 | Juvenile guide - 1844 - 166 pàgines
...that you are a moral and accountable being." " "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." 15. "Examine yourself impartially, remember thatyou arc liable to be misled by your passion, and the... | |
 | Orville Dewey - 1844 - 904 pàgines
...And for us, erring, sinning men, it is greatly wise to listen, " To talk with our past hours, And ask them what report they bore to heaven, And how they might have borne more welcome news." The ancient philosophers earnestly recommended to their followers, to appropriate a part of each evening... | |
 | Sunset - 1845 - 120 pàgines
...but confirmed its stability.— H. EDWARDS. " 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." AGED Friend!—Thy day is nearly gone— thy sun is setting—thine evening tide draws oil! How sets... | |
 | C. P. Bronson - 1845 - 330 pàgines
...the storms that howl across the sky. la greatly wise — to talk with our put houri, And oik Ihem— what report— they bore to heaven ; And how they might have borne — more welcome new« ; Their ennoerf — form — what men — experience call. Я7О. CHEMISTRT — treats of the... | |
 | College of Physicians of Philadelphia - 1846 - 478 pàgines
...still small voice of conscience, and think it "Greatly wise to talk with their past hours, And ask them what report they bore to heaven ; And how they might have borne more welcome news;" Rather than to the loud claims of ambition — that insatiable thirsting for power and distinction,... | |
 | James Robert Boyd - 1846 - 472 pàgines
...their own state particularly requires. '• '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." In silent and thoughtful meditation, it becomes them to walk as on the shore of that vast ocean upon... | |
 | Great Britain. Committee on Education - 1847 - 606 pàgines
...in italics in the following passage: — " '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." SECTION... | |
 | Hannah More - 1847 - 460 pàgines
...were, the space which divides us from eternity : 7Tis 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... | |
 | 1847 - 412 pàgines
...well able to overcome." Ç. THE CLOSING 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." YOUNG. ANOTHEU year, worn out with age, is about to share the fate of its ancestors, and mingle with... | |
 | David Bates Tower - 1853 - 444 pàgines
...walks with Nature, and her paths are peace. '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. But why on... | |
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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. 
