Our little systems have their day; They have their day and cease to be; They are but broken lights of thee, And thou, O Lord, art more than they. The Outlook - Strana 3341899Úplné zobrazenie - O tejto knihe
| 1866 - Počet stránok 612
...they would interfere with his own copyright. In p. vi., ' Our little systems have their day ; They have their day and cease to be; They are but broken...lights of thee, And thou, O Lord, art more than they,' is thus closely rendered : — ' Faulisper florent humana ncgotia, sed mors Omnia communis, finis et... | |
| Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1866 - Počet stránok 414
...we know not how j Our wills are ours, to make them thine. Our little systems have their day ; They have their day and cease to be ; They are but broken...lights of thee, And thou, O Lord, art more than they. We have but faith : we cannot know ; For knowledge is of things we see ; And yet we trust it comes... | |
| 1866 - Počet stránok 836
...we know not how; Our wills are ours, to make them thine. 3 Our little systems have their day ; They have their day and cease to be; They are but broken...lights of thee, And thou, O Lord, art more than they. 268 L . 1L fhr Jhnagc of tbr fnbfsfblr THOU, Lord ! by mortal eyes unseen, And by thine offspring here... | |
| Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1866 - Počet stránok 734
...we know not how ; Our wills are ours, to make them thine. Our little systems have their day ; They have their day and cease to be . They are but broken...lights of thee And thou, O Lord, art more than they. We have but faith : we cannot know ; For knowledge is of things we see ; And yet we trust it comes... | |
| 1866 - Počet stránok 638
...conceive how they coexist, yet we can believe that, in some manner unknown to us, they do coexist, — " They are but broken lights of Thee, And Thou, O Lord, art more than they." If this be scepticism, it is a scepticism which strangely resembles the definition given, by a distinguished... | |
| 1871 - Počet stránok 970
..." our little systems " have had their day and ceased to be, we shall know, oh, our Father ! that " They are but broken lights of Thee, And Thou, O Lord, art more than they." Mr. Lane was buried by his wife, who had been in her grave for twenty years, and Miss Lane was left... | |
| 1866 - Počet stránok 612
...interfere with his own copyright. In p. vi., ' Our little systems have their day ; They have thtir day and cease to be; They are but broken lights of thee, And thou, 0 Lord, art more than they,' is thus closely rendered : — • • Faulisper florent humana ncgotia,... | |
| Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1868 - Počet stránok 520
...we know not how ; Our wills are ours, to make them thine. Our little systems have their day ; They have their day and cease to be : They are but broken...lights of thee, And thou, O Lord, art more than they. We have but faith : we cannot know ; For knowledge is of things we see ; And yet we trust it comes... | |
| Taylor W.F. and sons - 1868 - Počet stránok 108
...And here the words of Tennyson become appropriate : — " Our little systems have their day, — They have their day and cease to be, They are but broken lights of Thee, And Thou, 0 God, art more than they." In reference to this subject we quote Lord Macaulay's words : — " A system... | |
| J F Elwin - 1869 - Počet stránok 94
...dissensions come ? We hope to spend eternal day, In one eternal home. OUR little systems have their day; They have their day, and cease to be ; They are but broken...lights of Thee, And Thou, O Lord, art more than they. BE useful where thou livest, that they may Both want and wish thy pleasing presence still ; Kindness,... | |
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