| Henry Augustin Beers - English literature - 1894 - 328 pages
...of life, and even pagans could doubt whether thus to live were to die ; since our longest sun sets at right descensions and makes but winter arches,...in darkness and have our light in ashes. Since the brother6 of death daily haunts us with dying mementoes, and time that grows old in itself bids us hope... | |
| Brainerd Kellogg - 1896 - 500 pages
...Lucina10 of life and even pagans could doubt whether thus to live were to die; since our longest sun sets at right descensions, and makes but winter arches,...light in ashes; since the brother of death" daily haunt? us with dying mementos, and time, that grows old in itself, bids us hope no long duration; —... | |
| Sir Thomas Browne - Gardening - 1896 - 252 pages
...life, and even 77 Pagans 2 could doubt, whether thus to live were to die; since our longest sun sets at right descensions, and makes but winter arches,...lie down in darkness, and have our light in ashes 3 ; since the brother of death daily haunts us with dying mementos, and time that grows old in itself,... | |
| Hippolyte Taine - English literature - 1897 - 268 pages
...whether thus to live were to die , since our longest sun sets at right declensions, and makes bi-.t winter arches, and therefore it cannot be long before...haunts us with dying mementos, and time, that grows old in itself, bids us hope no long duration ; — diuturnity is a dream, and folly of expectation. " Darkness... | |
| John Clark Ridpath - Literature - 1898 - 542 pages
...Life — and even pagans could doubt whether thus to live were to die ; since our longest sun sets at right descensions, and makes but winter arches...since the brother of Death daily haunts us with dying mementoes, and Time — that grows old in itself — bids us, hope of no long duration : diuturnity... | |
| Henry Augustin Beers - English literature - 1899 - 346 pages
...of life, and even pagans could doubt whether thus to live were to die ; since our longest sun sets at right descensions and makes but winter arches,...since the brother' of death daily haunts us with dying mementoes, and 1 Injustice. * See Shakspere's " Troilus and Cressida." 8 That is, bribed, bought off.... | |
| Charles Frederick Johnson - American literature - 1900 - 564 pages
...pagans could doubt whether thus to live were to die; since our longest sun sets at right declensions, and makes but winter arches, and therefore it cannot...mementos, and time, that grows old itself, bids us to hope no long duration, diuturnity is a dream and folly of expectation." — Urn Burial. "Thus there... | |
| English literature - 1901 - 436 pages
...of life, and even Pagans could doubt, whether thus to live were to die ; since our longest sun sets at right descensions, and makes but winter arches,...haunts us with dying mementos, and time that grows old in itself, bids us hope no long duration ; — diuturnity is a dream and folly of expectation. Darkness... | |
| Literature - 1901 - 440 pages
...of life, and even Pagans could doubt, whether thus to live were to die ; since our longest sun sets at right descensions, and makes but winter arches,...haunts us with dying mementos, and time that grows old in itself, bids us hope no long duration ; — diuturnity is a dream and folly of expectation. Darkness... | |
| Oliver Herbrand Gordon Leigh - English literature - 1901 - 432 pages
...of life, and even Pagans could doubt, whether thus to live were to die; since our longest sun sets at right descensions, and makes but winter arches,...haunts us with dying mementos, and time that grows old in itself, bids us hope no long duration;—diuturnity is a dream and folly of expectation. Darkness... | |
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