 | Lindley Murray - 1808 - 542 דפים
...learn'd the fond pursuit to shun, Where few can reach the purposid aim, And thousands daily are undone. Tis greatly wise to talk with our past hours; And ask them, what report they bore to Heav'n. All nature is but art unknown to thee; All chance, direction which thou can'st not see; All... | |
 | Hannah More - 1809 - 324 דפים
...concerns of life ; and, at times, to annihilate, as it were, the space which divides us from eternity : 'Tis greatly wise to talk with our past hours, And...them what report they bore to heaven, And how they .night have borne more welcome news. Yet as to those who seek a short annual retreat as a mere form... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - 1809 - 604 דפים
...thcirflight Already has the fatal train took fire; Vanity of Human Enjoyments, tauglit by Experience. Tis greatly wise to talk with our past hours; And ask them, what report they bore to heaven ; [news. And how they might have borne more welcome Their answers form what men experience call : If... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1809 - 114 דפים
...the fonci pursuit to shun, •Where few can re&ch tbeir purpos'd uim,And thousands daily are undone. 'Tis greatly wise to talk with our past hours ; And ask them what report they bore to Hcav'a*All nature is but art, unknown to thec ; All chance, direction which thou canst not see jAll... | |
 | Edward Young - 1810 - 278 דפים
...ghastly! drown'd, all drown'd In that great deep, which no'thing disembogues! \nd, dying, they bequeath'd thee small renown. The rest are on the wing : how...past hours ; And ask them what report they bore to heav'n ; And how they might have borne more welcome news. Their answers form what men experience call... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 556 דפים
...wing : how 1!eet their flight ! Already has the fatal train took lire ; A moment, and the world 's blown up to thee; The Sun is darkness, and the stars...news. Their answers form what men experience call ; If însrfom'j friend, her best ; if not, worst foe. О reconcile them ! Kind Experience cries, " There'snuthing... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 554 דפים
...; A moment, and the world 's blown up la thee ; The Sun is darkne.-s, and the stars are dust. T is greatly wise to talk with our past hours ; And ask...they bore to Heaven ; And how they might have borne morewelcmne news. Their answers form what men experience call ; If tri«/om'j friend, her best ; if... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 558 דפים
...fire; A moment, and the world 's hlown up to thce; The Sun is darkne-s, and the stars arc dust. 'T is greatly wise to talk with our past hours; And ask them, what report they hore to Heaven; And how they might havehornemoreweleome news. Their answers form what men experience... | |
 | Edward Young - 1811 - 302 דפים
...! drown'd, all drown'd In that great deep, which nothing disembogues ! And, dying, they bequeath'd thee small renown. The rest are on the wing : How...If Wisdom's friend, her best ; if not, worst foe. 0 reconcile them ! Kind Experience cries, "There's nothing here, but what as nothing weighs ; " The... | |
 | Robert May - 1812 - 280 דפים
...; think on the shortness of human life, and the length of eternity ; compare one with the other. " "Tis greatly wise to talk with our past hours, And...And how they might have borne more welcome news.'' " Seek the Lord while he may be found, call upon him while he is near," for it is time to apply your... | |
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Tis greatly wise to talk with our past hours And ask them, what report they bore to heaven ; And how they might have borne more welcome news. 
