 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 1 Leaving the old, both worlds at once they view, That stand upon the...  Maternal counsels to a daughter - Pagina 111door Matilda Marian Chesney Pullan - 1855 - 312 pagina’sVolledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | Richard Hurd - 1811 - 380 pagina’s
...other useful knowledge. The lines are Mr. Waller's, and in the best manner of that very refined writer. Stronger by weakness, wiser, men become As they draw near to their eternal home. The Soul's dark cottage, batter'd and decay 'd, " Lets in new light thro' chinks that time has made.... | |
 | 1821 - 786 pagina’s
...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. Stronger by 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... | |
 | Charles Butler - 1822 - 706 pagina’s
...concession, as far as the wise and good of each " party wish them carried. Perhaps the time is " now come : " The soul's dark cottage, battered and decayed, " Lets in new lights through chinks which time has made." WALLER. " Through the flaws and breaches, the yawning " chasms, (as they are... | |
 | Charles Butler - 1824 - 476 pagina’s
...concession, as far as the wise and " good of each party wish them carried. Perhaps " the time is now come : " The soul's dark cottage, battered and decayed, " Lets in new lights through chinks which time has made." WALLER. " Through the flaws and breaches, the yawning " chasms, (as they are... | |
 | Health - 1830 - 336 pagina’s
...ENDS THIS STRANGE EVENTFUL HISTORY'" OLD AGE AND DEATH. The soul's dark cottage, batter'd and decay'd, Lets in new lights through chinks that time has made. Stronger by weakness, wiser men become, As tbey draw near to their eternal home; Leaving the old, both worlds at once they view, And stand upon... | |
 | William Godwin - 1831 - 504 pagina’s
...to indite. The soul-s dark cottage, battered and decayed, Lets in new light by chinks that time hath made: Stronger by weakness, wiser, men become, As they draw near to their eternal home. Thus it is common with persons of elevated soul to talk of neglecting, overlooking, and taking small... | |
 | William Godwin - 1831 - 496 pagina’s
...indite. < The soul's dark cottage, battered and decayed, Lets in new light by chinks that time hath made : Stronger by weakness, wiser, men become, As they draw near to their eternal home. Thus it is common with persons of elevated soul to talk of neglecting, overlooking, and taking small... | |
 | Charlotte Fiske Bates - 1832 - 1022 pagina’s
...that emptiness which age descries. The soul's dark cottage, battered and decayed. Lets in new light through chinks that time has made. Stronger by weakness, wiser men become, [home. As they draw near to their eternal Leaving the old, botli worlds at once they view, That stand... | |
 | William Cowper - 1835 - 390 pagina’s
...enabled to exclaim with the poet, The soul's dark cottage, batter'd and decay 'd, Lets in new light thro' chinks that time has made ; Stronger by weakness,...wiser men become, As they draw near to their eternal borne. Leaving the old, both worlds at once they view, That stand upon the threshold of the new. Waller's... | |
 | Thomas Milner - 1837 - 426 pagina’s
...the well-known lines — " The soul's dark cottage, battered and decayed, i . , , Lets in new light through chinks that time has made : Stronger by weakness,...men become As they draw near to their eternal home ; I,, •. Leaving the old, both worlds at once they view, That stand upon the threshold of the new."... | |
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