 | Robert Kemp Philp - 464 strani
...following verat:— " How fading are the joys we dote mflKiS Like apparitions seen and gone ; But those who soonest take their flight, Are the most exquisite, and strong, Like angels' visits, short and hmjl.t ; Mortality's too weak to bear them long. Dr. Robert Blair introduced it into his masterl* poem... | |
 | KATE LOUISE ROBERTS - 1922 - 1422 strani
...last, And yet more exquisite when past. MONTGOMERY — The Little Clmid. 20 How fading are the joys ess Bows down to wood and stone. REGINALD HEBER —...hearkens to the gods, the gods give ear. HOMER— Il angel's visits short and bright, Mortality's too weak to bear them long. JOHN NoRRia — The Parting.... | |
 | William S. Walsh - 1925 - 1118 strani
...(1656-1711), who has the following lines in his poem " The Parting :" How fading are the joys we dote upon 1 Like apparitions seen and gone ; But those which soonest...and bright, Mortality's too weak to bear them long. Norris again returned to the image in a poem to the memory of his niece : Angels^ as 'tis but seldom... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1925 - 408 strani
...How fading are the joys we dote Like apparitions seen and gone ; But those which soonest take tlieir flight Are the most exquisite and strong ; Like angels' visits, short and bright, Mortality 's too weak to bear them Jong. The Parting. J. NORRIS. DESPAIR. I am one, my liege, Whom... | |
 | Eugene Stiles - 1996 - 100 strani
...unjust executioners; they hetald the occasions that g joy to humans. How fading are the joys we dore upon! Like apparitions seen and gone. But those which soonest take their flight Are the most exquisire and strong — Like angels' visits, short and bright; Mortality's too weak to bear them long,... | |
 | 1915 - 604 strani
...entirely original, for a still earlier poet, John Norris (1656-1711) -wrote: How fading are the joys we dote upon! Like apparitions seen and gone; But...and bright, Mortality's too weak to bear them long. But Campbell's version, latest of any. "few and far between." is the one usually quoted. — From Question... | |
 | 1915 - 578 strani
...entirely original, for a still earlier poet, John Norris (1656-1711) wrote: How fading are the joys we dote upon! Like apparitions seen and gone; But...and bright, Mortality's too weak to bear them long. But Campbell's version, latest of any, "few and far between," is the one usually quoted. — From Question... | |
 | Bertha Jane Laffan - 1880 - 578 strani
...with him, go back to happiness and to — her. CHAPTER V. " How fading are the joys we dote upon 1 Like apparitions seen and gone ; But those which soonest...and bright, Mortality's too weak to bear them long." A few months had passed along, and the autumn of 1835 had come, and the words of Grisi have been verified.... | |
 | Horatio Hastings Weld - 1869 - 474 strani
...THOMAS ELLWOOD. How fading are the joys we dote upon, Like apparitions, seen and gone; But those .who soonest take their flight. Are the most exquisite...and bright; Mortality's too weak to bear them long. Nonius, cf Bemerlon, THE flower that smiles to-day, To-morrow dies; All that we wish to stay, Tempts,... | |
 | Bristol Naturalists' Society (Avon) - 1896 - 574 strani
...Parting," had said : " 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." Blair (in " The Grave," 1743) has it thus : " The good he scorned Stalked off reluctant, like an ill-used... | |
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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 
