Tupper's Complete Poetical Works: Containing "Proverbial Philosophy," "A Thousand Lines," "Hactenus," "Geraldine," and "Miscellaneous Poems :" With a Portrait of the AuthorPhillips, Sampson, 1856 - 486 oldal |
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9. oldal
... knowledge grounded deeper ; Arguments of high scope , that have soared to the keystone of heaven , And thence have swooped to their certain mark , as the falcon to its quarry ; The fruits I have gathered of prudence , the ripened ...
... knowledge grounded deeper ; Arguments of high scope , that have soared to the keystone of heaven , And thence have swooped to their certain mark , as the falcon to its quarry ; The fruits I have gathered of prudence , the ripened ...
17. oldal
... Knowledge hath clipped the lightning's wings , and mewed it up for a purpose , Training to some domestic task the fiery bird of heaven ; Tamed is the spirit of the storm , to slave in all peaceful arts , To walk with husbandry and ...
... Knowledge hath clipped the lightning's wings , and mewed it up for a purpose , Training to some domestic task the fiery bird of heaven ; Tamed is the spirit of the storm , to slave in all peaceful arts , To walk with husbandry and ...
20. oldal
... knowledge , patience , and humility , And these be as precious ore , that waiteth the skill of the coiner : Despise not the blessings of adversity , nor the gain thou hast earned so hardly , And now thou hast drained the bitter , take ...
... knowledge , patience , and humility , And these be as precious ore , that waiteth the skill of the coiner : Despise not the blessings of adversity , nor the gain thou hast earned so hardly , And now thou hast drained the bitter , take ...
27. oldal
... ; a bottomless chasm : such is wisdom without memory . There be many wise , who cannot store their knowledge ; Yet from themselves are they satisfied , for the fountain is within⚫ There be many who store , but have no wisdom OF MEMORY .
... ; a bottomless chasm : such is wisdom without memory . There be many wise , who cannot store their knowledge ; Yet from themselves are they satisfied , for the fountain is within⚫ There be many who store , but have no wisdom OF MEMORY .
40. oldal
... knowledge , bend the ear of attention and respect ; But yield not further to the teaching , than as thy mind is warranted by reasons . Better is an obstinate disputant , that yieldeth inch by inch , Than the shallow traitor to himself ...
... knowledge , bend the ear of attention and respect ; But yield not further to the teaching , than as thy mind is warranted by reasons . Better is an obstinate disputant , that yieldeth inch by inch , Than the shallow traitor to himself ...
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122. oldal - Behold, my servant shall deal prudently, he shall be exalted and extolled, and be very high. As many were astonied at thee, (his visage was so marred more than any man, and his form more than the sons of men...
107. oldal - Scratch the green rind of a sapling, or wantonly twist it in the soil, the scarred and crooked oak will tell of thee for centuries to come...
260. oldal - Never give up ! there are chances and changes Helping the hopeful a hundred to one; And through the chaos High Wisdom arranges Ever success — if you'll only hope on: Never give up ! for the wisest is boldest, Knowing that Providence mingles the cup, And of all maxims the best is the oldest, Is the true watchword of Never give up ! Never give up ! though the grape-shot may rattle.
260. oldal - NEVER GIVE UP! NEVER give up ! it is wiser and better Always to hope, than once to despair; Fling off the load of Doubt's cankering fetter, And break the dark spell of tyrannical care: Never give up ! or the burden may sink you — Providence kindly has mingled the cup, And in all trials or troubles, bethink you, The watchword of life must be, Never give up...
260. oldal - Never give up! though the grapeshot may rattle, Or the full thundercloud over you burst, Stand like a rock, — and the storm or the battle Little shall harm you, though doing their worst Never give up! if adversity presses, Providence wisely has mingled the cup, And the best counsel, in all your distresses, Is the stout watchword of "Never give up!
244. oldal - Egyptians; one displaced from its pedestal by enormous roots; another locked in the close embrace of branches of trees, and almost lifted out of the earth; another hurled to the ground, and bound down by huge vines and creepers; and one standing, with its altar before it, in a grove of trees which grew around it, seemingly to shade and shroud it as a sacred thing; in the solemn stillness of the woods, it seemed a divinity mourning over a fallen people.
288. oldal - All's for the best, — if a man would but know it ; Providence wishes us all to be blest : This is no dream of the pundit or poet ; Heaven is gracious, and all's for the best...
264. oldal - Count not their sum till the total is told. For thou art unkind and untrue : And if all thy harms are forgotten, forgiven, Now mercy with justice is met, Oh, who would not gladly take lessons of heaven, Nor learn to forgive and forget ? Yes, yes ; let a man, when his enemy weeps, Be quick to receive him, a friend ; For thus on his head in kindness he heaps Hot coals, — to refine and amend ; And hearts that are Christian more eagerly yearn, As a nurse on her innocent pet, Over lips that, once bitter,...
103. oldal - LOVE : — what a volume in a word, an ocean in a tear, A seventh heaven in a glance, a whirlwind in a sigh, The lightning in a touch, a millennium in a moment...
58. oldal - She beareth the banner of heaven, her onset is the rushing cataract, Seraphim rally at her side, and the captain of that host is God, And the serried ranks of evil are routed by the lightning of her eye...