| Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society - Natural history - 1895 - 510 pages
...ultimate relation to the cosmos in the striking language with which I shall now conclude this paper:— " The stars shall fade away, the sun himself Grow dim with age, and nature sink in years ; But thou shall flourish in immortal youth, Unhurt amidst the war of elements, The wrecks of matter, and the... | |
| 1914 - 1240 pages
...had a beginning. With Addison in his Cato I acclaim that "The soul in her existence, smiles At the drawn dagger and defies its point. The stars shall...Grow dim with age, and nature sink in years, But thou shall flourish in immortal youth Unhurt amid the wars of elements, The wreck of matter, and the crush... | |
| Shattuck - Drama - 1997 - 420 pages
...smiles At the drawn dagger, and defies its point.-— The stars shall fade away, the sun himself l^L* . Grow dim with age, and nature sink in years; But thou...elements, The wrecks of matter, and the crush of worlds — What means this heaviness that hangs upon me I Nature oppress'd, and harassed out with care Sinks... | |
| James W. Angell - Family & Relationships - 1991 - 132 pages
...of unspoiled wonder, youngsters in soiled football jeans and the sublime sounds of orange violins. The stars shall fade away, the Sun himself Grow dim with age and Nature sink in years; But Thou shali flourish in immortal youth. Unhurt amidst the war of elements, The wreck of matter and the crash... | |
| Carl Seaburg - Language Arts & Disciplines - 1998 - 484 pages
...her Waves, and above me too, — "He was her lover!" — Had 1 a Claim to Fame? WILLIAM ROSE BENET The stars shall fade away, the sun himself Grow dim...immortal youth, Unhurt amidst the war of elements, The wreck of matter, and the crush of worlds. — From Cato JOSEPH ADDISON * That cause can neither be... | |
| Frank R. Shivers - Biography & Autobiography - 1998 - 348 pages
...the wall of Midleham Chapel of Ease, Calvert County: The soul secur'd in her existence smiles at the drawn dagger and defies its point The stars shall...grow dim with age and Nature sink in years, but thou shall flourish in immortal youth unhurt amidst the war of elements the wrecks of matter and the crush... | |
| Terence Whalen - Language Arts & Disciplines - 1999 - 572 pages
...backwards) and added appropriate spacing and punctuation: The soul secure in her existence smiles at the drawn dagger and defies its point. The stars shall...but thou shalt flourish in immortal youth, unhurt amid the war of elements, the wreck of matter and the crush of worlds. When I first broke the code,... | |
| Andrew Britton - Biography & Autobiography - 2003 - 276 pages
...(Picturegoer, i8th November 1933, p.i3), the writer named as 'the Editor' begins: 'When Addison wrote: The stars shall fade away, the sun himself Grow dim...in years But thou shalt flourish in immortal youth, he might almost have been prophecying the future of Katharine Hepburn, this epitome of immortal youth... | |
| The General Assembly of Spiritualists - Spiritualism - 2006 - 145 pages
...or where ? "But this informs me I shall never die. The soul secured in her existence, smiles At the drawn dagger, and defies its point. The stars shall...But thou shalt flourish in immortal youth, Unhurt amid the war of elements, The wreck of matter, and the crush of worlds !" — from Cato's "Soliloquy."... | |
| James Mott Hallowell - History - 2006 - 105 pages
...stream of life, the journey had ended, and Lafayette slept with his fathers. Vive FSsprit de Lafayette! "The stars shall fade away, the sun himself Grow dim with age, and nature sink in years, But thou shaft flourish in immortal youth, Unhurt amidst the war of elements, The wrecks of matter, and the... | |
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