 | 1838 - 884 ページ
...three hundred and sixty-five ghosts in the year. But every hour is an angel — a messenger. " 'Tis greatly wise to talk with our past hours; And ask...news. Their answers form what men experience call." There can be no experience, worth the name, without communion with heaven. The worldly-wise man is... | |
 | 1817 - 314 ページ
...aim, At once he draws the sting of life and death: He walks with nature, and her paths are peace. 'Tis greatly wise to talk with our 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;... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1817 - 216 ページ
...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 lo Heav'o. All nature is but art unknown to thee ; A chance, direction which thou canst not see AM... | |
 | 1817 - 206 ページ
...MORAL DEPARTMENT. SELECTED. REFLECTIONS ON PAST LIFE. 'Tis greatly wise to talk with our past hours, To ask them what report they bore to heaven, And how they might have bom more welcome news. LAST evening I very calmly seated myself in my study and intended to give myself... | |
 | 664 ページ
...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...might have borne more welcome news. Their answers form whatmen Experience call ; if Wisdom's friend, her best ; if not, worst foe. O reconcile them .' Kiud... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1819 - 120 ページ
...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 - 1821 - 412 ページ
...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...worst foe. O reconcile them ! Kind Experience cries, " There 's nothing here, but whit as nothing weighs; The more our joy, the more we know it vain ; And... | |
 | John Bowdler - 1821 - 510 ページ
...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...bore to heaven ; And how they might have borne more welcom* news. Their answers form what men experience call. To hope the best is pious, brave, and wise... | |
 | Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - 1854 - 580 ページ
...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 - 1822 - 274 ページ
...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...reconcile them ! kind Experience cries, ' There's nothinghere but what as nothing weighs ; The more our joy, the more we know it vain, And by success... | |
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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. 
