| John Richard Vernon - 1874 - 252 pàgines
...and we long — for death ? Nay, for life indeed. "'Tis Life, whereof our nerves are scant ; Tennyso O Life, not Death, for which we pant ; More life, and fuller, that we want ! " And this is what God promises, as the reward of our faithful service here. A short while,... | |
| Thomas Inman - 1875 - 242 pàgines
...you all I possess," was said by the aged Voltaire to his physician. And our poet laureate has sung, 'T is Life, whereof our nerves are scant, O life,...which we pant ; More life, and fuller, that I want. But we must add, as necessarily contained in the idea of Life in its highest sense, those things which... | |
| Thomas Inman - 1875 - 272 pàgines
...you all I possess," was said by the aged Voltaire to his physician. And our poet laureate has sung, 'T is Life, whereof our nerves are scant, O life,...death, for which we pant ; More life, and fuller, that 7 want. But we must add, as necessarily contained in the idea of Life in its highest sense, those things... | |
| Anne Thackeray Ritchie - 1875 - 594 pàgines
...W011KS OP MISS THACKEBAY OLD KENSINGTON OLD KENSINGTON T'is life whereof our nerves are scant, Oh! life, not death, for which we pant. More life and fuller that I want. ALFRED TENNYSON. I OLD KENSINGTON, BY MISS TIIACKE11AY. LONDON. SMITH, ELDER, & CO., 15, WATERLOO PLACE,... | |
| Laura M. Lane - 1875 - 326 pàgines
...he hears His country's war-song thrills his ears. ****** "fis life, whereof our nerves are scant, Oh life, not death, for which we pant ; More life, and fuller, that we want." TO MY DEAR FATHEK, HIS YOUNGEST CHILI). GENTLEMAN VEKSCHOYLE. CHAPTER I. " A CAPITAL investment,"... | |
| Edward Clodd - 1875 - 312 pàgines
...breathes with human breath Has ever truly longed for death. 'Tis life, whereof our nerves are scant, Oh life, not death, for which we pant ; More life, and fuller, that we want.' The teaching of Buddha, like that of Christ, has been changed and overlaid with doctrines... | |
| Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1875 - 494 pàgines
...breathes with human breath Has ever truly long'd for death. " T is life, whereof our nerves are scant, 0 life, not death, for which we pant ; More life, and fuller, that 1 want." 1 ceased, and sat as one forlorn. Then said the voice, in quiet scorn, " Behold, it is the... | |
| Minot Judson Savage - 1881 - 264 pàgines
...crazy Sorrow saith, No life that breathes with human breath Has ever truly longed for death. " 'Tis life whereof our nerves are scant, — O, life, not...death, for which we pant ; More life, and fuller, that we want." If it were true that, the larger and grander life becomes, the more nearly it seemed to culminate... | |
| Minot Judson Savage - 1876 - 254 pàgines
...crazy Sorrow saith, No life that breathes with human breath Has ever truly longed for death. " 'Tis life whereof our nerves are scant, — O, life, not...death, for which we pant ; More life, and fuller, that we want." If it were true that, the larger and grander life becomes, the more nearly it seemed to culminate... | |
| John CULLEN (Vicar of Radcliffe-on-Trent.) - 1876 - 278 pàgines
...breathes with human breath, Has ever truly longed for death. 'Tis life, whereof our nerves are scant, Oh life, not death, for which we pant ; More life, and fuller, that I want.' In our General Thanksgiving, we bless God for ' our creation, preservation, and all the blessings of... | |
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