THERE are no colours in the fairest sky So fair as these. The feather, whence the pen Was shaped that traced the lives of these good men, Dropped from an Angel's wing. With moistened eye We read of faith and purest charity In Statesman, Priest, and humble... The Quarterly Review - الصفحة 198المحررون: - 1823عرض كامل - لمحة عن هذا الكتاب
| George Herbert, Robert Aris Willmott - 1855 - عدد الصفحات: 366
...sleeps; Herbert delights to set anthems to his lute ; and TVotton 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"!... | |
| Izaak Walton - 1857 - عدد الصفحات: 542
...as these: the feather whence the pen Was shaped, that traced the lives of these good men, Droptjrom an angel's wing : with moistened eye, We read of faith,...copy their mild virtues, then What joy to live, what happiness to die ! Methinks their very names shine still and bright, Satellites turning in a lucid... | |
| 1857 - عدد الصفحات: 574
...is the best preparation for a tranquil and happy death-bed. GEORGE HERBERT. BORN, 1593; DIED, 1632. With moistened eye We read of faith and purest charity,...we copy their mild virtues, then What joy to live, and happiness to die. V ethinkq their very names shine still and bright, Satellites turning in a lucid... | |
| William Alfred Jones - 1857 - عدد الصفحات: 310
...With moistened eye We read of faith and purest Charity In Statesman, Priest, and humble citizen ; 0 could •we copy their mild virtues, then What joy...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 stars on... | |
| William Alfred Jones - 1857 - عدد الصفحات: 312
...fairest sky So fair as these. The feather whence the pen Was shaped that traced the lives of these good men, Dropped from an Angel's wing. With moistened...purest Charity In Statesman, Priest, and humble citizen ; O could we copy their mild virtues, then What joy to live, what blessedness to die ! Hethinks their... | |
| William Alfred Jones - 1857 - عدد الصفحات: 306
...feather whence the pen Was shaped that traced the lives of these good men, Dropped from an Angel'a wing. With moistened eye We read of faith and purest Charity In Statesman, Priest, and humble citizen ; 0 could we copy their mild virtues, then What joy to live, what blessedness to die ! Methinks their... | |
| HODGES SMITH - 1857 - عدد الصفحات: 778
...Wns slinped, that traced the lives of these good men, Dropp'd from an angel's wing; with moitlcn'd eye We read of faith and purest charity In statesman, priest, and huinblu citizen. Mcthinks tlicir very names s!iino still and bright; Apart like glow-worms in a summer-night,... | |
| HODGES SMITH - 1857 - عدد الصفحات: 778
...Wns slinped, that traced the lives of these good men, Dropp'd from an angel's wing; with moitlcn'd eye We read of faith and purest charity In statesman, priest, and huinblu citizen. Mcthinks tlicir very names s!iino still and bright ; Apart like glow-worms in a summer-night,... | |
| James Hamilton - 1858 - عدد الصفحات: 530
...fairest sky, So fair as these; the feather whence the pen Was shaped, that traced the lives of these good men, Dropped from an angel's wing: with moistened...shine still and bright ; Apart — like glow-worms on a snmmer night ; Or, lonely tapers, when from far they fling A guiding ray; or seen — like stars... | |
| James Hamilton - 1858 - عدد الصفحات: 448
...fairest sky, So fair as these; the feather whence the pen Was shaped, that traced the lives of these good men, Dropped from an angel's wing: with moistened...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... | |
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