 The soul's dark cottage, batter'd and decay' d, Lets in new light through chinks that time has made: Stronger by weakness, wiser men become, As they draw near to their eternal home: Leaving the old, both worlds at once they view, That stand upon the threshold...  Fantaisies guernesiaises - Page 118de Georges Métivier - 1866Affichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
 | Alexander Pope - 1757 - 368 pages
...J>urfey. . SCRIBL. PW IMITATIONS. VER. 126. Admire ne<ui light, fcfr.] The Soul 's dark cottage, latter' d and decay 'd, Lets in new light, through chinks that time has made. So by each Bard an Alderman fhall fit, A heavy Lord fhall hang at ev'ry Wit, And while on Fame's triumphal... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1806 - 448 pages
...Author of Hudjlras, by Alderman Barber. WARBURTON. IMITATIONS. VER. 126. Admire new light, £s°c.] " The Soul's dark cottage, batter'd and decay 'd, Lets in new light, thro' chinks that time has made." WALLER. WARBURTON. And while on Fame's triumphal Car they ride, Some... | |
 | Richard Hurd - 1811 - 408 pages
...very refined writer. Stronger by weakness, wiser, men become As they draw near to their eternal home. The Soul's dark cottage, batter'd and decay 'd, Lets in new light thro' chinks that time has made. 2. After all, these conceits, I doubt, are not much to your taste.... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1822 - 394 pages
...125. the checker'd shade, ] An expression of Milton. IMITATIONS. Ver. 126. Admire new light, &c.] " The Soul's dark cottage, batter'd and decay 'd, Lets...in new light, through chinks that time has made." Waller. W. But spread, my sons, your glory thin or thick, On passive paper, or on solid brick. 130... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1824 - 422 pages
...as finding but small satisfaction in what a famous Poet reckons one of the advantages of old age : " The soul's dark cottage, batter'd and decay 'd, Lets in new light through chinks that Time has made." SCRIBL. Warburton. Ver. 57. At half mankind] The character alluded to is the principal one in the Plain... | |
 | John Newton, Richard Cecil - 1824 - 814 pages
...by which invisibles are not only believed, but seen, and unutterables are heard and understood :— The soul's dark cottage, batter'd and decay 'd, Lets in new light through chinks Instances are frequent of those who are thus blessed when they die in the Lord ; and it does not appear... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1824 - 630 pages
...different views, and, I hope, have received some advantage by it, if what Wgller says be true, that The soul's dark cottage, batter'd and decay 'd, Lets in new light thro' chinks that Time has made. Then surely sickness, contributing no less than old age to the shaking... | |
 | 1827 - 684 pages
...XII. his elegant epistles, " If what Waller says be true, that The soul's dark cottage, battered and and decay 'd, Lets in new light through chinks that time has made, then surely sickness, contributing no less than old age to the shaking down of this scaffolding of... | |
 | William Cowper - 1835 - 390 pages
...like Cowper, feel its consoling support for others ; and when we are enabled to exclaim with the poet, The soul's dark cottage, batter'd and decay 'd, Lets in new light thro' chinks that time has made ; Stronger by weakness, wiser men become, As they draw near to their... | |
 | 1838 - 516 pages
...world, that we should be holy, and without blame before Him in love." THE VERGE OP THE HEAVENLY HOUSE. The soul's dark cottage, batter'd and decay 'd, Lets in new light throngh chinks that time has made ; Stronger by weakness, wiser men become As they draw near to their... | |
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