 | Lindley Murray - 1812 - 224 pagine
...Andlegrn'd the fond pursuit to shun, Where few can reach the purpos'd llim, And thousands daily are undone. 'Tis greatly wise to talk with our past hours ; And ask them, what report they bore to Heav'n. All nature is but art unknown to thee ; All chance, direction which thou canst not see ; All... | |
 | Edward Young - 1813 - 380 pagine
...took fire : A moment, and the world's blown up to thee ; The sun is darkness, and the stars are dust. 'Tis greatly wise to talk with our past hours ; And...bore to heaven ; And how they might have borne more welcome news. Their answers form what men experience call ; If wisdom's friend, her best ; if not,... | |
 | Edward Young - 1813 - 324 pagine
...took fire ; A moment, and the world's blown up to thee; The sun is darkness, and the stars are dust. 'Tis greatly wise to talk with our past Hours, And ask them what report they bore to Heav'n, And how they might have borne more welcomenews. Their answers form what men Experience call... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1814 - 308 pagine
...the fond pursuit to shun, Where few can reach the purpos'd aim, And thousands daily are undone. 'Tig greatly wise to talk with our past hours ; - And ask them, what report they bore to Heav'u. All nature is but art unknown to thee ; All chance, direction which thou canst not see ; All... | |
 | Harriet Newell, Leonard Woods - 1814 - 260 pagine
...imaginations, often wing their way back to those hourfr which can never be recalled. •"Tig gr^atl* wise, to talk with our past hours, "And ask them what report they've borne to heaven, "And how they might have borne more welcome uews." Will the recollection of... | |
 | Edward Young - 1815 - 332 pagine
...took fire ; A moment, and the world's blown up to thee ; The sun is darkness, and the stars are dust. 'Tis greatly wise to talk with our past hours ; And...bore to heaven ; And how they might have borne more welcome news. Their answers form what men Experience call ; If Wisdom's friend, her best ; -if not,... | |
 | Lydia Howard Sigourney - 1815 - 300 pagine
...then to gain a knowledge of your own hearts, and to scrutinize carefully the actions of your lives. " 'Tis greatly wise to talk with our past hours, " And ask them what report they bore to Heaven." Dr. Erect a tribunal within, before which the deeds of every day shall pass in nightly review. Give... | |
 | Edward Young - 1816 - 390 pagine
...took fire ; A moment, and the world's blown up to thee s The sun is darkness, and the stars are dust. 'Tis greatly wise to talk with our past hours ; And ask them, what report they bore to heav'n ; And how they might have borne more welcome news. Their answers form wliat men experience call... | |
 | Edward Young - 1816 - 284 pagine
...took fire ; A moment, and the world's blown up to thee ; The sun is darkness, and the stars are dust. 'Tis greatly wise to talk with our past hours ; And ask them, what report they bore toheav'n; And how they might have borne more welcome news. Their answers form what men experience call... | |
 | 1838 - 884 pagine
...are three hundred and sixty-five ghosts in the year. But every hour is an angel — a messenger. " 'Tis greatly wise to talk with our past hours; And...bore to Heaven, And how they might have borne more welcome news. Their answers form what men experience call." There can be no experience, worth the name,... | |
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Tis greatly wise to talk with our past hours ; And ask them, what report they bore to heaven : And how they might have borne more welcome news. 
