A thousand ages in thy sight are like an evening gone, short as the watch that ends the night before the rising sun. 5 Time, like an ever-rolling stream, bears all its sons away; they fly forgotten, as a dream dies at the opening day. A Liturgy for the Use of a Christian Church - Pàgina 455per Chandler Robbins - 1861 - 110 pàginesVisualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
| Martin Manser - 2006 - 290 pàgines
...order stood, Or earth received her frame, From everlasting Thou art God, To endless years the same. A thousand ages in Thy sight Are like an evening gone;...the watch that ends the night Before the rising sun. Time, like an ever-rolling stream, Bears all its sons away; They fly forgotten, as a dream Dies at... | |
| Robin Meyers - 2007 - 224 pàgines
...Patience is not just a virtue. It is a manifestation of true faith. As Luther put it in his great hymn, "A thousand ages in thy sight / Are like an evening...watch that ends the night / Before the rising sun." This would take courageous leadership, of course, a call for mutual sacrifice, and a shared vision... | |
| Charlotte Brontë - 2006 - 398 pàgines
...flesh to dust,'Return, ye sons of men'; All nations rose from earth at first And turn to earth again. A thousand ages in Thy sight Are like an evening gone...watch that ends' the night Before the rising sun. Time, like an ever-rolling stream, Bears all its sons away; They fly, forgotten, as a dream Dies at... | |
| Diane Ravitch, Michael Ravitch - 2006 - 512 pàgines
...flesh to dust, "Return, ye sons of men": All nations rose from earth at first, And turn to earth again. A thousand ages in Thy sight Are like an evening gone;...the watch that ends the night Before the rising sun. The busy tribes of flesh and blood, With all their lives and cares, Are carried downwards by the flood,... | |
| Charlotte Brontë - 2006 - 470 pàgines
...flesh to dust,'Return, ye sons of men'; All nations rose from earth at first And turn to earth again. A thousand ages in Thy sight Are like an evening gone...watch that ends' the night Before the rising sun. Time, like an ever-rolling stream, Bears all its sons away; They fly, forgotten, as a dream Dies at... | |
| Stuart Van Slyke - 2006 - 409 pàgines
...in ages past, Our hope for years to come, Our shelter from the stormy blast, And our eternal home. A thousand ages in Thy sight Are like an evening gone;...the watch that ends the night Before the rising sun. O God, our help in ages past, Our hope for years to come, Be Thou our guard while life shall last,... | |
| 2006 - 90 pàgines
...help in ages put. Our hope for years to come. Our shelter from the stormy blast. And our eternal home. A thousand ages in Thy sight Are like an evening gone:...the watch that ends the night Before the rising sun. Time, like an ever rolling stream, Bears all its sons away; They fly forgotten as a dream Dies at die... | |
| Michael Dirda - 2006 - 204 pàgines
...AND THE DARK Old age is the most unexpected of all the things that happen to a man. — Leon Trotsky A thousand ages in thy sight Are like an evening gone,...the watch that ends the night Before the rising sun. Time, like an ever-rolling stream, Bears all its sons away; They fly forgotten, as a dream Dies at... | |
| William Petersen, Ardythe Petersen - 2015 - 697 pàgines
...order stood, Or earth received her frame, From everlasting Thou art God, To endless years the same. A thousand ages in Thy sight Are like an evening gone;...watch that ends the night, Before the rising sun. Time, like an ever-rolling stream, Bears all its sons away; They fly, forgotten, as a dream Dies at... | |
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