 ... oft: Of every cloud which in the heavens might stir I knew the force; and hence the rough sea's pride Availed not to my Vessel's overthrow. What noble pomp and frequent have not I On regal decks beheld ! yet in the end I learned that one poor moment...  The Token: A Christmas and New Year's Present - Page 33edited by - 1831 - 350 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Wordsworth - 1845 - 660 pages
...beheld 1 yet in the end I learned that one poor moment can suffice To equalise the lofty and the low. We sail the sea of life — a Calm One finds, And One a Tempcet — and, the voyage o'er, Death is the quiet haven of us all. If more of my condition ye would... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1845 - 688 pages
...beheld ! yet in the end I learned that one poor moment can suffice To equalise the lofty and the low. We sail the sea of life- — a Calm One finds, And One a TemjKst — and, the voyage o'er, Death is the quiet haven of us all. If more of my condition ye would... | |
 | Charles Walker Connon - 1845 - 176 pages
...qualities.— Shakspeare. 7. Acquaint thyself with God, if thou wouldst taste His works. Cowper. S. We mil the sea of life — a calm one finds, And one a tempest. Wordsworth. 9. Sleep the sleep that knows not waking. Scott. 217. Some active transitive verbs appear... | |
 | Francis William Pitt Greenwood - 1846 - 436 pages
...winds of heaven fold up their wings, and rest. There the mariner reposes from all his toils, and 24* forgets his perils and fears, his watchings and fatigues....finds, And one a tempest — and, the voyage o'er, Deatli is the quiet haven of us all." Thus discourses the ocean on the great themes of mortality —... | |
 | Seacome Ellison - 1854 - 120 pages
...swift, and flies with swallow's wings; Kings it makes gods, and meaner creatures kings." SHAKSPEARE. " We sail the sea of life — a calm one finds, And one a tempest." WORDSWORTH. " He was forbidden access to the sacrifice or public worship; he was debarred all intercourse... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1861 - 662 pages
...beheld ! yet in the end I learn that one poor moment can suffice To equalize the lofty and the low. We sail the sea of life — a calm one finds, And one a tempest— and, the voyage o'er, If more of my condition ye would know, Savona was my birth-place, and I sprang Of noble parents : sixty... | |
 | Epitaphs - 1869 - 216 pages
...& His name be ever blest; 'Tis his own arm the victory gives, And gives his people rest. WATTS. "E sail the sea of life; a calm one finds, And one a tempest; and, the tempest o'er, Death is the quiet haven of us all. WORDSWORTH. ! how sweet to rest like this! $3) In... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1871 - 630 pages
...beheld 1 yet in the end ! learned that one poor moment can suffice To equalise the lofty and the low. We sail the sea of life — a Calm One finds, And One a Tempest— and, the voyage o'er, Death ¡s the quiet haven of us all. If more of my condition ye would know, Savona was my birth-place, and... | |
 | James Comper Gray - 1871 - 442 pages
...Southern. с Eeecher. the land of Qennesaret « Ps. xciu. 3, 4. b Lange. <• Is. Mil 17 Ep. 1. 18. '• We sail the sea of life ; a calm one finds, And one a tern peet; and, thi voyage o'er, of Gennesaret over tbe lake.- passed them,' He would thus >e the better... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1871 - 960 pages
...beheld ! yet in the end 1 learned that one poor moment can suffice To equalize the lofty and the low. We sail the sea of life, — a calm one finds, And one n tempest, — and, the voyage o'er, Death is the quiet haven of us all. If more of my condition ye... | |
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