 | George Saintsbury - 1893 - 498 páginas
...written as he wrote in the famous poem referred to in the text, or as in the magnificent opening of " The World "— " I saw Eternity the other night, Like a great ring ofp ure and endless light, All calm as it was bright," there would be much more to say of him. But... | |
 | Sir Owen Morgan Edwards - 1894 - 470 páginas
...great "Ode on Intimations of Immortality," and the poem on "The World," with its striking opening, — "I saw Eternity the other night Like a great ring...pure and endless light, All calm, as it was bright." These religious poems contain many a notable image and inspiring thought. Here are one or two, culled... | |
 | Francis Turner Palgrave - 1896 - 334 páginas
...flee, And those that weary are of light, find rest in thee. J. fforris of Bemerton. LXVI. CL. A VISION. I SAW Eternity the other night, Like a great ring...And round beneath it, Time, in hours, days, years, Driven by the spheres, 5 Like a vast shadow moved; in which the World And all her train were hurl'd.... | |
 | Henry Clark Powell - 1896 - 524 páginas
...the following fine image in order to convey some idea of the contrast between eternity and time — " I saw eternity the other night Like a great ring of...and endless light, All calm, as it was bright ; And ronnd beneath it, time in hours, days, years, Driv'n by the spheres, Like a vast shadow mov'd. ..."... | |
 | Frederic Ives Carpenter - 1897 - 356 páginas
...I by backward steps would move; And when this dust falls to the urn, In that state I came, return. THE WORLD. I SAW Eternity the other night, Like a...bright; And round beneath it Time in hours, days, years, Driven by the spheres Like a vast shadow moved; in which the world And all her train were hurled. PEACE.... | |
 | Frederic Ives Carpenter - 1897 - 384 páginas
...backward steps would move; And when this dust falls to the urn, In that state I came, return. THE WORLD. T SAW Eternity the other night, Like a great ring of...bright; And round beneath it Time in hours, days, years, Driven by the spheres Like a vast shadow moved; in which the world And all her train were hurled. PEACE.... | |
 | Frederic Ives Carpenter - 1897 - 350 páginas
...backward steps would move; And when this dust falls to the urn, In that state I came, return. THE WORLD. T SAW Eternity the other night, •*• Like a great...bright; And round beneath it Time in hours, days, years, Driven by the spheres Like a vast shadow moved; in which the world And all her train were hurled. PEACE.... | |
 | John Howard Bertram Masterman - 1897 - 308 páginas
...' A short poem, entitled The World, notable chiefly for the beautiful image with which it opens : ' I saw Eternity the other night, Like a great ring...and endless light, All calm, as it was bright,' and the well-known lines beginning : ' They are all gone into the world of light.' are perhaps the only... | |
 | Dennis Hird - 1897 - 182 páginas
...all of them collectively and every one singly, find comfort and assurance in the poet's words — 1 I saw Eternity the other night, Like a great ring...pure and endless light, All calm as it was bright.' " Loud laughter broke up the conference. CHAPTER VII AS the curate rose to leave, Eva said, " Mother... | |
 | John Dennis - 1898 - 250 páginas
...unite, To live with Him, and sing in endless morn of light ! 1 Symphony. 1 68 THE WORLD H. VAUGHAN I saw Eternity the other night, Like a great ring...And round beneath it, Time, in hours, days, years, Driven by the spheres, Like a vast shadow moved ; in which the World And all her train were hurled.... | |
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I saw Eternity the other night, Like a great Ring of pure and endless light, All calm, as it was bright; And round beneath it, Time in hours, days, years, Driven by the spheres Like a vast shadow moved; in which the world And all her train were hurled. 
