 Grow rich in that which never taketh rust: Whatever fades, but fading pleasure brings. Draw in thy beams, and humble all thy might To that sweet yoke where lasting freedoms be; Which breaks the clouds and opens forth the light That doth both shine and...  The Edinburgh Review - Page 3921876Full view - About this book
 | Philip Sidney - 1724 - 270 pages
...fhine, and give us fight to fee. O take faft hold ! let that light be thy guide, A In this fmall courie, which birth draws out to death, And think how evil becometh him to flide, Who feeketh heav'n, and comes of heav'nly breath. Then farewell, World, thy uttermofl I fee,... | |
 | 1816 - 828 pages
...light, That doth both shine, and give us sight to see. O take fast hold ! let that light be thy Snide, In this small course, which birth draws out to death; And think how ill-beeometh him to slide, Who seeketb heav'n, and comes of heav'nly breath. Then farewell, world,... | |
 | Thomas Zouch - 1809 - 424 pages
...and gives us light to see. " O take fast hold, let that light be thy guide, " In this small coarse which birth draws out to death, " And think how evil becometh him to slide, " Who teeketh heaven, and comes of heavenly breath. * " Then farewell world, thy uttermost I see, " Jiternal... | |
 | 1830 - 550 pages
...clouds, and opens forth the light, That doth both shine, and give us sight to see. O take fast hold ! let that light be thy guide, In this small course which...evil becometh him to slide, Who seeketh heav'n, and coines of heav'nly breath. Then farewell, world, thy uttermost I see, Eternal Love, maintain thy life... | |
 | 1830 - 540 pages
...clouds, and opens forth the light. That doth both shine, and give us sight to see. O take fast hold ! let that light be thy guide, • In this small course...death, And think how evil becometh him to slide, Who qeeketh heav'n, and comes of heav'nly breath. Then farewell, world, thy uttermost I see, Eternal Love,... | |
 | 1840 - 844 pages
...and opens forth the light, That doth both shine, and give us sight to see. Ob ! take fast bold, let that light be thy guide In this small course, which birth draws out of death ; And think how ill becometh him to slide, Who seeketh heaven, and comes of heavenly breath.... | |
 | 1863 - 518 pages
...an unworthy mistress, but a turning from earthly enjoyments to heavenly : " 0 take fast hold ! let that light be thy guide In this small course which...out to death ; And think how evil becometh him to chide, Who seeketh heaven and comes of heavenly breath. Then farewell, world, thine uttermost I see... | |
 | Hugh Swinton Legaré - 1845 - 606 pages
...clouds, and opens for the light, That doth both shine, and give us sight to sec. O take fast hold ! let that light be thy guide, In this small course which...draws out to death, And think how evil becometh him to elide, Who seeketh heav'n, and comes of heav'nly breath. Then farewell, world, thy uttermost I see,... | |
 | Christian Bartholmèss - 1846 - 414 pages
...258. — Phil. Sidney semble avoir exprimé la même conviction dans ces vers pétrarquistes : » Tben farewell, World, thy uttermost I see; « Eternal Love, maintain thy life in me ! » * Par ex, CARDAN, de Utilit. ex adversis capiendâ, II, 5 : « Ut nos prorriu unusn cum Deo esse... | |
 | William Chambers, Robert Chambers - 1847 - 850 pages
...clouds, and opens forth the light, That doth but shine and give us sight to see. Oh ! take fast hold, let that light be thy guide In this small course which birth draws out of death, And think how ill becometh him to slide, Who seeketh heaven, and comes of heavenly breath.... | |
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