 | England - 1838 - 884 pages
...But every hour is an angel — a messenger. " '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. Their answers form what men experience call." There can be no experience, worth the name, without communion... | |
 | 1817 - 206 pages
...DEPARTMENT. SELECTED. REFLECTIONS ON PAST LIFE. 'Tis greatly wise to talk with our past hours, To ask them what report they bore to heaven, And how they might have bom more welcome news. LAST evening I very calmly seated myself in my study and intended to give myself... | |
 | 664 pages
...Voyage, page 333. REFLECTIONS ON THE NEW YEAR. 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. Their answers form whatmen Experience call ; if Wisdom's friend, her best ; if not, worst foe. O reconcile... | |
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1821 - 412 pages
...The Sun is darkness, and the stars arc dust. 'T is 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. Their answers form what men experience call ; If wisdom's friend, her best ; if not, worst foe. O reconcile... | |
 | John Bowdler - Hymns, English - 1821 - 510 pages
...At once he draws the sting of life and death. "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 welcom* news. Their answers form what men experience call. To hope the best is pious, brave, and wise... | |
 | British poets - Classical poetry - 1822 - 284 pages
...The Sun is darkness, and the stars are dust. 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. Their answers form what men Experience call; If Wisdom's friend, her best; if not, worst foe. O reconcile... | |
 | British poets - 1824 - 676 pages
...the gentlest manners. Thomson's Agamemnon. '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. Their answers form what men Experience call ; If Wisdom's friend, her best ; if not, worst foe. Young' s... | |
 | 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... | |
 | Robert Chambers - American literature - 1830 - 844 pages
...walks with nature, and her paths are peace. 'Tie 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. Their answers form what men experience call ; If wisdom's friend her best, if not, worst foe. The Man whose... | |
 | Hannah More - English literature - 1830 - 494 pages
...were, the space which divides us from eternity : 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. Yet as to those who seek a short annual retreat as a mere form ; who dignify with the idea of a religious... | |
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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. 
