| Edward Bysshe - 1710 - 620 páginas
...her felf erect. Clouds or Affe&ions from our younger Eyes, ConceaJ that Happinefs which Age deicries. The Soul's dark Cottage, batter'd and decay'd, Lets in new Light thro' Chinks that Time has made. Stronger by Weaknefs, wifer Men become, As they draw near to their eternal Home. Leaving the old, both... | |
| Charles Gildon - 1718 - 490 páginas
...felf erecl. Clouds of Affeftions from our younger Eyes, Conceal that Happinefs which Age defcries. The Soul's dark Cottage, batter'd and decay'd, Lets in new Light, thro' Chinks that Time has made. Stronger by Weaknefs, wifer Men become, As they draw nearer their eternal Home. Leaving the old, both... | |
| Edmund Waller - 1722 - 364 páginas
...certain to be loflv Clouds of Affection from our younger Eyes Conceal that Emptinefs, which Age defcries. The Soul's dark Cottage, batter'd and decay'd, Lets in new Light thro' Chinks that Time has made: Stronger by Weaknefs, wifer Men become, As they draw near to their eternal Home : Leaving the Old,... | |
| Richard Hurd - 1757 - 90 páginas
...refined writer. . Stronger by weaknefs, wiftr, men become As they draw near to their eternal home. The Soul's dark cottage, batter'd and decay'd, Lets in new light thro' chinks that time has made. 2. After all, thefe conceits, I doubt, are not much to your tafte. The inftance I am going to give,... | |
| William Giles (didactic writer) - 1775 - 336 páginas
...Clouds of affection from our younger eyes, Conceals that emptinefs which time defcries. The foul's dark cottage, batter'd and decay'd, Lets in new light thro' chinks that time has made. Stronger by weaknefs wifer men become, As they draw nearer to their lateft home. Leaving the old, both... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1778 - 464 páginas
...views, and, I hope, have received fome advantage by it, if what Waller fays be true, that The foul's dark cottage, batter'd and decay'd, Lets in new light thro' chinks that time has made. Then furely ficknefs, contributing no lefs than old age to thefhaking down this fcaffolding of the... | |
| Sir Richard Steele - 1787 - 264 páginas
...views, and, I hope, have received fome advantage by it, if what Waller fays be true, that " The foul's dark cottage, batter'd and decay'd, " Lets in new light thro' chinks that time has made." Then furely ficknefs, contributing no lefs than old age to the fhaking down this fcaffolding of the... | |
| Joseph Addison - 1801 - 402 páginas
...hope I have received fome advan' tage by it. If what Mr. Waller fays ' be true, that « The foul's dark cottage, batter'd and decay'd, * Lets in new light thro' chinks that time has made ; ' Then furely ficknefs, contributing no ' lefs than old age to the fbaking down ' this fcaffblding... | |
| 1804 - 498 páginas
...these different views, and hope I have received some advantage by it. If what Mr. Waller says be true, that, " The soul's dark cottage, batter'd and decay'd,...Lets in new light thro' chinks that time has made :" Then surely sickness, contributing no less than old age to the shaking down this scaffolding of... | |
| Alexander Pope, William Lisle Bowles - 1806 - 440 páginas
...Author of Iludibrat, by Alderman Barber. WARBURTOH. IMITATIONS. VER. 126. Admire new light, &c.~] " The Soul's dark cottage, batter'd and decay'd, Lets in new light, thro' chinks that time has made." WALLER. WARBURTON. And while on Fame's triumphal Car they ride, Some Slave of mine be pinion'd to their... | |
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