| Henry Barnard - 1872 - 988 pàgines
...speed," Still daily to grow wiser: And may you better reek the rede, Than ever did th' adviser 1 A SARD'S EPITAPH. Is there a man, whose judgment clear Can...Yet runs, himself, life's mad career, Wild as the wove; Here pause — and thro' the starting tear, Survey this grave. The poor Inhabitant below Was... | |
| Royal Historical Society (Great Britain) - 1873 - 476 pàgines
...proboque ; Deteriora sequor (Ovid) — Breathes there a man whose judgment clear Can others teach their course to steer, Yet runs himself life's mad career, Wild as the waves ? BUTLER. Ante victoriam, ne canas triumphum — To swallow gudgeons ere they're catched, And... | |
| James M'Kie - 1874 - 104 pàgines
...seek, owre proud to snool, Let him draw near ; And o'er this grassy heap sing dool, And drap a tear. Is there a man whose judgment clear, Can others teach...life's mad career, Wild as the wave, Here pause — and thro' the starting tear, Survey this grave." " There was a lad was born in Kyle." — Song. THE FAMILY... | |
| James M'Kie - 1874 - 94 pàgines
...seek, owre proud to snool, Let him draw near; And o'er this grassy heap sing dool, And drap a tear. Is there a man whose judgment clear, Can others teach...himself, life's mad career. Wild as the wave, Here pause—and thro' the starting tear, Survey this grave." THE FAMILY REGISTER. Entry of the Poets Birth... | |
| Dorothy Wordsworth - 1874 - 378 pàgines
...at the grave with melancholy and painful reflections, repeating to each other his own verses : — ' Is there a man whose judgment clear Can others teach...himself life's mad career Wild as the wave ? — Here let him pause, and through a tear Survey this grave. The poor Inhabitant below Was quick to learn,... | |
| Dorothy Wordsworth - 1874 - 378 pàgines
...at the grave with melancholy and painful reflections, repeating to each other his own verses : — ' Is there a man whose judgment clear Can others teach...Yet runs himself life's mad career Wild as the wave ? — f Here let him pause, and through a tear Survey this grave. The poor Inhabitant below Was quick... | |
| John Greenleaf Whittier - 1875 - 392 pàgines
...That weekly this area throng, 0, pass not by ! But with a frater-feeling strong, Here heave H sigh. Is there a man whose judgment clear Can others teach...life's mad career. Wild as the wave; Here pause, and, thro' the starting tear, Survey this grave. A VISION. SONGS OF THREE CENTURIES. And keenly felt the... | |
| Stopford Augustus Brooke - 1875 - 374 pàgines
...tenderest and wisest thing we can say of his life in this world is in part of his own epitaph:— la there a man whose judgment clear, Can others teach...himself, life's mad career, Wild as the wave : Here pause—and, through the starting tear, Survey this grave. The poor Inhabitant below Was quick to learn... | |
| James Grant Wilson - 1875 - 622 pàgines
...man, whose judgment elear, Can others teaeh the eourse to steer, Yet runs, himself, life's mad eareer, Wild as the wave? Here pause — and, through the...tear, Survey this grave. The poor inhabitant below Was quiek to learn and wise to know, And keenly felt the friendly glow, A nd softer flame, But thoughtless... | |
| John Greenleaf Whittier - 1875 - 560 pàgines
...frater-feeling strong, Here heave a sigh. Is there a man whose judgment clear Can others teach the cours" to steer, Yet runs himself life's mad career, Wild as the wave ; Here pause, and, thro' the starting tear, Survey this grave. This poor inhabitant Mow Was quick to learu and wise to... | |
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