 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, battered and decayed, Lets in new light through chinks that...  The Works of the English Poets: Waller - Página 228por Samuel Johnson - 1779Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | Gold chain - 1860 - 122 páginas
...batter'd and decay'd, 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 of the new. — WALLER. ALICE had set out from home with a light heart, and... | |
 | Sunbeams - 1861 - 368 páginas
...batter'd and decay' d, 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 of the new. — Waller. (Bptrtifln. Opinion is mistress of the world. —... | |
 | John Davenport - 1861 - 552 páginas
...batter'd and decay 'd 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 of the new. THE BOSE. Go, lovely rose ! Tell her that wastes her time and... | |
 | 1861 - 356 páginas
...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 of the new. WALLER. The aged Christian stands upon the shore Of time, a storehouse... | |
 | Tom Hood - 1861 - 426 páginas
...which Age descries : The soul's dark cottage, battered and decayed, Stronger by weakness — wiser— men become As they draw near to their eternal home : Leaving the old, both worlds at once they view, Who stand upon the threshold of the new. RAREY-FACTION. A BEASENOSE BALLAD. "Ales Canorus." Hor. A... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - 1861 - 580 páginas
...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, Fenton, his editor, tells us that a number of poems on religious subjects, to which these verses refer,... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - 1862 - 578 páginas
...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 of the new. Fenton, his editor, tells us that a number of poems on religious... | |
 | Sir Thomas Browne - 1862 - 466 páginas
...battered and decayed, Lets in new light thro' chinks that time hath 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 of the new." Compare Shalapeare's King Richard II., ii. 1. waking that kills... | |
 | Sir Thomas Browne - 1862 - 552 páginas
...battered and decayed, Lets in new light thro' chinks that time hath 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 of the new." Compare Shaktpeare's King Eichard II., ii. 1. waking that kills... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - 1863 - 564 páginas
...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, Thai-stand upon the threshold of the new. Fenton, his editor, tells us that a number of poems on religious... | |
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