 | 664 pages
...devastations, war, or any great calamity." — Missionary Voyage, page 333. REFLECTIONS ON THE NEW YEAR. 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. Their answers form whatmen Experience call ; if... | |
 | Lindley Murray - English language - 1819 - 120 pages
...the fond pursuit to shun, Where few can reach their purposed aim, And thousands daily are undone. Tis greatly wise to talk with our past hours ; And ask them what report they bore to Heav'B, . All nature is bnt art, unknown to thee ; All chance, direction which thou canst not see :... | |
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1821 - 412 pages
...fire ; A moment, and the world 's blown up to thee; The Sun is darkness, and the stars arc dust. 'T is 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. Their answers form what men experience call ; If... | |
 | John Bowdler - Hymns, English - 1821 - 510 pages
...his hours By vig'rous effort, and an honest aim, At once he draws the sting of life and death. "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 welcom* news. Their answers form what men experience call. To... | |
 | Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - American fiction - 1854 - 580 pages
...which a man may quote to himself, but which he would not pass off in company ; such as, — " 'T is greatly wise to talk with our past hours, And ask them what report they bore to heaven." This is too personal and essayish for a proverb, which must be a matter-of-fact affair, a truism. Again,... | |
 | British poets - Classical poetry - 1822 - 274 pages
...fire ; A moment, and the world 's blown up to thee ; The Sun is darkness, and the stars are dust. 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. Their answers form what men Experience call ; If Wisdom's... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1823 - 236 pages
...the fond pursuit to shun. Where few can reach the purpos'd 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... | |
 | Lindley Murray - English language - 1823 - 116 pages
...the fond pursuit to shun. Where few can reach their purpos'd aim,And thousands daily are undone. 'Tis greatly wise to talk with our past hours ; And ask them what report they bore to Hcav'n. All nature is but art, unknown to thee ; All chance, direction which thou canst not see) All... | |
 | Lindley Murray - English language - 1823 - 94 pages
...pursuit to slum, , Where few can reach their p^irpos'd turn, And thousands daily are undone. , 'Tis greatly wise to talk with our past hours ; And ask them what report they bote to Heat'a. ,» . J ",.-•..All nature ii but art, unknown to thee ; All chance, directiou which... | |
 | Harriet Newell - 1823 - 242 pages
...our imaginations often wing their way back to those hours which can never be recalled. ' 'Tis greafly wise, to talk with our past hours. And ask them what report they're borne to heaven. And how they might have borne more welcome news.' Will the recollection of... | |
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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. 
