 | William Roberts - 1835 - 516 էջ
...and different from what was seen before. Mr. Waller has borrowed this thought : — " The soul's dark cottage, battered and decayed, Lets in new light through chinks that time hag made." We are surrounded with a great cloud of witnesses, and though we cannot see them, I believe... | |
 | 1836 - 446 էջ
...breaking of his fortunes. It was well and beautifully said by a then living poet, — " The soul's dark cottage, battered and decayed, Lets in new light through chinks that time has made! " 1 An admirable commentary on this fierce text is supplied by my friend Mr. Cattermole, at the commencement... | |
 | Thomas Milner - 1837 - 426 էջ
...has versified in the well-known lines — " The soul's dark cottage, battered and decayed, i . , , Lets in new light through chinks that time has made...men become As they draw near to their eternal home ; I,, •. Leaving the old, both worlds at once they view, That stand upon the threshold of the new."... | |
 | 1838 - 516 էջ
...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,...; Leaving the old, both worlds at once they view, Who stand upon the threshold of the new. BY DR. CHALMERS. PALEY is best on the historical evidences... | |
 | 322 էջ
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 | 1841 - 300 էջ
...age descries ; The soul's dark cottage, battered and decayed, Lets in new light, through chinks which time has made. Stronger by weakness, wiser, men become,...they view, That stand upon the threshold of the new. — Waller. THE YOUNG LADY'S FRIEND. Written for the Young Lady's Friend. DAY. How interesting is that... | |
 | Sir Thomas Browne - 1841 - 346 էջ
...A very eloquent and beautiful passage, which at bottom resembles that of Waller, " The soyj's dark cottage, battered and decayed, Lets in new light through chinks that time has made."— ED. ('*") This was not Themistocles but Iphicrates, who, at the siege of Corinth, going his rounds... | |
 | 1861 - 980 էջ
...in the heavens. Waller's beautiful lines will occur to many readers : — 'The soul's dark cottujjo, battered and decayed, Lets in new light through chinks that time has made.' I suppose that even the world itself could not contain the books that should lie written. (John xxi.... | |
 | 1842 - 1008 էջ
...age descries; "The soul's dark cottage, battered and decayed, Lets in new light, through chinks which time has made. Stronger by weakness wiser men become, As they draw near to their eternal home ; tearing the old, both worlds at once th'ey view, That stand upon the threshold of the new.— WALLEII.... | |
 | 1843 - 350 էջ
...younger eyes, Conceal that emptiness, which age descries. The soul's dark cottage, batter'd and decay'd, Lets in new light through chinks that time has made....they view, That stand upon the threshold of the new. Waller. NIGHT PIECE ON DEATH. How deep yon azure dies the sky, Where orbs of gold unnumber'd lie; While,... | |
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The soul's dark cottage, battered and decayed, 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... 
