 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
 | Select poetry - 1825 - 182 páginas
...barter'd and decay'd, Lets in new lights thro' 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. cxxx. WHAT sinners value, I resign ; Lord, 'tis enough that thou... | |
 | 1797 - 486 páginas
...emptiih-fs which age defcries ; The foul's dark cottage, battered and dccay'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 j Leaving the old, both worlds at once they view, That ftand upon the threfhold of the new." COWLEY.... | |
 | 1826 - 664 páginas
...batter'd 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, Who stand upon the threshold of the new. He had begun to transcribe his fourth Sermon: but illness... | |
 | James Montgomery - 1828 - 1058 páginas
...batter'd and decay'd, Lets in new light thro' 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. Divine Love. COULD .we forbear dispute, and practise love, We... | |
 | 1828 - 198 páginas
...batter'd and dccay'd, Lets in new light thro' chinks that time has made. 3 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. WA1XER. NONE UPON BAHTH DESIRED BESIDES CHRIST. Sweet prospects,... | |
 | Health - 1830 - 336 páginas
...Lets in new lights through chinks that time has made. Stronger by weakness, wiser men become, As tbey draw near to their eternal home; Leaving the old, both worlds at once they view, And stand upon the threshold of the new. WiLLEE. " MAN that is born of a woman, hath but a short time... | |
 | 1838 - 516 páginas
...batter'd and decay 'd, Lets in new light throngh 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, Who stand upon the threshold of the new. BY DR. CHALMERS. PALEY is best on the historical evidences... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1843 - 720 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. JOHN МП.ТОЯ. Above all the poets of this age, and, in the... | |
 | 1843 - 350 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. NIGHT PIECE ON DEATH. How deep yon azure dies the sky,... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - 692 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 nt once they view, That stand upon the threshold of the new. JOHN MILTON. Above all the poets of this... | |
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