 | William Cowper - 1864 - 454 pàgines
...shadowy, no dream ; Its value, what no thought can ascertain, Nor all an angel's eloquence explain. Men deal with life as children with their play. Who first misuse, then cast their toys away ; Live to no sober purpose, and contend That their Creator had no serious end. When God and man stand... | |
 | William Cowper - 1869 - 332 pàgines
...shadowy, no dream ; Its value, what no thought can ascertain, Nor all an angel's eloquence explain. Men deal with life as children with their play, Who first misuse, then cast their toys away ; Live to no sober purpose, and contend That their Creator had no serious end. When God and man stand... | |
 | William Cowper - 1874 - 330 pàgines
...shadowy, no dream; Its value, what no thought can ascertain, 125 Nor all an angel's eloquence explain. Men deal with life as children with their play, Who first misuse, then cast their toys away, Live to no sober purpose, and contend, That their Creator had no serious end. 130 When God and man... | |
 | 1875 - 444 pàgines
...guides, consumates all. Love makes the music of the blest above, Heaven's harmony is universal love. Men deal with life as children with their play, Who first misuse, then cast their toys away. None sends his arrow to the mark in view Whose hand is feeble, or his aim untrue. One act that from... | |
 | Charles Henry Ramsden - 1875 - 88 pàgines
...dream ; Its value what no thought can ascertain, Nor all an angel's eloquence explain. Deal' not ' with life as children with their play, Who first misuse, then cast their toys away.' COWPER—Hope. CONTENTS. SHORT COUNSELS :— PAGE PRAYER 11 THE BIBLE 14 SUNDAYS 17 STUDY 19 HOME 21... | |
 | Henry George Bohn - 1881 - 738 pàgines
...bliss and heart-felt care, Closing at last in darkness and despair. Coicper, Hopt, LIFE — continued. Men deal with life as children with their play, Who first misuse, then cast their toys away Coioper, llcpe. In such a world, so thorny, and where none Finds happiness unblighted, or if found,... | |
 | 1882 - 1434 pàgines
...give, None ever yet made haste enough to live. v. COWLEY — Imitations. Martial. Lib. H. Ep. LXL. w. Co\\pER—Hope. Line 127. Our wasted oil unprofitably burns. Like hidden lamps in old sepulchral... | |
 | Jehiel Keeler Hoyt, Anna Lydia Ward - 1882 - 926 pàgines
...give, None ever yet made haste enough to live. V. COWLEY — Imitations. Martial. Lib. П. Ep. LXLMen deal with life as children with their play. Who first misuse, then cast their toys away, to. COWPEB— Hope. Line 127. Our wasted oil unprofitably burns, Like hidden lamps in old sepulchral... | |
 | Henry George Bohn - 1883 - 782 pàgines
...fancied bliss and heartfelt care, Closing at last in darkness and despair." 2727 Cowper: Hope, tine 1 Men deal with life as children with their play, Who first misuse, then cast their toys away. 2728 Cowper: Hope. Line 127 In such a world, so thorny, and where none Finds happiness unblighted,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1889 - 632 pàgines
...shadowy, no dream ; Its value, what no thought can ascertain, Nor all an angel's eloquence explain. Men deal with life as children with their play, Who first misuse, then cast their toys away ; Live to no sober purpose, and contend That their Creator had no serious end. 130 When God and man... | |
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Men deal with life, as children with their play, Who first misuse, then cast their toys away ; Live to no sober purpose, and contend That their Creator had no serious end. 
