 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 Time hath made...  English Lyric Poetry, 1500-1700 - Side 232redigert av - 1897 - 276 siderUten tilgangsbegrensning - Om denne boken
 | Edmund Waller - 1806 - 320 sider
...herself erect. No mortal parts are requisite to raise Her that, unbodied, can her Maker praise. The seas are quiet when the winds give o'er : So calm...emptiness which age descries. The soul's dark cottage, batter'd and decay'd, Lets in new light through clunks that time has made : Stronger by weakness, wiser... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 654 sider
...herself erect : % mortal parts are requisite to raise Her, that unbody'd can her Maker praise. The seas are quiet, when the winds give o'er : So, calm are we, when passions are no more ! Far then we know how vain it was to boast Of fleeting things, so certain to be lost. Ckwb of affection... | |
 | John Gamble - 1813 - 422 sider
...celebrated poet of the seventeenth century, whose lines on the subject I cannot forbear transcribing. " The seas are quiet when the winds give o'er, So calm are...are no more ; • • ' for then we know how vain it were to boast . , / Of fleeting things so certain to be lost; , Clouds of affection from our younger... | |
 | John Gamble - 1813 - 422 sider
...celebrated poet of the seventeenth century, whose lines on the subject I cannot forbear transcribing. " The seas are quiet when the winds give o'er, So calm are we when passions are no more i For then we know how vain it were to boast . . , Of fleeting things so certain to be lost ; , Clouds... | |
 | New Church gen. confer - 1849 - 494 sider
...(Mark the last two lines !) Waller, also, has it, — " The soul's dark cottaye, batter'd and decay'd, Lets in new light through chinks that time has made. Stronger by weakness, wiser men became, As they draw near to their eternal home ; Leaving the old, both worlds at once they view, That... | |
 | W. Plees - 1817 - 410 sider
...the following exquisitely beautiful lines pf Waller, which arc sufficient to immortalize his name : ' The soul's dark cottage, battered and decayed, ' Lets in new light through chinks that time bus made. ' Stronger by weakness, wiser we become, ' As we draw near to our eternal home. ' Quitting... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1819 - 644 sider
...when passions are no mure ! For then we know how vain' it was to bo;ist Of fleeting things, so curtain to be lost. Clouds of affection from our younger eyes...emptiness, which age descries. The soul's dark cottage, hatter'd and deeay'd. Lets in new light , t hruugh chinks t hat ti me has made : Stronger by weakness,... | |
 | W. Plees - 1824 - 424 sider
...following exquisitely beautiful lines of Waller, which alone are sufficient to immortalize his name : " The soul's dark cottage, battered and decayed, " Lets...that time has made. " Stronger by weakness, wiser we become, " As we draw near to our eternal home. " Quitting the old, at once both worlds they view... | |
 | Select poetry - 1825 - 182 sider
...heart Be God's alone, and choose the better part. WALLER. cxxxr. THE seas are quiet when the winds are o'er, So calm are we when passions are no more ! For...emptiness which age descries : The soul's dark cottage, barter'd and decay'd, Lets in new lights thro' chinks that time has made. Stronger by weakness, wiser... | |
 | 1826 - 438 sider
...write with more perspicuity and force. — And here we might adopt the sentiments of an eminent poet : The soul's dark cottage, battered and decayed, Lets in new light through chinks that time has made. And now let us pause. — For whom are we sorrowing? Whose eulogj are we attempting to speak ? What... | |
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