| Robert Chambers - 1844 - 746 páginas
...walks with nature, and her paths are peace. 'Tis greatly wise to talk with our past hours, And ask lumber! Like the dew on the mountain, Like the foam on the river, Like the bubble on the fou answers form what men experience call ; If wisdom's friend her best, if not, worst foe. All-sensual... | |
| William Morrison Engles - 1844 - 274 páginas
...The sun is darkness, and the stars are dust. 'Tis greatly wise to talk with our past hours ; And ask them what report they bore to heaven ; And how they might have borne more welcome news. Their answers form what men experience call ; If wisdom's friend, her best ; if not, worst foe. O reconcile... | |
| Charles Rollin - 1844 - 372 páginas
...of which passeth away, and that swiftly. " 'Tis greatly wise to talk with our past hours ; And ask them what report they bore to heaven ; And how they might have borne more welcome news. Their answers form what men experience call : If Wisdom's friend, her best ; if not, worst foe. O reconcile... | |
| Juvenile guide - 1844 - 166 páginas
...that you are a moral and accountable being." " "Tis greatly wise, to talk with our past hours, And ask them what report they bore to Heaven, And how they might have borne more welcome news." 15. "Examine yourself impartially, remember thatyou arc liable to be misled by your passion, and the... | |
| Orville Dewey - 1844 - 904 páginas
...And for us, erring, sinning men, it is greatly wise to listen, " To talk with our past hours, And ask them what report they bore to heaven, And how they might have borne more welcome news." The ancient philosophers earnestly recommended to their followers, to appropriate a part of each evening... | |
| Sunset - 1845 - 120 páginas
...but confirmed its stability.— H. EDWARDS. " Tis greatly wise to talk with our past hours, And ask them what report they bore to heaven, And how they might have borne more welcome news." AGED Friend!—Thy day is nearly gone— thy sun is setting—thine evening tide draws oil! How sets... | |
| C. P. Bronson - 1845 - 330 páginas
...the storms that howl across the sky. la greatly wise — to talk with our put houri, And oik Ihem— what report— they bore to heaven ; And how they might have borne — more welcome new« ; Their ennoerf — form — what men — experience call. Я7О. CHEMISTRT — treats of the... | |
| College of Physicians of Philadelphia - 1846 - 478 páginas
...still small voice of conscience, and think it "Greatly wise to talk with their past hours, And ask them what report they bore to heaven ; And how they might have borne more welcome news;" Rather than to the loud claims of ambition — that insatiable thirsting for power and distinction,... | |
| James Robert Boyd - 1846 - 472 páginas
...their own state particularly requires. '• 'Tis greatly wise to talk with our past hours, „ And ask them what report they bore to heaven ; And how they might have borne more welcome news." In silent and thoughtful meditation, it becomes them to walk as on the shore of that vast ocean upon... | |
| Great Britain. Committee on Education - 1847 - 606 páginas
...in italics in the following passage: — " 'T is greatly wise to talk with our past hours, And ask them, what report they bore to Heaven, And how they might have borne more welcome news. Their answers form what men experience call ; If wisdom's friend, her best ; if not, worst foe." SECTION... | |
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