 In brief, acquit thee bravely ; play the man. Look not on pleasures as they come, but go. Defer not the least virtue : life's poor span Make not an ell, by trifling in thy woe. If thou do ill, the joy fades, not the pains : If well, the pain doth fade,...  Stories of school boys - Страница 60написао/ла Stories - 1799Пуни преглед - О овој књизи
 | 1858 - 682 страница
...pages of George Herbert the other day, I found (accidentally) the following couplet : — " If 1 lion do ill, the joy fades, not the pains : If well ; the pain doth fade, the joy remains." Geo. Herbert's Church-porch. These verses seem to be identical in substance with the former:... | |
 | 1913 - 610 страница
...expressed in the concluding lines of ' The Church Porch, in George Herbert's ' Temple ' : — If them <lo ill, the joy fades, not the pains : If well, the pain doth fade, the joy remains. See'N. &Q.,' 11 S. iv. 356. EDWARD BENSLY. SAND - PICTURES (11 S. viii. 69). — MR. HUTCHINSON... | |
 | Mrs. Anderson (Caroline Dorothea) - 1850 - 314 страница
...And I must add. the two lines with which George Herbert closes what he calls " The Church Porch." • If thou do ill, the joy fades, not the pains: If well, the pain doth fade, the joy remains. Praying that such "joy," — joy so pure, so calm, so bright, may ever abide with you, •... | |
 | George Herbert - 1850 - 56 страница
...come, but go. Defer not the least virtue ; life's poor span Make not an ell, by trifling in thy woe. If thou do ill, the joy fades, not the pains ; If well, the pain doth fade, the joy remains. Thou that hast given so much to me, Give one thing more, a grateful heart. See how thy beggar... | |
 | 1911 - 588 страница
...QUOTATIONS WANTED. — Ishall be glad to learn the name of the author of the following lines : — If thon do ill, the joy fades, not the pains, If well, the pain doth fade, the joy remains. A. MYNOTT. Behold the fate of sublunary things : She exports coal that once imported kings.... | |
 | 1920 - 968 страница
...length might flpply to Gnmoald s rendering in comparison with Herbert s expression of the same thought : If thou do ill, the joy fades, not the pains : If well, the paiu doth fade, the joy remains.] MARRIAGE OF COUSINS. — Is there any law or regulation ecclesiastical... | |
 | George Herbert - 1851 - 468 страница
...come, but go. Defer not the least virtue. Life's poor span Make not an ell, by trifling in thy wo. If thou do ill, the joy fades, not the pains : If well, the pain doth fade, the joy remains. ,t bn&m altar.Leccl, rii I Whotefortr oce as Ay haJtJ,&f front. ii Eiie • '> A .1. je wbo... | |
 | George Herbert - 1853 - 372 страница
...come, but go. Defer not the least virtue : life's poor span Make not an ell, by trifling in thy woe. If thou do ill, the joy fades, not the pains : If well, the pain doth fade, the joy remains. THE CHURCH. SUPERLIMINARE. THOU, whom the former precepts have Sprinkled and taught, how to... | |
 | 1855 - 174 страница
...to receive their teachings, and when evening comes be able to say, " I have walked with God to-day." "If thou do ILL, the joy fades, not the pains; If WELL, the pain doth fade, the joy remains." THE COMMANDMENTS OF GOD. " THOU shalt have no other gods before me." God is my Heavenly Father,... | |
 | George Herbert - 1853 - 376 страница
...come, but go. Defer not the least virtue : life's poor span Make not an ell, by trifling in thy woe. If thou do ill, the joy fades, not the pains : If well, the pain doth fade, the joy remains. THE CHURCH. SUPERLIMINARE. THOU, whom the former precepts have Sprinkled and taught, how to... | |
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