 | Richard Hurd, William Mason - 1757 - 88 страници
...are Mr. Waller's, and in the belt manner of that very refined writer. Stronger by weaknefs, wifer, men become As they draw near to their eternal home. The Soul's dark cottage, batter'd and decay'd, Lets in new light thro' chinks that time has made. 2. After all, thefe conceits, I doubt,... | |
 | Horace - 1766 - 288 страници
...Waller's, and in the beft manner of that very refined writer. Stronger by weaknefs, «;//«., men becoflifc As they draw near to their eternal home. The Soul's dark cottage, batter'd anddecay'd, Let? in new light thro' chinks that time has made. .«j After all, thefe conceits, I doubt,... | |
 | Edmund Waller - 1806 - 320 страници
...The soul's dark cottage, batter'd and decay'd, Lets in new light through clunks 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. • « •... | |
 | John Gamble - 1813 - 422 страници
...The soul's dark cottage batter'd and decay'd, Lets in new light through chinks th;ft 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." CHAPTER... | |
 | John Gamble - 1813 - 422 страници
...The soul's dark cottage batter'd and decay'd, Lets in new light through chinks thift time has made j 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." CHAPTER... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1819 - 644 страници
...soul's dark cottage, hatter'd and deeay'd. Lets in new light , t hruugh chinks t hat ti me 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. Miratur... | |
 | 1821 - 786 страници
...The soul's dark cottage, batter'd and decay'd, Lets in new light through chinks that time has made. Stronger by weakness, wiser men become As they draw near to their eterual home ; Leaving the old, both worlds at ouce they view, That stand upon the threshold of the... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1822 - 394 страници
...125. the checker'd shade, ] An expression of Milton. IMITATIONS. Ver. 126. Admire new light, &c.] " The Soul's dark cottage, batter'd and decay 'd, Lets in new light, through chinks that time has made." Waller. W. But spread, my sons, your glory thin or thick, On passive... | |
 | John Newton, Richard Cecil - 1824 - 814 страници
...by which invisibles are not only believed, but seen, and unutterables are heard and understood :— The soul's dark cottage, batter'd and decay 'd, Lets in new light through chinks Instances are frequent of those who are thus blessed when they die in the Lord ; and... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1824 - 422 страници
...as finding but small satisfaction in what a famous Poet reckons one of the advantages of old age : " The soul's dark cottage, batter'd and decay 'd, Lets in new light through chinks that Time has made." SCRIBL. Warburton. Ver. 57. At half mankind] The character alluded... | |
| |
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. 
