Proverbial philosophy: a book of thoughts and argumentsRickerby, 1839 - 311 pages |
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... earth can picture their fair beauty . They be chance pearls , flung among the rocks by the sullen waters of Oblivion , Which Diligence loveth to gather , and hang around the neck of Memory : They be white - winged seeds of happiness ...
... earth can picture their fair beauty . They be chance pearls , flung among the rocks by the sullen waters of Oblivion , Which Diligence loveth to gather , and hang around the neck of Memory : They be white - winged seeds of happiness ...
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... earth cannot show their peers : They be grains of the diamond sand , the radiant floor of heaven , Rising in sunny dust behind the chariot of God ; They be flashes of the day - spring from on high , shed from the windows of the skies ...
... earth cannot show their peers : They be grains of the diamond sand , the radiant floor of heaven , Rising in sunny dust behind the chariot of God ; They be flashes of the day - spring from on high , shed from the windows of the skies ...
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... revelation ; In the teaching earth , or air , or sea ; in the still melodies of thought ; Or , haply , in the humbler strains that would detain thee here . OF TRUTH IN THINGS FALSE . ERROR is a hardy 20 THE WORDS OF WISDOM .
... revelation ; In the teaching earth , or air , or sea ; in the still melodies of thought ; Or , haply , in the humbler strains that would detain thee here . OF TRUTH IN THINGS FALSE . ERROR is a hardy 20 THE WORDS OF WISDOM .
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... earth filtereth the water , And the water is sucked into the cloud , and droppeth its fatness on the earth : She hath , on a mighty scale , a general use for all things ; Yet hath she specially for each its microscopic purpose : There ...
... earth filtereth the water , And the water is sucked into the cloud , and droppeth its fatness on the earth : She hath , on a mighty scale , a general use for all things ; Yet hath she specially for each its microscopic purpose : There ...
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... could be spared , From earth's magnetic zone , to the bindweed round a hawthorn . The sage , and the beetle at his feet , hath each a minis- tration to perform : The briar and the palm have the wages of life 36 OF HIDDEN USES .
... could be spared , From earth's magnetic zone , to the bindweed round a hawthorn . The sage , and the beetle at his feet , hath each a minis- tration to perform : The briar and the palm have the wages of life 36 OF HIDDEN USES .
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art thou beauty Behold betimes better blessing breath child counteth creature curse dark deep doth dread dream earth evil faith fear flowers folly fool glad glory gloweth goeth golden harvest guilt happy hast thou hate hath heaven hideth holdeth holy honour hope humble Humility indolence innocence Jehovah Jonadab judgment knoweth knowledge labour light look looketh Lord loveth man's marriage matter mayst mercy mighty mocketh ness pain perchance perfect circle pleasure poison praise prayer pride psaltery reason Rechab Rechabite rence rich RICKERBY sage scorn secret seemeth seraphs shalt thou sloth sorrow soul spirit standeth strong sweet thee thine things thou art thou canst thou hast thou shalt thou wilt thought throne thy hand thy heart thy mind thyself toil trifles truth unto Verily virtue Vishnu weak wealth wearied Wherefore wisdom wise words yieldeth youth
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Page 298 - And immediately I was in the spirit; and behold, a throne was set in heaven, and one sat on the throne ; and he that sat was to look upon like a jasper and a sardine stone ; and there was a rainbow round about the throne, in sight like unto an emerald.
Page 254 - The harp and the voi(Je may thrill thee, — sound may enchant thine ear, But consider thou, the hand will wither, and the sweet notes turn to discord : The eye, so brilliant at even, may be red with sorrow in the morning ; And the sylph-like form of elegance must writhe in the crampings of pain.
Page 186 - Need to humour no caprice, need to bear with no infirmity; Thy sin, thy slander, or neglect, chilleth not, quencheth not, its love: Unalterably speaketh it the truth, warped nor by error nor interest; For a good book is the best of friends, the same to-day and for ever.
Page 253 - Thou knowest not his good-will : — be thy prayer then submissive thereunto ; And leave thy petition to his mercy, assured that he will deal well with thee. If thou art to have a wife of thy youth, she is now living on the earth ; Therefore think of her, and pray for her weal ; yea, though thou hast not seen her.
Page 11 - Corn from the sheaves of science, with stubble from mine own garner ; Searchings after Truth, that have tracked her secret lodes, And come up again to the surface-world, with a knowledge grounded deeper ; Arguments of high...
Page 249 - Quiet, yet flowing deep, as the Rhine among rivers ; Lasting, and knowing not change — it walketh with Truth and Sincerity. Love : — what a volume in a word, an ocean in a tear...
Page 142 - For there is nothing in the earth so small that it may not produce great things, And no swerving from a right line, that may not lead eternally astray.
Page 116 - Nevertheless, wretched man, if thy bad heart be hardened in the flame, iking earth-born, as of clay, and not of moulded wax, Judge not the hand that smiteth, as if thou wert visited in wrath : Reproach thyself, for He is Justice ; repent thee, for He is Mercy. Cease, fond caviller at wisdom, to be satisfied that...
Page 262 - Scratch the green rind of a sapling, or wantonly twist it in the soil, The scarred and crooked oak will tell of thee for centuries to come...
Page 295 - Latini, et quo quemque modo fugiatque feratque laborem. sunt geminae Somni portae, quarum altera fertur cornea, qua veris facilis datur exitus umbris, altera candenti perfecta nitens elephanto, sed falsa ad caelum mittunt insomnia Manes.