Both death and life obey thy holy lore, And visit in their turns, as they are sent ; A thousand years with thee they are no more Than yesterday, which, ere it is, is spent : Or as a watch by night, that course doth keep, And goes, and comes, unwares to... Literary and professional works - Side 126af Francis Bacon - 1864Fuld visning - Om denne bog
 | Book - 1871 - 376 sider
...wert, and art, and still shalt be : The line of time, it doth not measure thee ! Both life and death obey thy holy lore, And visit in their turns as they...more Than yesterday, which ere it is, is spent : Or like a watch by night, that course doth keep, And goes and comes, unwares to them that sleep. Thou... | |
 | Charles Haddon Spurgeon - 1874 - 674 sider
...stage, One God thou wert, and art, and still shall be ; The line of time, it doth not measure thee. Both death and life obey thy holy lore, And visit...is spent : Or as a watch by night, that course doth heep, And goes and comes, unwares to them that sleep. Thou carryest man away as with a tide: Then down... | |
 | Thomas Davies King - 1875 - 202 sider
...the eye, Or that the frame was up of earthly stage, One God thou wert, and art, and still shall be ; Both Death and Life obey Thy holy lore, And visit...night, that course doth keep, And goes, and comes, unawares to them that sleep." This specimen is selected by Nathaniel Holmes for its elegance, its rhythmic... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1877 - 1014 sider
...will no more forbear The wicked's kingdom to invade and scour, And set at large the men restrain'd in fear. And sure the word of God is pure and fine,...goes, and comes, unwares to them that sleep. Thou earnest man away as with a tide: Then down swim all his thoughts that mounted high : Much like a mocking... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1879 - 872 sider
...stage, One God thou wert, and art, and still shall be ; The line of Time, it doth not measure thee. Both death and life obey thy holy lore, And visit...night, that course doth keep, And goes, and comes, umvares to them that sleep. Thou earnest man away as with a tide : Then down swim all his thoughts... | |
 | Charles Haddon Spurgeon - 1883 - 512 sider
...lliou wert. and urt. und still shall be; The line of time, it doth not measure iliee. Both dentli :ind life obey thy holy lore, And vis-it in their turns...thousand years with thee they are no more Than yesterday, whieh, ere it is, is spent : Or a-> a watch by nisrht. that course doth keep, And goes uud comes, uu... | |
 | Charles John Ellicott - 1884 - 612 sider
...yesterdays have lighted fools The way to dusty death ; " or even as a part of the night passed in sleep : " A thousand years, with Thee they are no more Than...night, that course doth keep. And goes and comes, un wares to them that sleep." FRANCIS BACON. The exact rendering of the words translated in the Authorised... | |
 | Charles John Ellicott (bp. of Gloucester) - 1884 - 604 sider
...yesterdays have lighted fools The way to dusty death ; " or even as a part of the night passed in sleep : " 5 to take away our reproach. <2> In that day shall the branch of the LORD be 6 beautiful and os a watch by night, that course doth keep. And goes and comes, unwares to them that sleep." FRANCIS... | |
 | Edwin Abbott Abbott - 1885 - 540 sider
...stage, One God thou wert, and art, and still shall be ; The line of Time, it doth not measure thee. "Both death and life obey thy holy lore, And visit...goes, and comes, unwares to them that sleep. " Thou earnest man away as with a tide ; Then down swim all his thoughts that mounted high : Much like a mocking... | |
 | Hymns, John Rylands - 1885 - 612 sider
...stage, One God Thou wert, and art, and still shall be ; The line of Time, it doth not measure Thee ! Both death and life obey Thy holy lore, And visit...And goes and comes unwares to them that sleep. Thou earnest man away as with a tide ; Then down swim all his thoughts that mounted high, Much like a mocking... | |
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