 | Robert Chambers - English literature - 1851 - 764 pages
...walks with nature, and her paths are peace. 'Tie 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 friend her best, if not,... | |
 | Education - 1852 - 512 pages
...following passages, and parse the words printed 1. " 'Tis greatly wite to talk with our past hours; And ask them what report they bore to Heaven; And, how they might have borne more welcome newt. Their answers form what men experience call ,Tf wisdom's friend, her bead if not,... | |
 | Hannah More - 1852 - 582 pages
...were, the space which divides us from eternity : Tis gn?atly wise to talk with our past boars, And ask them what report they bore to heaven. And how they might have borne more welcome news. Vet to those who seek a short annual retreat * Biihop Hopkini. as a mere form ;... | |
 | 1852 - 526 pages
...parse the words printed in italics :— 1. " '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 friend, her best; if not,... | |
 | Edward Young - English poetry - 1852 - 370 pages
...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 friend, her best; if not,... | |
 | Edward Young, George Gilfillan - Death in literature - 1853 - 354 pages
...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 friend, her best; if not,... | |
 | Cyclopaedia - 1853 - 772 pages
...guide.—Dryden. Some truths by reason are not to be tried; '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 friend, her best; if not,... | |
 | Francis Wayland - Christian ethics - 1853 - 420 pages
...and specially of a probationary existence. "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. a. Perform this duty deliberately. It is not the business of hurry or of negligence.... | |
 | Edward Young - Death in literature - 1853 - 368 pages
...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; Ir Wisdom's friend, her best; if not,... | |
 | Sir James Kay-Shuttleworth - Church and education - 1853 - 524 pages
...parse the words printed in italics: — f f2 I. 'Tit greatly wise to talk with our past hours ; And atk them what report they bore to Heaven ; And, how they might have borne more welcome newt. Their answers form what men experience call; If wisdom's friend, her best; if not,... | |
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