Our little systems have their day; They have their day and cease to be: They are but broken lights of thee, And thou, O Lord, art more than they. Poems of Tennyson - Page 253by Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1903 - 496 pagesFull view - About this book
| 1850 - 640 pages
...seemest human and divine, The highest, holiest manhood, thou : Our wills are ours, we know not how Our wills are ours, to make them thine. Our little...be : They are but broken lights of thee, And thou, 0 Lord, art more than they. We have but faith ; we cannot know : For knowledge is of things we see... | |
| 1850 - 602 pages
...trust the infinite unknown. Thus in the prefatory poem : — " Our little systems have their day ; They have their day and cease to be; They are but broken...of thee, — And thou, O Lord, art more than they. We have but faith : we cannot know ; For knowledge is of things we see ; And yet we trust it comes... | |
| Literary and Philosophical Society of Liverpool - 1878 - 530 pages
...faith and faith alone embrace, Believing where we cannot prove. Our little systems have their day, They have their day and cease to be ; They are but broken...lights of Thee, And Thou, O Lord, art more than they. THE CREDIBILITY OF VENERABLE BEDE, SAINT AND CONFESSOR, AND OF HIS FOLLOWERS. BY JOSEPH BOULT. IT is... | |
| Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1850 - 272 pages
...seemest human and divine, The highest, holiest manhood, thou: Our wills are ours, we know not how ; Our wills are ours, to make them thine. Our little...lights of thee, And thou, O Lord, art more than they. We have but faith : we cannot know ; For knowledge is of things we see ; And yet we trust it comes... | |
| Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1850 - 228 pages
...seemest human and divine, The highest, holiest manhood, thou : Our wills are ours, we know not how ; Our wills are ours, to make them thine. Our little...lights of thee, And thou, O Lord, art more than they. We have but faith : we cannot know ; For knowledge is of things we see ; And yet we trust it comes... | |
| Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1850 - 236 pages
...seemest human and divine, The highest, holiest manhood, thou : Our wills are ours, we know not how ; Our wills are ours, to make them thine. Our little...be : They are but broken lights of thee, And thou, 0 Lord, art more than they. We have but faith : we cannot know ; For knowledge is of things we see... | |
| 1850 - 590 pages
...seemest human and divine, The highest, holiest manhood, thou : Our wills are ours, we know not how ; Our wills are ours, to make them thine. Our little...be : They are but broken lights of thee, And thou, 0 Lord, art more than they. We have but faith : we cannot know ; For knowledge is of things we see... | |
| Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1850 - 228 pages
...seemest human and divine, The highest, holiest manhood, 3hou : Our wills are ours, we know not how ; Our wills are ours, to make them Thine. Our little...their day and cease to be : They are but broken lights oflhee, And Thou, 0 Lord, art more than they. We have but faith : we cannot know ; For knowledge is... | |
| 1850 - 550 pages
...trust the infinite unknown. Thus in the prefatory poem : — " Our little systems have their day ; They have their day and cease to be : They are but broken...of thee, — And thou, O Lord, art more than they. We have but faith : we cannot know ; For knowledge is of things we see ; And yet we trust it comes... | |
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