 | Robert Conger Pell - 1857 - 436 strani
...differently, occurs in a religious poem of Norris, of Benierton, who died in 1711 : — But those who soonest take their flight, Are the most exquisite...and bright, Mortality's too weak to bear them long. In Norris's Miscellanies, in a poem " To the Memory of my dear Neece, M. 0," (Stanza A, p. 10, ed.... | |
 | Willis's Current notes - 1857 - 114 strani
...who died in 1711, in whose Transient Delights, occur these lines — How fading are the joys we doat upon Like apparitions seen and gone : But those which...flight Are the most exquisite and strong — Like Angel visits short and bright, Mortality's too weak to bear them long. Woburn, May 2. BBW AMADIS DE... | |
 | Henry Hegart Breen - 1857 - 362 strani
...to Blair, but to N orris of Bemerton, who thus expresses it in one of his poems :— " But those who soonest take their flight, Are the most exquisite...and strong ; Like angels' visits, short and bright, Mortality 's too weak to bear them long." It occurs also in a poem to the memory of his niece:— To... | |
 | WILLIS AND SOTHERAN - 1857 - 608 strani
...occur these lines — How fading are the joye we dont upon Like apparitions seen und gone : But (Lose which soonest take their flight Are the most exquisite and strong — Like Angel visits short and bright, Mortality's too weak to bear them long. Wobnrn, May 2. BBW AMADIS DE... | |
 | George Willis - 1858 - 106 strani
...from Blair nor Camphell, hut from John Morris, of the Seventeenth Century : How fading are the joys we dote upon ! Like apparitions seen and gone ; But those which soonest take their night, Are the most exquisite and strong ; Like Angels' visits, short and hright. Mortality's too weuk... | |
 | 1861 - 356 strani
...voice, All colors a suffusion from that light. ST COLERIDGE. How fading are the joys we dote upon I Like apparitions seen and gone ; But those which soonest...and bright, Mortality's too weak to bear them long. NORMS. A Deity believed, is joy begun; A Deity adored, is joy advanced; A Deity beloved, is joy matured.... | |
 | Emma Jane Worboise - 1862 - 644 strani
...give myself to works of charity and acts of faith. And to myself I said, — "How fading are the joys we dote upon, Like apparitions seen and gone; But...and strong, Like angels' visits, short and bright." Tes, fading were earth's pleasures, and transient earth's sweetest joys, and frequent and perplexing... | |
 | Henry Southgate - 1862 - 774 strani
...relief, Whose joys are chasten'd by their grief. Sir Walter Seat'. JOYS-Pading. How fading are the joys we dote upon ! Like apparitions seen and gone ; But...take their flight Are the most exquisite and strong ; JUDGES. Like angels' visits, short and bright, Mortality's too weak to bear them long. Jiorrii. JOYS... | |
 | Pulchérie Money - 1863 - 476 strani
...the prayer. (Filiccija.) " HOW FADING ARE THE JOYS WE DOTE UPON ! LIKE APPARITIONS SEEN AND GONE J BUT THOSE WHICH SOONEST TAKE THEIR FLIGHT, ARE THE MOST EXQUISITE AND STRONG : I.IKE ANGELS' VISITS, SHORT AND BRIGHT, — MORTALITY 's TOO WEAK TO BEAR THEM LONG.' OCTOBER. OCTOBER... | |
 | George D R. Munro - 1864 - 88 strani
...INTRODUCTORY. " How fading are the joys we dote upon : Like apparitions, seen and gone : But those who soonest take their flight, Are the most exquisite...bright ; Mortality's too weak to bear them long." ROBERT BLAIR. T needs not the dry statistics of the Registrar to force upon the consideration of all,... | |
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How fading are the joys we dote upon ! Like apparitions seen and gone ; But those which soonest take their flight ^ Are the most exquisite and strong : Like angels 
