 | Lindley Murray - 1839 - 232 pages
...fond pursuit to shun, Where few can reach their purposed aim, And thousands daily are undone. 'T is greatly wise to talk with our past hours ; And ask...which thou canst not see ; All discord, harmony not understood ; All partial evil, universal good. Heav'n's choice Is safer than our own ; Of ages past... | |
 | Mary Jane Sheild - 1839 - 212 pages
...account. to pass. We mark their progress — would it were ever so, — and that we did indeed remember, " 'Tis greatly wise to talk with our past hours, And ask them what report they bore to heaven." YOUNG. We talk and too often think of them, as of the language of poetry ; but did we really... | |
 | John N Woodroffe - 1839 - 408 pages
...Who cannot rest till he good fellows find, He breaks up house, turns out of doors his mind. Herbert. 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. SELF-EXAMINATION. Young. Psalm iv. 4; Ixxvii.... | |
 | Edward Young - Bible - 1839 - 300 pages
...took fire; A moment, and the world's blown up to thee ; 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;... | |
 | Esther J. Trimble Lippincott - American literature - 1884 - 536 pages
...he draws the sting of life and death; He walks with Nature, and her paths are peace. ****** I"Y is greatly wise to talk with our past hours, And ask them what report they bore to heaven. ****** How blessings brighten as they take their leave. THOMSON. From THE SEASONS. WINTER.... | |
 | Andrew Jackson Davis - Spiritualism - 1885 - 420 pages
...for confirmation; also to Magic Staff, p. 529. CHAPTER IV. A LIFK OF UNSELFISH LOVE AND DUTY. " 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." WHATEVER is shallow is turbulent. The profound,... | |
 | Questions and answers - 1885 - 580 pages
...Waterloo, where a battle was fought, June 18, 1815. (438) -Vn J(439) QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS. " T is greatly wise to talk with our past hours, And ask them, what report 1 "— Young. THE GENESEE COUNTRY, (p. 414.) In the year 1790, the Legislature of the State of New... | |
 | Edgar Perry - Rehoboth (Mass.) - 1886 - 160 pages
...society when it is both wise and profitable to take a backward look. The poet's words are true — " 'Tis greatly wise to talk with our past hours, And ask them what report they've borne to Heaven, And how they might have borne more welcome news ; Their answers form what... | |
 | Gordon Augustus Southworth, Farley Brewer Goddard - English language - 1887 - 408 pages
...puts to sea, his prayer is, "Keep me, my God, for my boat is so small and Thy ocean is so wide." 15. 'Tis greatly wise to talk with our past hours, And ask them what report they bore to heaven. 10. The happiest man is he who, being above the troubles which money brings, has his hands... | |
 | Alexander Melville Bell - Elocution - 1887 - 270 pages
...divines have grace, • v » [As maids of honour, beauty, [by their place. EXPERIENCE.— Toung. * •* , 'Tis greatly wise to talk with our past hours; And ask them . . . what report they brought to heaven; tPl v ^ Tr v , / * ^ And how they might have borne . . . more welcome news. 3Jf... | |
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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. 
