O hours of indolence and discontent, Not now to be redeemed ! ye sting not less Because I know this span of life was lent For lofty duties, not for selfishness. Not to be wiled away in aimless dreams, But to improve ourselves, and serve mankind, Life,... Correct English - Page 253de Lelia Hardin Bugg - 1895 - 344 pagesAffichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
| 1832 - 448 pages
...for a century." — Edudturgb New PkUolophicol Journal. SONNET. There is no remedy for time mispcnt. No healing for the waste of idleness, Whose very languor...punishment — Heavier than active souls can feel or guess. Oh ! hours of indolence and discontent. Not now to be redeemed ! ve sting not leas, Because I know... | |
| 1840 - 824 pages
...passion or disdainMake man a reptile, he will turn and sting I A. DB V . SONNET. There is no remedy for time misspent. No healing for the waste of idleness, Whose very languor is a puni-slun ur — Heavier than active souls can feel or guess. Oh ! hours of indolence and discontent,... | |
| Sir Aubrey De Vere - 1842 - 314 pages
...tissue of the mom ; And hears the choral swell of harmonies sphereborn! IX. THERE is no remedy for time misspent ; No healing for the waste of idleness...lent For lofty duties, not for selfishness. Not to he wiled away in aimless dreams, But to improve ourselves, and serve mankind, Life, and its choicest... | |
| Aubrey De Vere - 1842 - 310 pages
...unforgotten wafted free, VIIL RELIGIOUS AND MORAL. IX. r I ''HERE is no remedy for time misspent ; A No healing for the waste of idleness Whose very languor...lent For lofty duties, not for selfishness. Not to be wiled away in aimless dreams, But to improve ourselves, and serve mankind, THE TEACHING OF CHRIST.... | |
| 1843 - 280 pages
...full length, over and over again, on every separate occasion. MIS-SPENT TIME. THERE is no remedy for time mis-spent; No healing for the waste of idleness,...O, hours of indolence and discontent, Not now to be redeem 'd! ye sting not less Because I know this span of life was lent For lofty duties, not for selfishness,... | |
| 1843 - 862 pages
...waste of idleness Whose very languor is a punishment Heavier than active souls can feel or guess. О hours of indolence and discontent, Not now to be redeemed...not less Because I know this span of life was lent Not to be wiled away in aimless dreams, But to improve ourselves, and serve mankind, ' Life, and its... | |
| 1848 - 620 pages
...be a learner at the feet of Christ, the fountain of wisdom. — Luther. TIME. THERE ia no remedy for time mis-spent ; No healing for the waste of idleness,...punishment Heavier than active souls can feel or guess. Oh, hours of indolence and discontent Not now to be redeem'd I ye sting not less Because I know this... | |
| 1845 - 904 pages
...In my last I urged the necessity of perseverance ; and did I not do well ? " There is no remedy for time misspent, No healing for the waste of idleness,...punishment Heavier than active souls can feel or guess." The similarity of these addresses may, perhaps, have rendered them insipid, and awakened a wish that... | |
| C. P. Bronson - 1845 - 398 pages
...can/rti or guess. O hour'* of indolence — nnd discontent, Not now — to be redeemed! ye sting not leu Because I know — this span of life was lent For lofty duties, not for trlfahnm; Hot to he whiled awny in aimless dreams, But to improve ournetrfs — and serve mankind,... | |
| 1846 - 332 pages
...No more.' Springfield, Mass., May, 1846. MIS-SPENT TIME. BY SIR 1.UBERY VERK. THERE is no remedy for time mis-spent ; No healing for the waste of idleness,...lent For lofty duties, not for selfishness. Not to be wiled away for aimless dreams, But to improve ourselves, and serve mankind, Life and its choicest faculties... | |
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