Oh could we copy their mild virtues, then What joy to live, what blessedness to die! Methinks their very names shine still and bright ; Apart — like glow-worms on a summer night; Or lonely tapers when from far they fling A guiding ray; or seen — like... Bentley's Miscellany - Page 256edited by - 1840Full view - About this book
| Lawyers - 1859 - 334 pages
...CONCLUSION 311 • THE CHRISTIAN LAWYER. CHAPTEE I. ANCESTRAL INFLUENCE IN DETERMINING CHARACTER. 0, could we copy their mild virtues, then What joy to...names shine still and bright, Apart, like glow-worms on a summer night ; Or lonely tapers, when from far they fling A guiding ray ; or seem, like stars... | |
| James Hamilton - 1859 - 444 pages
...faith, and purest charity, In statesman, priest, and humble citizen. Oh ! could we copy their ruild virtues then, What joy to live, what blessedness to...shine still and bright ; Apart — like glow-worms on a summer night ; Or, lonely tapers, when from far they fling A guiding ray; or seen — like stars... | |
| Izaak Walton, Charles Cotton - Fishing - 1860 - 394 pages
...praise. Wordsworth's exquisite sonnet on Walton's biographical labours cannot be too often reprinted : There are no colours in the fairest sky So fair as...virtues, then What joy to live, what blessedness to die I Mi-thinks their very Names shine still and bright, Apart — like glow-worms in the woods of spring,... | |
| Izaak Walton, Thomas Zouch - Biography - 1860 - 408 pages
...Draft from an angel's wing : with moistened eye, We read of faith, and purest charity, In Statesmen, Priest, and humble Citizen. Oh ! could we copy their...shine still and bright, Apart — like glow-worms on a summer night ; Or lonely tapers when from far they fling A guiding ray ; or seen — like stars... | |
| George Herbert - 1863 - 372 pages
...sleeps ; Herbert delights to set anthems to his lute ; and Wotton bequeaths his viol to a friend. " 0 could we copy their mild virtues ! then What joy to...shine still and bright ; Apart, — like glow-worms on a summer night: Or lonely tapers, when from far they fling A guiding ray; or seem, like stars on... | |
| Izaak Walton - 1865 - 404 pages
...Dropt from an angel's wing : with moistened eye, We read of faith, and purest charity, In Statesmen, Priest, and humble Citizen. Oh ! could we copy their...shine still and bright, Apart — like glow-worms on a summer night ; Or lonely tapers when from far they fling A guiding ray ; or seen — like stars... | |
| 1865 - 392 pages
...With moistened eye We read of faith and purest charity In Statesman, Priest, and humble Citizen : O could we copy their mild virtues, then What joy to...shine still and bright ; Apart, — like glowworms on a summer night ; Or lonely tapers when from far they fling A guiding ray ; or seen, like stars on... | |
| 1865 - 362 pages
...sleeps; Herbert delights to set anthems to his lute ; and Wotton bequeaths his viol to a friend. " 0 could we copy their mild virtues! then What joy to...Methinks their very names shine still and bright; Apart,—like glow-worms on a summer night: Or lonely tapers, when from far they fling A guiding ray;... | |
| William Wordsworth - 1865 - 396 pages
...Statesman, Priest, and humble Citizen : O could we copy their mild virtues, then What joy to li ve, what blessedness to die ! Methinks their very names...shine still and bright ; Apart, — like glowworms on a summer night ; Or lonely tapers when from far they fling A guiding ray ; or seen, like stars on... | |
| George Herbert - Literature - 1865 - 532 pages
...fleeps ; Herbert delights to fet anthems to his lute ; and Wotton bequeaths his viol to a friend. O could we copy their mild virtues, then What joy to live, what bleffednefs to die ! Methinks their very names mine ftill and bright ; Apart — like glow-worms on... | |
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