 Who, that surveys this span of earth we press, This speck of life in time's great wilderness, This narrow isthmus 'twixt two boundless seas, The past, the future, two eternities ! — Would sully the bright spot or leave it bare, When he might build him...  Self Culture - Stran 3211900Celotni ogled - O knjigi
 | Sylvanus Cobb - 1867 - 566 strani
...Most assuredly did he accomplish the possibility of life enjoined by the sweet Bard of Erin : — " Who, that surveys this span of earth we press, This...time's great wilderness, This narrow isthmus 'twi.xt twe boundless seas, The past, the future, twe eternities! — Would sully the bright spot, or loavo... | |
 | J. Scott Moore - 1868 - 152 strani
...eternity ? What are many millions ? We have a concise description of time by an illustrious poet : " A narrow isthmus 'twixt two boundless seas — The past, the future — two eternities." CHAPTER X. CLOSE OF THE SIXTH AND BEGINNING OP THE SEVENTH DAY OP THE HEXAEMERON. The Tradition. THE... | |
 | John T. Watson - 1869 - 524 strani
...years, and die, Methinks is merely propagating death And multiplying murder. BYROK'* Cain LIFE. 381 This narrow isthmus 'twixt two boundless seas, The Past, the Future — two eternities. MOORE Life is a waste of wearisome hours, Which seldom the rose of enjoyment adorns, And the heart,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1869 - 234 strani
...is compared to a narrow strip of land in an ocean : 6. But here, only here, in this life only. ' A narrow isthmus 'twixt two boundless seas, The past, the future, two eternities.' (Moore.) Tieck, retaining 'school,' takes 'bank' in the sense of bench and supposes the speaker to... | |
 | Treasury - 1869 - 474 strani
...been born, Who read to doubt, or read to scorn. ibid. THOMAS MOORE. 1780-1852. LALLA ROOKH. ' I "HIS narrow isthmus 'twixt two boundless seas, -^ The past, the future, two eternities ! The Veiled Prophet of Khorassan. There 'sa bower of roses by Bendemeer's stream. Ibid. Like the stained... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1871 - 260 strani
...the same word differently spelt. Human life is compared to a narrow strip of land in an ocean : * A narrow isthmus 'twixt two boundless seas, The past, the future, two eternities.' (Moore.) Tieck, retaining 'school,' takes 'bank' in the sense of bench and supposes the speaker to... | |
 | Thomas Moore - 1872 - 660 strani
...high, rare, Ethereal virtue, which alone can breathe Life, health, and lustre into Freedom's wreath ! Who, that surveys this span of earth we press, This...hallow all its space, And be each purer soul's high resting place ! But no — it cannot be, that one, whom God Has sent to break the wizard Falsehood's... | |
 | 1872 - 710 strani
...honesty and told a lie. William Bâtard. 1945. FAME, Arena of. Who, that surveys this span of earth wo s the fainting spirit up ; The past, the future, two eternities ! [seas, Would sully the bright spot or leave it bare, When he... | |
 | John Bartlett - 1874 - 798 strani
...sert bien son pays, n'a pas besoin d'aieux. Voltaire, Merope, Act i. Sc. 3. THOMAS MOORE. 1779-1852. This narrow isthmus 'twixt two boundless seas, The past, the future, two eternities ! Lalla Roohh. The Veiled Prophet of Khorassan. There 'sa bower of roses by Bendemeer's stream. Ibid.... | |
 | John Bartlett - 1875 - 890 strani
...scrt bien son pays, n'a pas besoin d'ai'cux. Voltaire, Merope, Act i. Sc. 3. THOMAS MOORE. 1779-1852. This narrow isthmus 'twixt two boundless seas, The past, the future, two eternities ! iMlla Rookh. The Veiled Prophet of Khorassan. But Faith, fanatic Faith, once wedded fast To some... | |
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