 | Henry Coppée - 1859 - 380 страници
...immediately fell upon a combination of comparison and metaphor in the lines which follow : — " But they whose hearts are dry as summer dust, Burn to the socket." And here it should be observed, that the just division of tropes, should be constantly kept in view.... | |
 | Lawrence Peel - 1860 - 356 страници
...Wisdom exists not ; nor the humhler skill Of prudence, disentangling good and ill With patient care." " Oh ! sir, the good die first, And they, whose hearts are dry as summer dust, Burn to the socket." MY absence from England during the last ten years 6f the life of Sir Robert Peel, may appear to some... | |
 | John Cumming - 1860 - 316 страници
...explains the sufferings of good men, and the incidental success of bad men ? How is it that often " The good die first, And they whose hearts are dry as summer dust Burn down to the sockets I" How is it, I ask, that we sue sin rampant here, sickness there, pestilence elsewhere... | |
 | John Cumming - 1860 - 304 страници
...explains the sufferings of good men, and the incidental success of bad men ? How is it that often " The good die first, And they whose hearts are dry as summer dust Burn down to the sockets I" How is it, I ask, that we see sin rampant here, sickness there, pestilence elsewhere... | |
 | Charles William Everest - 1860 - 484 страници
...a heart-flame that may be Quenched only with thy tears. LINES On the Death of JOSEPH RODMAN DRAKE. "The good die first, And they whose hearts are dry as summer dust, Bum to the socket." WORDSWORTH. Green be the turf above thee, Friend of my better days ! None knew... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1861 - 662 страници
...within these walls, at my approach, A daughter's welcome gave me, and" I loved her As my own child. O sir ! the good die first, And they whose hearts are...summer dust Burn to the socket. Many a passenger Hath blessed pour Margaret for her gentle looks, When she upheld the cool refreshment drawn From that- forsaken... | |
 | John Cooper Grocott - 1863 - 562 страници
...excess. SHARSPERE. — King John, Act IV. Scene 2. (Salisbury to the King on his being crowned n GOOD.— Oh, sir ! the good die first, And they whose hearts are dry as summer's dust, Burn to the socket. WORDSWORTH. — The Excursion, Book L Page 21. Are you good men... | |
 | John Bartlett - 1865 - 504 страници
...EXCURSION. The vision and the faculty divine. Boot i. The imperfect offices of prayer and praise. Ibid. The good die first, And they whose hearts are dry as summer dust Burn to the socket. Ibid. This dull product of a scoffer's pen. Book ii. With battlements, that on their restless fronts... | |
 | William [poetical works Wordsworth (selections]) - 1866 - 408 страници
...never pass that road but she, Who lived within these walls, at my approach, A daughter's welcome gave, and I loved her As my own child. Oh, Sir ! the good...summer dust Burn to the socket. Many a passenger Hath blessed poor Margaret for her gentle looks, When she upheld the cool refreshment drawn 1'rom that forsaken... | |
 | Henry George Bohn - 1867 - 752 страници
...was their lodging, homely was their food, For all the luxury of doing good. Garth, Claremont, 148. Oh. sir ! the good die first, And they whose hearts are dry as summer's dust, Burn to the socket. Wordsworth, The Excursion, I. 21. GOOD DEEDS. Only the actions of... | |
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Oh, Sir ! the good die first, And they whose hearts are dry as summer dust Burn to the socket. 
