| 1881 - 622 pagina’s
...days, full of devout conviction — ' Our little systems have their day ; They have their day and ceaso to be ; They are but broken lights of Thee, And Thou, O Lord, art more than they.' He can no longer use this language, though he still endeavours to re-convey the meaning of it. And... | |
| Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland - 1894 - 1066 pagina’s
...India should come under the shadow of Muhammadan rulers. " Our little systems have their day ; They have their day, and cease to be ; They are but broken lights of Thee, And Thou, 0 Lord ! art more than they." He condemns the narrow views of those who imagine that the divine beneficence... | |
| 1870 - 406 pagina’s
...intelligence can dictate, let us each yet acknowledge that — " Our little systems have their day — They have their day and cease to be ; They are but broken lights of Thee, And Thou, О Lord, art more than they. We have but faith ; we cannot know, For knowledge is of things we see... | |
| 1850 - 640 pagina’s
...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... | |
| Literary and Philosophical Society of Liverpool - 1878 - 530 pagina’s
...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... | |
| Robert Kemp Philp - 1865 - 1220 pagina’s
...faith alone, embrace, Believing where WF cannot prove. " Our little systems have their day — They have their day, and cease to be ; They are but broken lights of Thee, And Tnou, O Lord, art more than they." " Our little systems " indeed! — yes, so little when compared... | |
| Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1850 - 236 pagina’s
...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 pagina’s
...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 pagina’s
...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... | |
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