 THIS truth of old was Sorrow's friend, " Times at the worst will surely mend," The difficulty's then to know, How long Oppression's clock can go ; When Britain's sons may cease to sigh, And hope that their redemption's nigh.  Never Mind, Or, The Lost Home - Page 67by Mary Bennett - 1860 - 154 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Thomas Chatterton - 1803 - 556 pages
...still is there. Bristol, Ntm. 17, 1769THE PROPHECY. When timet arc at the worst they trill certainly This truth of old was Sorrow's friend, " Times at the worst will surely mend," The difficulty's then to know, How long Oppression's clock can go ; When Britain's sons may cease to... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 686 pages
...there. Bristol, Nov. 17, П69. THE PROPHECY. When lima are at lia worst they w':ll ctrtainly merut. THIS truth of old was sorrow's friend, " Times at the worst will surely mend," The difficulty's then to know. How long oppression's clock can go; When Britain's sons may cease to... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 682 pages
...is there. Bristol, Nov. 11, 1769. THE PROPHECY. When times are at the worst they mil certainly mead, THIS truth of old was sorrow's friend, " Times at the worst will surely mend,1* The difficulty's then to know, How Ions oppression's clock can go; When Britain's sons may... | |
 | Arminianism - 1865 - 1194 pages
...of the eighteen : — " THE PROPHECY. " When Ames are at the wortt, they will certainly mend. "THu truth of old was Sorrow's friend, • Times at the worst will surely mend.' The difficulty 's then to know, How long Oppression's clock can go ; When Britain's sons may cease... | |
 | Robert Chambers - American literature - 1830 - 844 pages
...in a decent dress : Thtm may your interest in the town advance, Above the reach of muses or romance. ned an all-commanding power; Thy mimic soul. О nymph endeared, meud.' Thi: difficulty 's thon to know Ho\v long Oppression's clock can go ; When Britain's sons muy... | |
 | Thomas Chatterton - 1842 - 426 pages
...sorrow still is there. THE PROPHECY.» " When times are at the worst they will certainly mend.' i. THIS truth of old was Sorrow's friend, " Times at the worst will surely mend," The difficulty's then to know, How long Oppression's clock can go ; When Britain's sons may cease to... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - 746 pages
...some vigorous stanzas, in a difl'erent measure, and remarkable for maturity and freedom of style : — are but theatres where the chief actors rot. I see before me the gladiator lie: The difiiculty's then to know How long Oppression's clock can go ; When Britain's sous may cease to... | |
 | Robert Chambers - Authors, English - 1844 - 738 pages
...some vigorous stanzas, in a different measure, and remarkable for maturity and freedom of style : — . The difficulty's then to know How long Oppression's clock can go ; When Britain's sons may cease to... | |
 | John Ross Dix - Alcoholism - 1853 - 278 pages
...very convenient adage. Then, again, I repeated to myself the consolatory couplet which tells us that "This truth, of old was Sorrow's friend — Times at the worst will soonest mend ; " and, feeling that I could not well be worse off, I relied on a lucky turn of the wheel,... | |
 | William Edward Baxter - Books and reading - 1860 - 264 pages
...this moment reminds us forcibly of lines written by Chatterton, himself a child of misfortune : — "This truth of old was sorrow's friend — Times at the worst will surely mend ; The difficulty's then to know How long oppression's clock can go." Nor, when one thinks calmly about... | |
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