 Greatness and goodness are not means, but ends! Hath he not always treasures, always friends, The good great man ? Three treasures, love, and light, And calm thoughts regular as infants' breath: And three firm friends, more sure than day and night, Himself,...  The Friend: A Series of Essays, in Three Volumes, to Aid in the Formation of ... - Pagina 272di Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1818 - 375 pagineVisualizzazione completa - Informazioni su questo libro
 | Epes Sargent - 1871 - 346 pagine
...title, dignity, a golden chain, Or heap of corses which his sword hath slain ? Goodness and greatness are not means, but ends. Hath he not always treasures,...treasures, — love, and light, And calm thoughts, equable as infant's breath ; And three fast friends, more sure than day or night, — • Himself,... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1871 - 968 pagine
...title, dignity, a golden chain, Or heap of corses which his sword hath slain ? Goodness and greatness llen great good man ? Three treasures, — love, and light, And calm thoughts, equable as infant's breath... | |
 | F M. S - 1872 - 290 pagine
...to be a ' Major Convolvulus,' you know, but now it is a ' Gilly Flower'." CHAPTER II. JOHN WYNTER. " Greatness and goodness are not means but ends ; Hath...treasures, love and light And calm thoughts, regular as an infant's breath ? And three firm friends, more sure than day and night, Himself, his Maker, and... | |
 | 1872 - 900 pagine
...dignity, a golden chain, Or heap of corses which his sword hath slain ? Goodness and greatness arc / great good man ? Three treasures, — fove, and light, And calm thoughts, equable as infant's breath... | |
 | John Campbell Shairp - 1872 - 370 pagine
...dear friend ! forego this canting strain j What wouldst thou have the good great man obtain ? Wealth, titles, salary, a gilded chain ; Or throne of corses which his sword had slain ? Goodness and greatness are not means, but ends ! Hath he not always treasures, always friends,... | |
 | 1873 - 466 pagine
...title, dignity, a golden chain, Or heaps of corses which his sword had slain ? Goodness and greatness are not means, but ends. Hath he not always treasures,...treasures — love, and light, And calm thoughts, equable as infant's breath ; And three fast friends, more sure than day or night — Himself, his Maker,... | |
 | Josiah Gilbert Holland - 1873 - 276 pagine
...direction of more lives than yon. LETTER VIII. THE REASONABLENESS AND DESIRABLENESS OP RELIGION. " Greatness and goodness are not means, but ends! Hath he not always treasures, always friends, The great good man ? Three treasures, love and light, And calm thoughts, regular as infants' breath ; And... | |
 | 1873 - 46 pagine
...titles, salary, a gilded chain, A throne of corpses which his sword had slain f Goodness and greatness are not means but ends. Hath he not always treasures, always friends, The good great man t Three treasures, life, and tight, ^nd calm thoughts, regular as infant's Breath, 4fui three, firm... | |
 | William Ellery Channing - 1873 - 388 pagine
...SHELLEY. " How seldom, Friend ! a good grea£ man inherits Honor or wealth, with all his worth and pains? Greatness and goodness are not means, but ends,— Hath he not always treasures, always Mends, The great good man? three treasures, love and light And calm thoughts, regular as infant's breath."... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1874 - 600 pagine
...shame, dear friends, renounce this canting strain; What wouldst thou have a good great man obtain ? Place, titles, salary, a gilded chain? Or throne of...friends, The good great man? — three treasures, /.ore and Liyht. And Calm Thouyhts regular as infants' breath; And three firm friends, more sure than... | |
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