 | Life-lights - 1864 - 344 pages
...almost as oft in vain ; Yet always sought ; so native to the heart, So much desired and coveted by all. Much beautiful, and excellent, and fair, Was seen...friend ; Sweet always, sweetest heard in loudest storm. Some I remember, and will ne'er forget ; My early friends, friends of my evil day ; Friends in my mirth,... | |
 | David Grant - 1865 - 428 pages
...will increase like the shadow of the evening, Till the sun of life shall set. HERDER. -FRIENDSHIP. ' sounds were sweet, Most ravishing, and pleasant to...— Sweet always, sweetest heard in loudest storm. Some I remember, and will ne'er forget, — My early friends, friends of my evil day ; Friends in my... | |
 | Charles Walton Sanders - 1862 - 610 pages
...advantage, what doubtless he had, a rare combination of natural endowment) PASSAGES FROM POLLOR I. FRIENDS. Much beautiful, and excellent, and fair Was seen beneath the sun; but naught was seen More beautiful or excellent, or fair In darkest day. And many sounds were sweet, Most... | |
 | Robert Pollok, James Robert Boyd - 1871 - 426 pages
...need st : Much beautiful, and excellent, and fair "Was seen beneath the sun ; but naught was sect 300 More beautiful, or excellent, or fair Than face of...fairest when seen In darkest day. And many sounds were swtet, Most ravishing, and pleasant to the ear ; But sweeter none than voice of faithful friend •... | |
 | 1872 - 710 pages
...matched with thine; But the poor mansion offers theo its best. Julia Ward Howe. 1 107. FRIEND?, faithful. naught was seen More beautiful, or excellent, or fair [seen Than face of faithful friend; fairest when... | |
 | 1873 - 46 pages
...__ ... tr W^,— WILLIAM PENN. THE PALACE OF THE ESCURIAL, MADRID. FRIKNDSHIP, LOVE, AND MARRIAGE. MUCH beautiful, and excellent, and fair Was seen beneath...friend : Sweet always, sweetest heard in loudest storm. Polhk. FRIENDSHIP is the only thing in the world concerning the usefulness of which all mankind are... | |
 | Samuel Orchart Beeton - 1873 - 782 pages
...coveted by all. Nor wonder those — thou wonderest not, nor need' et. Much beautiful, and excellent, and art Some I remember, and will ne'er forget ; My early friends, friends of my evil day ; Friends in my mirth,... | |
 | Sacred harp - 1874 - 174 pages
...hopes be laid ! This alone, for ever vernal, Bears a leaf that shall not fade, FRIENDSHIP. POLLOK. MANY sounds were sweet, Most ravishing, and pleasant...— Sweet always, sweetest heard in loudest storm. Some I remember, and will ne'er forget, My early friends, friends of my evil day ; Friends in my mirth,... | |
 | Robert Chambers, Robert Carruthers - 1876 - 860 pages
...the heart, So much desired and coveted by all. Nor wonder thou — thou wonderest not, nor need'st. Gray (first line in the Elegy), and by Byron (Don Juan, canto iii. 108), is thus rendered Some I remember, and will ne'er forget ; My early friends, friends of my evil day ; Friends in my mirth,... | |
 | Robert Chambers, Robert Carruthers - 1876 - 870 pages
...the heart, So much desired and coveted by all. Nor wonder thou — thou wonderest not, nor need'st. windows all ; And every soul cried out : ' Well done...Gilpin — who but he? His fame soon spread around ; ; Bat sweeter none than voice of faithful friend ; Sweet always, sweetest heard in loudest storm. Some... | |
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Much beautiful, and excellent, and fair Was seen beneath the sun ; but nought was seen More beautiful, or excellent, or fair, Than face of faithful friend, fairest when seen In darkest day ; and many sounds were sweet, Most ravishing, and pleasant to... 
