 | 1838 - Страниц: 516
...The soul's dark cottage, batter'd and decay 'd, Lets in new light throngh chinks that time has made ; Stronger by weakness, wiser men become As they draw...; Leaving the old, both worlds at once they view, Who stand upon the threshold of the new. BY DR. CHALMERS. PALEY is best on the historical evidences... | |
 | 1841 - Страниц: 300
...The soul's dark cottage, battered and decayed, Lets in new light, through chinks which time has made. Stronger by weakness, wiser, men become, As they draw...they view, That stand upon the threshold of the new. — Waller. THE YOUNG LADY'S FRIEND. Written for the Young Lady's Friend. DAY. How interesting is that... | |
 | 1842 - Страниц: 1008
..."The soul's dark cottage, battered and decayed, Lets in new light, through chinks which time has made. Stronger by weakness wiser men become, As they draw near to their eternal home ; tearing the old, both worlds at once th'ey view, That stand upon the threshold of the new.— WALLEII.... | |
 | 1843 - Страниц: 350
...The soul's dark cottage, batter'd and decay'd, Lets in new light through chinks that time has made. Stronger by weakness, wiser men become, As they draw...they view, That stand upon the threshold of the new. Waller. NIGHT PIECE ON DEATH. How deep yon azure dies the sky, Where orbs of gold unnumber'd lie; While,... | |
 | 1855 - Страниц: 602
...The soul's dark cottage, battered and decayed, Lets in new light through chinks that time has made; Stronger by weakness, wiser men become, As they draw...they view, That stand upon the threshold of the new. ANECDOTE OF MR. MACAULAT. — An amusing — -und absurd — anecdote of Mr. MacHulay is making a tour... | |
 | 1905 - Страниц: 1004
...The soul's dark cottage, battered and decayed, Lets In new light through chinks that time has made; Stronger by weakness, wiser men become, As they draw...they view, That stand upon the threshold of the new. There is a real awe and solemnity in these lines; and they move with the dignity and resignation of... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - Страниц: 692
...The soul's dark cottage, batter'd and decay'd, Lets in new light through chinks that time has made : bers nt once they view, That stand upon the threshold of the new. JOHN MILTON. Above all the poets of this... | |
 | Katherine Thomson, Mrs. A. T. Thomson - 1844 - Страниц: 978
...want," added she in a loud voice, and shutting the door with corresponding energy. CHAPTER XIII. • Stronger by weakness, wiser men become, As they draw near to their eternal home. WALLER. ONE fine morning, Joscelyne De Clare stood by the bed-side of his dying friend. It was a bright... | |
 | Sunset - 1845 - Страниц: 120
...The soul's dark cottage, battered and decayed, Lets in new light through chinks that time has made : Stronger by weakness, wiser men become, As they draw...they view That stand upon the threshold of the new. WALLER. * AGE smooths our paths to prudence; sweeps aside The snares, keen appetite, and passion spread.... | |
 | Joseph Payne - 1845 - Страниц: 490
...cottage,3 battered and decayed, Lets in new light through chinks that time has made. Stronger by weakness,4 wiser, men become, As they draw near to their eternal...they view, That stand upon the threshold of the new. Waller. 1 Quiet, calm — That is quiet, which is made so by circumstances, and is, therefore, superficially... | |
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Lets in new light through chinks that Time has made: Stronger by weakness, wiser, men become As they draw near to their eternal home. Leaving the old, both worlds at once they view That stand upon the threshold of the new. 
