| John Dunton - English wit and humor - 1707 - 584 pages
...and decay'd, Lets in new Light thro Chinas that Time has made. Loving by (Vealyefs wifer Men became, As 'they draw near to their eternal Home ; Leaving the old, both Worlds at once they view, That fland upon the ThreflM of the new. However, Sir, Age being honourable in it felf, it muft, certainly... | |
| Edward Bysshe - English language - 1710 - 620 pages
...Eyes, ConceaJ that Happinefs which Age deicries. The Soul's dark Cottage, batter'd and decay'd, Lets in new Light thro' Chinks that Time has made. Stronger...both Worlds at once they view, That ftand upon the Threfliold of the new. W»ll. We yet may fee the old Man in a Morning, Lufty as Health, come ruddy... | |
| Wentworth Dillon Earl of Roscommon - English poetry - 1717 - 580 pages
...Conceal that Emptinefe, which Age defcries. The Soul's dark Cottage, battered and decay V, Lett in new Light thro' Chinks that Time has made ; Stronger...: Leaving the Old, both Worlds at once they view, , Thatjlanduponthe Threjholdofthv New. Miratur Limen Olympi. TO i • Mr. WA LL ER, UPON THE . Copy... | |
| Charles Gildon - Criticism - 1718 - 490 pages
...Eyes, Conceal that Happinefs which Age defcries. The Soul's dark Cottage, batter'd and decay'd, Lets in new Light, thro' Chinks that Time has made. Stronger by Weaknefs, wifer Men become, As they draw nearer their eternal Home. Leaving the old, both Worlds at once they view,. That ftand upon the Threfhold... | |
| Edmund Waller - 1722 - 364 pages
...Conceal that Emptinefs, which Age defcries. The Soul's dark Cottage, batter'd and decay'd, Lets in new Light thro' Chinks that Time has made: Stronger...they view, That ftand upon the Threfhold of the New. — Mirtuur limm Ofympi. Virgil, OF THE FEAR of GOD: IM TWO CANTO "S» Written in the Tear 1687. CANTO... | |
| Edmund Waller - English poetry - 1744 - 496 pages
...younger eyes Conceal that emptinefs, which age defcries. The fouPs dark cottage, batter'd, and decayM, Lets-in new light, thro' chinks that time has made...ftand upon the threfhold of the new. •**** Miratur limen olympi. Vi no it,, ** -: .' ; : 2O2 POEMS upon fevered Occajtora. EPIGRAMS, EPITAPH S, AND FRAGMENTS.... | |
| Richard Hurd, William Mason - Imitation (in literature) - 1757 - 88 pages
...other ufeful knowledge. The lines are Mr. Waller's, and in the belt manner of that very refined writer. Stronger by weaknefs, wifer, men become As they draw near to their eternal home. The Soul's dark cottage, batter'd and decay'd, Lets in new light thro' chinks that time has made. 2.... | |
| Publius Papinius Statius - Seven against Thebes (Greek mythology) - 1767 - 338 pages
...before his Death, which Circumftance brings to my Remembrance four Lines of the celebrated Waller, - Wifer Men become, As they draw near to their eternal...both Worlds at once they view, That ftand upon the Threfliold of the new. Alas! 346 STATIUS's THEBAID. BOOK VII. Alas ! how chang'd from him, who great... | |
| Publius Papinius Statius - Seven against Thebes (Greek mythology) - 1767 - 696 pages
...before tis Death, which Circumftance brings to my Remembrance four Uses of the celebrated Waller. — Wifer Men become, As they draw near to their eternal...both Worlds at once they view, That ft'and upon the Threshold of the new. Alas ! how chang'd from him, who great and good 1045 At Pbzbu? Shrine in holy... | |
| Publius Papinius Statius - Seven against Thebes (Greek mythology) - 1773 - 344 pages
...before bis Death, which Circumitances brings to my Remembrance four Lines of the celebrated Waller, Wifer Men become, As they draw near to their eternal Home, Leaving the old, both Worlds at orce they view, That Hand upon the Threfhold of the new. Alas ! how chang'd from him, who great and... | |
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