 | Alexander Chalmers - 1819 - 644 pages
...descries. The soul's dark cottage, hatter'd and deeay'd. Lets in new light , t hruugh chinks t hat ti me has made : Stronger by weakness, wiser men become,...they view, That stand upon the threshold of the new. Miratur limen Olympi. Virj. EPIGRAMS, EPITAPHS, AND FRAGMENTS. , EPIGRAM'. Stoiars emigraiiR solitis,... | |
 | 1821 - 786 pages
...no more, will, we trust, add weight to hie advice. " The soul's dark cottage, batter'd and decay'd, Lets in new light through chinks that time has made....weakness, wiser men become As they draw near to their eterual home ; Leaving the old, both worlds at ouce they view, That stand upon the threshold of the... | |
 | 1821 - 788 pages
...chiuks that time has made. Stronger by weakness, wiser men become Ai they draw near to their eterual home ; Leaving the old, both worlds at once they view, That stand upon the threshold of the new." No. III. To the Kditor of the Time». SIR, The friends of the late Rev. Dr. Lindsay cannot but feel... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 280 pages
...younger eyes Conceal that emptiness which age descries. The soul's dark cottage, batter'd and decay'd, Lets in new light through chinks that time has made...they view, That stand upon the threshold of the new. * * * Aliratar Un1on Olympi.— Virg. EPISTLES. TO THE KING. ON HIS NAVY. W HERE'ER thy Navy spreads... | |
 | W. Plees - 1824 - 424 pages
...following exquisitely beautiful lines of Waller, which alone are sufficient to immortalize his name : " The soul's dark cottage, battered and decayed, " Lets...that time has made. " Stronger by weakness, wiser we become, " As we draw near to our eternal home. " Quitting the old, at once both worlds they view... | |
 | Joseph Tinker Buckingham - 1824 - 264 pages
...Idle. 12. My country — "Good faith with all nations, tangling alliances with none." 13. Myself— " The soul's dark cottage battered and decayed, Lets in new light through chink's, which time has made." To conclude, I j_,ive the following song to the old tune of Yankee doodle... | |
 | Select poetry - 1825 - 182 pages
...emptiness which age descries : The soul's dark cottage, barter'd and decay'd, Lets in new lights thro' chinks that time has made. Stronger by weakness, wiser...they view, That stand upon the threshold of the new. cxxx. WHAT sinners value, I resign ; Lord, 'tis enough that thou art mine ; I shall behold thy blissful... | |
 | 1826 - 664 pages
...he could indite: • No other theme could give his soul delight. The soul's dark cottage, batter'd and decayed, Lets in new light, through chinks that...: Leaving the old, both worlds at once they view, Who stand upon the threshold of the new. He had begun to transcribe his fourth Sermon: but illness... | |
 | 1826 - 438 pages
...write with more perspicuity and force. — And here we might adopt the sentiments of an eminent poet : The soul's dark cottage, battered and decayed, Lets in new light through chinks that time has made. And now let us pause. — For whom are we sorrowing? Whose eulogj are we attempting to speak ? What... | |
 | 1827 - 918 pages
...tiaintly, but beautifully, expressed this reflection on defects rendered more 'impressive by Urne: The soul's dark cottage, battered and decayed, Lets in new light through chinks that time has made. Let but the poor cadet receive the quantum of professional education imperiously demanded even by the... | |
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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 near to their eternal home. Leaving the old, both worlds at once they view That stand upon the threshold... 
