 | Hannah More - English literature - 1827 - 542 pages
...space which divides us from eternity : 'Tis irrrativ wise to talk with our past hours. And ask thorn what report they bore to heaven, And how they might have borne more welcome news. Yet to those who seek a short annual retreat ач amere form; who dignify with the idea of a religious... | |
 | Extracts - 1828 - 786 pages
...and did it not. If you give account for every idle word, much more for every idle hour. Baxter. '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. YOUNG. However it may prove an hard saying... | |
 | Lindley Murray - English language - 1828 - 128 pages
...fond pursuit to shun, Where few can reach their purpos'd aim, And thousands daily are undone. *Tis greatly wise to talk with our past hours ; And ask them what report they bore to Heav'n. All nature is but art, unknown to thee ; All chance, direction which thou canst not see ; All... | |
 | Lindley Murray - English language - 1828 - 268 pages
...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 to Heav'n. All nature is but art, unknown to thee; All chance, direction, which thou canst not see; All... | |
 | Baptists - 1829 - 894 pages
...THE NEW YEAR. IT has been said, by one of the most original and sublime of the English poets, " 'Tis greatly wise to talk with our past hours, And ask them what report they bore to Heaven." One of the purposes for which the faculty of memory was given us, is, to enable us to recaí the events... | |
 | Robert Chambers - American literature - 1830 - 844 pages
...At ouce he draws the sting of life and death : He walks with nature, and her paths are peace. 'Tie The Man whose Thoughts are not of this World* Some angel guide my pencil, while I draw, What nothing... | |
 | Hannah More - Children - 1830 - 472 pages
...concerns of life ; and at times to annihilate, as it were, the space which divides us from eternity : "Tis greatly wise to talk with our past hours, And ask...heaven, And how they might have borne more welcome news. Yet as to those who seek a short annual retreat as a mere form ; who dignify with the idea of a religious... | |
 | Hannah More - English literature - 1830 - 494 pages
...concerns of life; and at times to annihilate, as it were, the space which divides us from eternity : Tis greatly wise to talk with our past hours, And ask...heaven, And how they might have borne more welcome news. Yet as to those who seek a short annual retreat as a mere form ; who dignify with the idea of a religious... | |
 | Thomas F. Walker - English poetry - 1830 - 256 pages
...took fire ; A moment, and the world 's blown up to thee; Sun is darkness, and the stars are dust. P is greatly wise to talk with our past hours ; And ask...Heaven ; And how they might have borne more welcome newsj Tlieir answers form what men experience call ; If wisdom's friend, her best ; if not, worst foe.... | |
 | Baptists - 1830 - 396 pages
...THE NEW YEAR. IT has been said, by one of the most original and sublime of the English poets, "'Tis greatly wise to talk with our past hours, And ask them what report they bore to Heaven." One of the purposes for which the faculty of memory was given us, is, to enable us to recal the events... | |
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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. 
