 | 1836 - 446 halaman
...midst of the breaking of his fortunes. It was well and beautifully said by a then living poet, — " The soul's dark cottage, battered and decayed, Lets in new light through chinks that time has made! " 1 An admirable commentary on this fierce text is supplied by my friend... | |
 | Twenty essays - 1838 - 212 halaman
...immortality, seeks with direct and steady aim, that life which can be found only in God's favour; when— " The soul's dark cottage, battered and decayed. Lets in new light through chinks by tempests made." WALLER. But, alas ! such triumphs of the spirit over its weak body are short,... | |
 | 1841 - 300 halaman
...certain to be lost. Clouds of affection from our younger eyes Conceal that emptiness which age descries ; The soul's dark cottage, battered and decayed, Lets in new light, through chinks which time has made. Stronger by weakness, wiser, men become, As they draw near to their eternal... | |
 | 1842 - 1008 halaman
...of Melancholy. CLOFDS of affection from our younger eyes, Conceal that emptiness which age descries; "The soul's dark cottage, battered and decayed, Lets in new light, through chinks which time has made. Stronger by weakness wiser men become, As they draw near to their eternal... | |
 | Margaret Fuller, Ralph Waldo Emerson, George Ripley - 1844 - 556 halaman
...the midst of the breaking of his fortunes. It wus well and beautifully laid by a then living poet, ' The soul's dark cottage, battered and decayed, Lets in new light through chinks that time has made.' " Forster's Life of SIrafford, Lardncr's Cabinet Cyctopadla. t " A poet,... | |
 | 1855 - 602 halaman
...salutat. His latest lines, if not quite sublime or pathetic, are all but both. Miratur limen Olympi : The soul's dark cottage, battered and decayed, Lets in new light through chinks that time has made; Stronger by weakness, wiser men become, As they draw near to their eternal... | |
 | 1872 - 858 halaman
...instance, for example, may be found in Fuller's approximation to the often-quoted lines of Waller — The soul's dark cottage battered and decayed, Lets in new light through chinks which time has made. " Drawing near her death," says Fuller of of St. Monica, " she sent most... | |
 | John Seely Hart - 1845 - 404 halaman
...different views, and, I hope, have received some advantage by it, if what Waller says be true, that The soul's dark cottage, battered and decayed, Lets in new light through chinks that Time has made. Then surely sickness, contributing no less than old age to the shaking down... | |
 | Sunset - 1845 - 120 halaman
...to he lost. Clouds of affection, from our younger eyes, Conceal that emptiness which age descries. The soul's dark cottage, battered and decayed, Lets in new light through chinks that time has made : Stronger by weakness, wiser men become, As they draw near to their eternal... | |
 | Sarah Margaret Ossoli (march.) - 1846 - 182 halaman
...the midst of the breaking of his fortunes. It was well and beautifully said by a then living poet, 1 The soul's dark cottage, battered and decayed, Lets in new light through chinks that time has made.' " Fortter'a Life of Strafford, tariner't Cabinet Cyclopcedta. which, though... | |
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The soul's dark cottage, battered and decayed, Lets in new light through chinks that Time has made: Stronger by weakness, wiser men become As they draw near to their eternal home. Leaving the old, both worlds at once they view That stand upon the threshold... 
