| Charles Wells Moulton - 1910 - 850 страница
...—THOMSON, JAMES, 1728, Spring, Seasons, 1. 1156. '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. —YOUNG, EDWARD, 1742, Night Thoughts, Night ii, 1. 376. Ah, happy hills 1 ah, pleasing shade I Ah... | |
| Adeline M. Butterworth - 1911 - 104 страница
...The sun is darkness, and the stars are dust. * 'Tis greatly wise to talk with out past hours, And ask them, what report they 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, worst foe. O reconcile... | |
| Henry George Bohn - 1911 - 784 страница
...school-masters. 1486 Shaks. : King Lear. Act ii. Sc. 4. '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. Their answers form what men experience call; If wisdom's friend, her best ; if not, worst foe. 1487 Young:... | |
| 1913 - 264 страница
...Montgomery: Farewell to a Missionary. Experience. '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. Their answers form what men experience call ; If wisdom's friend, her best; if not, worst foe. Young: Night... | |
| 1901 - 776 страница
...the knell of my departed hours. * * * * * * * 'Tls 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. Their answers form what men Experience call, If Wisdom's friend, her best; If not, worst foe." "Oh Time!... | |
| Susan Rumsey Strong - 2008 - 232 страница
...could care for him." At the close he added, '"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." All too soon the high-minded, noble-hearted Bacon was gone, not further South but to the great beyond... | |
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