuit to shun, Where few can reach the purpos'd aim, And thousands daily are undone. 'Tis greatly wise to talk with our past hours ; And ask them, what report they bore to Heav'n. All nature is but art, unknown to thee; All chance, direction, which thou canst not...

...and did it not. If you give account for every idle word, much more for every idle hour. Baxter. 'tis greatly wise to talk with our past hours, And ask them what report they bore to heav'n ; And how they might have borne more welcome news. YOUNG. However it may prove an hard...

...fond pursuit to shun, Where few can reach their purpos'd aim, And thousands daily are undone. *Tis greatly wise to talk with our past hours ; And ask them what report they bore to Heav'n. All nature is but art, unknown to thee ; All chance, direction which thou canst not...

...THE NEW YEAR. IT has been said, by one of the most original and sublime of the English poets, " 'Tis greatly wise to talk with our past hours, And ask them what report they bore to Heaven." One of the purposes for which the faculty of memory was given us, is, to enable us...

...has been the tendency of our conduct, and the tenor of our desires. It is a fit moment for us all " To talk with our past hours, " And ask them what report they bare to heaven." . The young, who, trusting in their strength and vigour, looking forward in imagination...

...took fire ; A moment, and the world 's blown up to thee; Sun is darkness, and the stars are dust. P is 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 newsj Tlieir answers form what men experience...

...the fond pursuit to shun, Where few can reach their purpos'd aim, And thousands daily are undone. Tis greatly wise to talk with our past hours ; And ask them what report they bore to Hcav'a. All nature is but art, unknown to thee ; All chance, direction which thou canst not...

...At ouce he draws the sting of life and death : He walks with nature, and her paths are peace. 'Tie bore to heaven, And how they might have borne more welcome news. Their answers form what men experience...

...concerns of life ; and at times to annihilate, as it were, the space which divides us from eternity : "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. Yet as to those who seek a short annual...