 | William S. Walsh - 1892 - 1116 strani
...the joys we dote upon I But those which soonest take their flight ^ Like apparitions seen and gone ; EY: The Motto. Norris again returned to the image in a poem to the memory of his niece: Angels, as 'tis but seldom... | |
 | 1894 - 612 strani
...are ye joys we dote upon Like appantiona seen and gone But those wh soonest take their flight Are ye most exquisite and strong Like Angels' visits short...and bright Mortality's too weak to bear them long. It is hard ye hour to pass. II. — Underneath lie the remains of Daniel James, the son of James James,... | |
 | Henry Coppée - 1896 - 546 strani
...shrouded lay Sweet birds for Love that sing and play. GILES FLETCHER. JOYS. HOW fading are the joys we dote upon ! Like apparitions seen and gone ; But...and bright, Mortality's too weak to bear them long. JOHN NORRIS. ON THE DEATH OF HIS WIFE. [Interred in the cathedral of Bristol.] TAKE, holy earth, all... | |
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - 1896 - 794 strani
...MILTON. The angel ended, and in Adam's ear So charming left his voice. MILTON. How fading are the joys we dote upon ! Like apparitions seen and gone ; But...and bright, Mortality's too weak to bear them long. JOHN NORRIS : The Parting. Thy beauty appears, In its graces and airs, All bright as an angel new dropp'd... | |
 | 1896 - 1224 strani
...last, And yet more exquisite when past. s. MONTGOMERY — The Little Cloud. How fading are the joys k l w angel's visits short and bright, Mortality's too weak to bear them long. t. JOHN NORRIS — The Parting.... | |
 | Philip Hugh Dalbiac - 1897 - 526 strani
...TENNYSON. Gareth and Lynette. " Like a late morn, of use to nobody." R. BROWNING. Luria (Luria), Act I. " Like angels' visits, short and bright ; Mortality's too weak to bear them long." REV. J. NORRIS OF BEMERTON. The Parting, St. 4. " Visits Like those of angels, short and far between."... | |
 | John Clark Ridpath - 1898 - 590 strani
...better expressed half a century earlier by John Norris, in his poem The Parting: How fading are the joys we dote upon ! Like apparitions seen and gone ; But...their flight Are the most exquisite and strong, Like angel's visits short and bright : Mortality 's too weak to bear them long. BLAKE, WILLIAM, a distinguished... | |
 | James Mollison Milne - 1900 - 400 strani
...possessive ending. 1. It is the hour when lovers' vows Seem sweet in every whispered word. — Byron. 2. Like Angels' visits, short and bright ; Mortality's too weak to bear them long. — Norris. Some writers use the apostrophe alone as an affix to the nomiirative to form the possessive... | |
 | 1903 - 1186 strani
...smiling, destrnctive man ! Theodotias. Act Hi. Sc. 2. JOHN NORRIS. 1657-1711. How fading are the joys we dote upon ! Like apparitions seen and gone. But...strong, — Like angels' visits, short and bright ; e, Mortality 's too weak to bear them long. The Partiny. 1 See Beanmont and Fletcher, page 197. a... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1902 - 860 strani
...poets— by Blair in The Grave, and by Thomas Campbell in The Pleasures of Hope: How fading are the joys d I gave him a cake of bread to do the like, which...complied with, and made signs that it was very good for angel visits short and bright ; Mortality "s too weak to bear them long. In 'Lines to the Memory of... | |
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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 
