 For take thy ballaunce,' if thou be so wise, And weigh the winde that under heaven doth blow; Or weigh the light that in the east doth rise ; Or weigh the thought that from mans mind doth flow: But if the weight of these thou canst not show, Weigh but...  Thalaba the Destroyer - Page 213by Robert Southey - 1809Full view - About this book
 | Edmund Spenser - 1855 - 742 pages
...daily vew Thou doest not know the causes nor their courses dew. n " For take thy ballaunce, if thou be so wise, And weigh the winde that under heaven doth...the east doth rise ; Or weigh the thought that from mans mind doth flow : But if the weight of these thou canst not show, Weigh but one word which from... | |
 | Edmund Spenser - 1758 - 514 pages
...cauies, nor their courfes due. XL 11 I. For take thy ballance (if thou be fo wife) And weigh the wind that under heaven doth blow ; Or weigh the light, that in the Enjt doth rile Or weigh the thought,thatlrom mans mind doth flow : But if the weight of du-te thou... | |
 | 1792 - 774 pages
...not knew the caufesnor their court» " dew. XL1II. ' For take thy ballaunce, if thou be fo wife, ' And weigh the winde that under heaven doth '• blow ; ' Or weigh the light that in the call doth rife, 1 Or weigh the thought that from mans mind " doth flow : But if the weight of thefe... | |
 | Edmund Spenser - 1805 - 516 pages
...doeft not know the caufes nor their courfes dew. XLIII. " For take thy ballaunce, if thou be fo wife, And weigh the winde that under heaven doth blow; Or weigh the light that in the eaft doth rife; Or weigh the thought that from mans mind doth flow : But if the weight of thefe thou... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 610 pages
...daily vew [dew. Thou doest not know the causes nor their course* II For take thy bailarme«, if thou be so wise. And weigh the winde that under Heaven doth...the east doth rise; Or weigh the thought that from mans mind doth flow: But if the weight of these thon canst not show. Weigh but one word which from... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 308 pages
...Thou doest not know the causes nor their courses dew. XLIII. " For take thy ballaunce,' if thou be so wise, And weigh the winde that under heaven doth...the east doth rise ; Or weigh the thought that from mans mind doth flow: But if the weight of these thou canst not show, Weigh but one word which from... | |
 | Edmund Spenser - 1825 - 410 pages
...Thou doest not know the causes nor their courses dew. XI.III. " For take thy ballaunce, if thou be so wise, And weigh the winde that under heaven doth...the east doth rise ; Or weigh the thought that from mans mind doth flow : But if the weight of these thou canst not show, Weigh but one word which from... | |
 | Robert Southey - 1831 - 1038 pages
...daily vew Thou doest not know the causes nor their courses dew. " For take thy ballaunce, if thou be so wise, And weigh the winde that under Heaven doth...the east doth rise ; Or weigh the thought that from mans minddothflow : But if the weight of these thou canst not show, Weigh but one word which from thy... | |
 | Robert Southey - 1838 - 696 pages
...trial. " For take thy ballaunce, if thou be so wise, And weigh the winde that under heaven doth bloa ; Or weigh the light that in the east doth rise: Or weigh the thought that from man's mind doth floa; But if the weight of these thou canst not show, Weigh but one word which from thy lips doth fall."... | |
 | Robert Southey - 1839 - 840 pages
...metaphor, but clumsily imagined as an actual mode of trial. " For take, thy ballaunce, if tliou be so wise, And weigh the winde that under heaven doth blow ; Or weigh tbe light that in ihn east doth rifte ; Or weigh the thought that from man's mind doth flow , But if... | |
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