 The seas are quiet when the winds give o'er ; So calm are we when passions are no more ; For then we know how vain it was to boast Of fleeting things so certain to be lost.  Bell's Edition - 80. oldalszerző: John Bell - 1784Teljes nézet - Információ erről a könyvről
 | James Madison Watson - 1875 - 486 oldal
...still be free 5 For, standing on the Persian's grave, I could not deem myself a slave. 3. The seas are quiet when the winds give o'er ; So calm are we when passions are no more ; For then we know how vain it was to boast Of fleeting things too certain to... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1875 - 400 oldal
...bind, My king alone can captivate my mind. EDMUND WALLER. [1605-1687.] OLD AGE AND DEATH. THE seas are quiet when the winds give o'er; So calm are we when passions are no more. For then we know how vain it was to boast Of fleeting things, too certain to... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1875 - 392 oldal
...[1605-1687.] OLD AQE AND DEATH. THE seas are quiet when the winds give o'er; So calm are we when passions are no more. For then we know how vain it was to boast Of fleeting things, too certain to be lost. Clouds of affection from our younger eyes Conceal... | |
 | 1903 - 576 oldal
...herself erect. No mortal parts are requisite to raise Her that unbodied can her Master praise. The seas are quiet, when the winds give o'er, So calm are we, when passions are no more; For then we know how vain it was to boast Of fleeting things so certain to be... | |
 | 1888 - 866 oldal
...house, caught a glimpse of heavenly brightness in the decay of its earthly tenement : — The seas are quiet when the winds give o'er : So, calm are we when passions are no more ; For then we know how vain it was to boast Of earthly things, so certain to be... | |
 | Barukh Ḥazan - 1982 - 248 oldal
...1980). 79. Sov. Sport (27 July 1980). 80. Ibid. 81. Rah. Delo (27 July 1980). 9 Conclusion The seas are quiet when the winds give o'er; So calm are we when passions are no more, /•or then we know how vain it was to boast Of fleeting things, so certain to... | |
 | Barukh Ḥazan - 1982 - 248 oldal
...1980). 79. Sov. Sport (27 July 1980). 80. Ibid. 81. Rah. Delo (27 July 1980). 9 Conclusion The seas are quiet when the winds give o'er; So calm are we when passions are no more, /•or then we know how vain it was to boast Of fleeting things, so certain to... | |
 | 1998 - 264 oldal
...But keep them with repining restlessness; George Herbert (1593-1633), "The Pulley' JULY 6 The seas are quiet, when the winds give o'er; So calm are we, when passions are no more: For then we know how vain it was to boast Of fleeting things, so certain to be... | |
 | Angus Jenkinson - 2003 - 292 oldal
...to with impatience to achieve this goal (so it may be important to resolve on persistence). The seas are quiet, when the winds give o'er; So calm are we, when passions are no more. Edmund Waller Someone with a more brooding temperament is a melancholic, who... | |
 | Geoffrey O'Brien, Billy Collins - 2007 - 778 oldal
...herself erect. No mortal parts are requisite to raise Her that, unbodied, can her Maker praise. The seas are quiet when the winds give o'er; So, calm are we when passions are no more! For then we know how vain it was to boast Of fleeting things, so certain to be... | |
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