 | Book - 1864 - 206 oldal
...battered and decayed, Lets in new lights thro' chinks that time has made. Stronger by weakness, wiser, men become, As they draw near to their eternal home...Leaving the old, both worlds at once they view, That stand upon the threshold of the new. WALLER. 'C I fr (/ X ' 'Humble yourselves under the mighty hand... | |
 | Book - 1864 - 366 oldal
...batter' d and decay' d, Lets in new light, thro' chinks that time has made. Stronger by weakness, wiser, men become, As they draw near to their eternal home;...Leaving the old, both worlds at once they view, That stand upon the threshold of the new. Walkr. ON THE DEATH OF CATHERINE THOMSON. Faith and Love, which... | |
 | Life-lights - 1864 - 336 oldal
...batter' d and decay'd, Lets in new light through chinks that time has made : Stronger by weakness, wiser men become, As they draw near to their eternal home....Leaving the old, both worlds at once they view, That stand upon the threshold of the new. EDMUND WALLER, 1605-1687. THE WORLD. SOME calj the world a dreary... | |
 | Lewis Borrett White - 1864 - 232 oldal
...battered and decayed, I^ets in new light through chinks that time has made. Stronger by weakness, wiser men become, As they draw near to their eternal home:...Leaving the old, both worlds at once they view That stand upon the threshold of the new. JOHN DRYDKN. BORN AD 1631 ; DIED AD 1700. DRYDEN has few claims... | |
 | Cecil Frances Alexander - 1865 - 604 oldal
...battered and decayed, Lets in new light through chinks that time has made. Stronger by weakness, wiser men become As they draw near to their eternal home...Leaving the old, both worlds at once they view, That stand upon the threshold of the new. Waller MY BIRD ERE last year's moon had left the sky, A birdling... | |
 | Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1865 - 252 oldal
...battered and decayed, Lets in new light through chinks that time has made : Stronger by weakness, wiser men become, As they draw near to their eternal home...Leaving the old, both worlds at once they view, That stand upon the threshold of the new. JOHN MILTON: 1608-1674 Milton, among English poets inferior only... | |
 | Our life - 1865 - 234 oldal
...battered and decayed, Lets in new light through chinks that time has made. Stronger by weakness, wiser men become, As they draw near to their eternal home...Leaving the old, both worlds at once they view That stand upon the threshold of the new. SIC VlTA. LIKE to the falling of a star, Or as the flights of... | |
 | W. K. - 1865 - 238 oldal
...lights through chinks that time has made. Stronger by weakness, wiser, men become, As they draw nearer to their eternal home ; Leaving the old, both worlds at once they view, That stand upon the threshold of the new. WAtLER. "Ddnne ILotie, COULD we forbear dispute, and practise... | |
 | W. K. - 1865 - 260 oldal
...lights through chinks that time has made. Stronger by weakness, wiser, men become, As they draw nearer to their eternal home ; Leaving the old, both worlds at once they view, That stand upon the threshold of the new. WALLER. JDibme ILofc. COULD we forbear dispute, and practise love,... | |
 | Frederick Saunders - 1866 - 412 oldal
...battered and decayed, Lets in new light through chinks that time has made. Stronger by weakness, wiser, men become, As they draw near to their eternal home...Leaving the old, both worlds at once they view, That stand upon the threshold of the new. For harmony and elegance of fancy, these verses, by AYTON, have... | |
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For then we know how vain it was to boast Of fleeting things, so certain to be lost. Clouds of affection from our younger eyes Conceal that emptiness which age descries. The soul's dark cottage, battered and decayed, Lets in new light through chinks that... 
