 Lets in new light through chinks that Time has made: Stronger by weakness, wiser men become As they draw near to their eternal home. Leaving the old, both worlds at once they view That stand upon the threshold of the new.  Critical works - Pàgina 278per Richard Hurd - 1811Visualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
 | Select poetry - 1825 - 182 pàgines
...The soul's dark cottage, barter'd and decay'd, Lets in new lights thro' chinks that time has made. Stronger by weakness, wiser men become As they draw near to their eternal home ; Leaving the old, both worlds at once they view, That stand upon the threshold of the new. cxxx. WHAT... | |
 | 1826 - 664 pàgines
...The soul's dark cottage, batter'd 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 : Leaving the old, both worlds at once they view, Who stand upon the threshold of the new. He had begun... | |
 | 1828 - 198 pàgines
...The soul's dark cottage, batter'd and dccay'd, Lets in new light thro' chinks that time has made. 3 Stronger by weakness, wiser men become As they draw near to their eternal home ; Leaving the old, both worlds at once they view, That stand upon the threshold of the new. WA1XER.... | |
 | William Godwin - 1831 - 504 pàgines
...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 pàgines
...< 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 Cowper - 1835 - 390 pàgines
...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 pàgines
...soul's dark cottage, battered and decayed, i . , , Lets in new light through chinks that time has made : Stronger by weakness, wiser 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."... | |
 | 1838 - 516 pàgines
...The soul's dark cottage, batter'd and decay 'd, Lets in new light throngh chinks that time has made ; Stronger by weakness, wiser men become As they draw near to their eternal home ; Leaving the old, both worlds at once they view, Who stand upon the threshold of the new. BY DR. CHALMERS.... | |
 | 1841 - 300 pàgines
...The soul's dark cottage, battered and decayed, Lets in new light, through chinks which time has made. Stronger by weakness, wiser, men become, As they draw near to their eternal home ; Leaving the old, both worlds at once they view, That stand upon the threshold of the new. — Waller.... | |
 | 1842 - 1008 pàgines
..."The soul's dark cottage, battered and decayed, Lets in new light, through chinks which time has made. Stronger by weakness wiser men become, As they draw near to their eternal home ; tearing the old, both worlds at once th'ey view, That stand upon the threshold of the new.— WALLEII.... | |
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