 | Henry Stebbing - 1832 - 378 pages
...shall cheer my breast; and both so twine, Till ev'n his beams sing, and my music shine. MAN. [HEREERT.] MY God, I heard this day, That none doth build a stately...more stately hath there been, Or can be, than is Man 1 to whose creation All things are in decay. For Man is ev'ry thing ; And more. He is a tree, yet bears... | |
 | Henry Stebbing - 1832 - 858 pages
...hahitation, But he that means to dwell therein. What house more stalely hath there heen, Or can he, than is Man? to whose creation All things are in decay. For Man is ev'ry thing ; And more. He is a tree, yet hears no fruit. A heast ; yet is, or should he more ; Reasou... | |
 | Richard Cattermole, Henry Stebbing - 1835 - 402 pages
...thy silk-twist let down from heav'n to me, Did both conduct and teach me, how by it To climb to thee. MAN. MY God, I heard this day, That none doth build...whose creation All things are in decay. For man is ev'ry thing, And more : he is a tree, yet bears no fruit ; A beast, yet is, or should be more. Reason... | |
 | Giles Fletcher - 1836 - 400 pages
...thy silk-twist let down from heav'n to me, Did both conduct and teach me, how by it To climb to thee. MAN. MY God, I heard this day, That none doth build...whose creation All things are in decay. For man is ev'ry thing, And more : he is a tree, yet bears no fruit ; A beast, yet is, or should be more. Reason... | |
 | Henry Clapp - 1846 - 228 pages
...popular religion, than all the books v/hich ever were written. MAN. BY CKOIICF. HERBERT, — BORN 1593. My God, I heard this day, That none doth build a stately...whose creation All things are in decay ? For Man is everything And more. He is a tree, yet bears no fruit; A beast, yet is, or should be, more. Beason... | |
 | 1848 - 916 pages
...ho only considers its mighty burden of remote truth, and wonders how it has been brought so near ! My God, I heard this day, That none doth build a stately habitation, Hut he that means to dwell therein : What house more stately hath there been, Or can be, than is man... | |
 | George Herbert, Christopher Harvey - 1853 - 376 pages
...praise and my relief ; With care and courage building me, Till I reach heaven, and much more, thee. MAN. , MY God, I heard this day, That none doth build...more stately hath there been, Or can be, than is Man 1 to whose creation All things are in decay. x For Man is every thing, And more :NHe is a tree, yet... | |
 | George Herbert, William Jerdan - 1853 - 472 pages
...means to dwell therein. What houfe more ftately hath there been, Or can be, than is Man ? to whofe creation All things are in decay. For man is every...thing, And more : he is a tree, yet bears no fruit ; A beaft, yet is, or mould be more : Reafon and fpeech we only bring. Parrots may thank us, if they are... | |
 | George Herbert - 1853 - 376 pages
...praise and my relief ; With care and courage building me, Till I reach heaven, and much more, thee. MAN. MY God, I heard this day, That none doth build a stately habitation But lie that means to dwell therein. What house more stately hath there been, Or can be, than is Man ?... | |
 | Seacome Ellison - 1854 - 120 pages
...comparison; as, often, oftener, oftenest ; wisely, more wisely, most wisely. — •••.'•••" What house more stately hath there been, Or can be, than is man ?" HERBERT. " The arrival of the ship had been for more than a week most anxiously expected." Phrases... | |
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MAN. MY God, I heard this day, That none doth build a stately habitation, But he that means to dwell therein. What house more stately hath there been, Or can be, than is Man? to whose creation All things are in decay. 
