 | Edward Young - 1834 - 370 oldal
...dust. '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 ....worst foe. O reconcile them ! kind experience cries, " There'snothinghere,butwhat as nothing weighs; The more our joy, the more we know it vain ; And by... | |
 | 1836 - 558 oldal
...are dust '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...joy, the more we know it vain, And by success are tutored to despair." Norls it only thus, but must be so. Who knows not this, though gray, is still... | |
 | 1838 - 876 oldal
...messenger. " '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." There can be no experience, worth the name, without communion with heaven. The worldly-wise man is... | |
 | Edward Young - 1839 - 324 oldal
...our past hours ; And ask them, what report they bore to heav'n ; And how they might hare borne rno^e welcome news. Their answers form what men experience...weighs ; ' The more our joy, the more we know it vain ; 4 And by success are tutor'd to despair.1 Nor is it only thus, but must be so. Who knows not this,... | |
 | Edward Young - 1839 - 300 oldal
...dust. '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...them! Kind Experience cries, - There's nothing here, hut what as nothing weighs; ' The more our joy, the more we know it vain; ' And by success are tutor'd... | |
 | 1841 - 214 oldal
...past hours ; soms ren, er est; not, wo О reconcile them ! kind experience cries, ' There's nnthing here, but what as nothing weighs; The more our joy,...tutor'd to despair." Nor is it only thus, but must be so : Nor is it only thus, but must be so : Who knows not this, though grey, is still a child. Loose, then,... | |
 | H. D. - 1843 - 438 oldal
...BEATTII. '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 :...friend, her best ; if not, worst foe. O reconcile them ! * * * * * Our needful knowledge, like our needful food, Unhedg'd, lies open in life's common field,... | |
 | Charles Rollin - 1844 - 372 oldal
...swiftly. " '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...tutor'd to despair.' Nor is it only thus, but must be so ; HISTORY OP THE CAETHAGIN1ANS. CONTENTS AND HRONOLOGICAL TABLE . FAOK. O arthage founded 201 The port... | |
 | William Morrison Engles - 1844 - 274 oldal
...dust. '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...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 gray, is still... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - 746 oldal
...peace. 'Tis greatly wise to talk with our past hours, And ask them what report they bore to heaven, Like the foam on the river, Like the bubble on the fountain, All-sensual man, because untouched, unseen, He looks on time as nuthing. Nothing else Is truly man's... | |
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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. 
