 | Thomas Milner - 1837 - 426 pages
...has versified in the well-known lines — " The soul's dark cottage, battered and decayed, i . , , Lets in new light through chinks that time has made...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 pages
...VERGE OP THE HEAVENLY HOUSE. The soul's dark cottage, batter'd and decay 'd, Lets in new light throngh chinks that time has made ; Stronger by weakness,...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.... | |
 | Twenty essays - Christian life - 1838 - 212 pages
...immortality, seeks with direct and steady aim, that life which can be found only in God's favour; when— " The soul's dark cottage, battered and decayed. Lets in new light through chinks by tempests made." WALLER. But, alas ! such triumphs of the spirit over its weak body are short, and... | |
 | Sir Thomas Browne - Christian ethics - 1841 - 346 pages
...(14S) A very eloquent and beautiful passage, which at bottom resembles that of Waller, " The soyj's dark cottage, battered and decayed, Lets in new light through chinks that time has made."— ED. ('*") This was not Themistocles but Iphicrates, who, at the siege of Corinth, going his rounds... | |
 | 1861 - 980 pages
...in the heavens. Waller's beautiful lines will occur to many readers : — 'The soul's dark cottujjo, battered and decayed, Lets in new light through chinks that time has made.' I suppose that even the world itself could not contain the books that should lie written. (John xxi.... | |
 | Child rearing - 1841 - 300 pages
...certain to be lost. Clouds of affection from our younger eyes Conceal that emptiness which age descries ; 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... | |
 | 1842 - 1008 pages
...of Melancholy. CLOFDS of affection from our younger eyes, Conceal that emptiness which age descries; "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... | |
 | 1843 - 350 pages
...younger eyes, Conceal that emptiness, which age descries. The soul's dark cottage, batter'd and decay'd, Lets in new light through chinks that time has made....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.... | |
 | American literature - 1855 - 602 pages
...salutat. His latest lines, if not quite sublime or pathetic, are all but both. Miratur limen Olympi : The soul's dark cottage, battered and decayed, Lets...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. ANECDOTE... | |
 | 1905 - 1004 pages
...Like the aged Titian, he seems to have been exalted and refined by the thought of approaching death. The soul's dark cottage, battered and decayed, Lets...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. There is... | |
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The soul's dark cottage, battered 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 That stand upon the threshold... 
