 | 1817 - 206 страница
...DEPARTMENT. SELECTED. REFLECTIONS ON PAST LIFE. 'Tis greatly wise to talk with our past hours, To ask them what report they bore to heaven, And how they might have bom more welcome news. LAST evening I very calmly seated myself in my study and intended to give myself... | |
 | 664 страница
...Voyage, page 333. REFLECTIONS ON THE NEW YEAR. 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 whatmen Experience call ; if Wisdom's friend, her best ; if not, worst foe. O reconcile... | |
 | John Aikin - 1821 - 412 страница
...The Sun is darkness, and the stars arc dust. 'T is 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. O reconcile... | |
 | John Bowdler - 1821 - 510 страница
...At once he draws the sting of life and death. "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 welcom* news. Their answers form what men experience call. To hope the best is pious, brave, and wise... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 284 страница
...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 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... | |
 | British poets - 1824 - 676 страница
...the gentlest manners. Thomson's Agamemnon. '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' s... | |
 | Hannah More - 1827 - 542 страница
...space which divides us from eternity : 'Tis irrrativ wise to talk with our past hours. And ask thorn what report they bore to heaven, And how they might have borne more welcome news. Yet to those who seek a short annual retreat ач amere form; who dignify with the idea of a religious... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1830 - 844 страница
...walks with nature, and her paths are peace. 'Tie 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. The Man whose... | |
 | Hannah More - 1830 - 472 страница
...were, the space which divides us from eternity: '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. Yet as to those who seek a short annual retreat as a mere form; who dignify with the idea of a religious... | |
 | Hannah More - 1830 - 494 страница
...were, the space which divides us from eternity : 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. Yet as to those who seek a short annual retreat as a mere form ; who dignify with the idea of a religious... | |
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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. 
