| Henry Williamson (of Dundee) - 1872 - 334 sider
...Introduction to " In Memoriam" we are told by the poet-laureate " Our little systems have their day ; They have their day and cease to be : They are but broken lights of thee, And thou, O Lord, art more than they. " In these lines we have a truth stated which should be impressed on every... | |
| Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1873 - 528 sider
...hast made him : thou art just. Thou seemest human and divine, The highest, holiest manhood, ihou : Our wills are ours, we know not how ; Our wills are...be ; They are but broken lights of thee, And thou, O Lord, art more than they. Wo have but faith : we cannot know ; For knowledge is of things we see... | |
| 1873 - 806 sider
...particles of truth. " Our little systems have their day ; They have their day, and cease to Ъо : They are but broken lights of Thee, And Thou, 0 Lord, art more than they." We may see in this hungering and thirsting of the Churcli of Christ ад indication of the belief that... | |
| 1873 - 826 sider
...system being all-embracing. He says, with admirable modesty: " Our little systems have their day, They have their day, and cease to be ; They are but broken lights of Thee, And Thou, O Lord, art more than they." The theology of In Memoriam is kindred iu its structure with that of the... | |
| Kurt Abraham - 1986 - 148 sider
...help tremendously to understand the world in which we live. Our little systems have their day; They have their day and cease to be: They are but broken lights of thee, And thou, O Lord, art more than they. From In Memoriam, by Alfred Lord Tennyson The THREE RAYS OF ASPECT and... | |
| Canterbury Press - 1989 - 540 sider
...faith, and faith alone, embrace, Believing where we cannot prove: 2 Thou wilt not leave us in the dust; Thou seemest human and divine, The highest, holiest...be: They are but broken lights of thee, And thou, O Lord, art more than they. Alfred Tennyson 1 809-92 456 Teach me, my God and King, In all things thee... | |
| Peter Bingham Hinchliff - 1992 - 286 sider
...ours, we know not how; Our wills are ours, to make them thme. Our little systems have their day; They have their day and cease to be; They are but broken lights of thee, And thou, O Lord, art more than they. 54 Abhott and ( ampbcll, Jowett, ii. 333. THE OLDER THE BETTER Benson (and... | |
| Edith P. Hazen - 1992 - 1172 sider
...embrace. Believing where we cannot prove; (Fr. Proem, I. 1—4) 17 Our little systems have their day; They ; SeCePo; SeCePo NICCOL6 DEGLI ALBIZZI (fl. 13th century) Prolonged Sonnet: W O Lord, art more than they. (Fr. Proem, 1. 17-20) EaLo; EBW; HAP; LiTB; NAWM-2; OAEL-2; TrCP; TrGrPo;... | |
| James W. Sire - 1993 - 166 sider
...theological— are always subject to revision. Tennyson said it well: Our little systems have their day. They have their day and cease to be. They are but broken lights of Thee, And Thou, 0 Lord, are more than they.1 We would be much better off as human beings if we followed this counsel: "Keep... | |
| Dwight Goddard - 1994 - 724 sider
...quote lines from Tennyson about the many-colored fragments: Our little systems have their day; They have their day and cease to be. They are but broken lights of thee, And thou, O Lord, are more than they. Many thinkers that late in the century could, however, skip over Tennyson,... | |
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