 The soul's dark cottage, 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...  The Saturday Magazine ... - Strana 1301842Úplné zobrazenie - O tejto knihe
 | Edmund Waller - 1806 - Počet stránok 320
...more ! 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, batter'd and decay'd, Lets in new light through clunks that time has made : Stronger by weakness, wiser... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - Počet stránok 654
...no more ! Far then we know how vain it was to boast Of fleeting things, so certain to be lost. Ckwb of affection from our younger eyes Conceal that emptiness, which age descries. The tool's dark cottage, hatter'd and dccay'd, Let* in new light, through chinks that time has made : Stranger... | |
 | John Gamble - 1813 - Počet stránok 422
...for then we know how vain it were 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 batter'd and decay'd, Lets in new light through chinks th;ft time has made ,Stronger by weakness, wiser... | |
 | John Gamble - 1813 - Počet stránok 422
...For then we know how vain it were to boast . . , Of fleeting things so certain to be lost ; , Clouds of affection from our younger eyes, Conceal that emptiness which age descries i The soul's dark cottage batter'd and decay'd, Lets in new light through chinks thift time has made... | |
 | W. Plees - 1817 - Počet stránok 410
...the following exquisitely beautiful lines pf Waller, which arc sufficient to immortalize his name : ' The soul's dark cottage, battered and decayed, ' Lets in new light through chinks that time bus made. ' Stronger by weakness, wiser we become, ' As we draw near to our eternal home.... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - Počet stránok 280
...more ! 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, batter'd and decay'd, Lets in new light through chinks that time has made : Stronger by weakness, wiser... | |
 | W. Plees - 1824 - Počet stránok 424
...following exquisitely beautiful lines of Waller, which alone are sufficient to immortalize his name : " The soul's dark cottage, battered and decayed, " Lets in new light through chinks that time has made. " Stronger by weakness, wiser we become, " As we draw near to our eternal home.... | |
 | Joseph Tinker Buckingham - 1824 - Počet stránok 264
...Idle. 12. My country — "Good faith with all nations, tangling alliances with none." 13. Myself— " The soul's dark cottage battered and decayed, Lets in new light through chink's, which time has made." To conclude, I j_,ive the following song to the old tune of Yankee doodle... | |
 | Select poetry - 1825 - Počet stránok 182
...more ! 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, barter'd and decay'd, Lets in new lights thro' chinks that time has made. Stronger by weakness, wiser... | |
 | 1826 - Počet stránok 438
...write with more perspicuity and force. — And here we might adopt the sentiments of an eminent poet : The soul's dark cottage, battered and decayed, Lets in new light through chinks that time has made. And now let us pause. — For whom are we sorrowing? Whose eulogj are we attempting... | |
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