Memory they survive so long, as saints, as heroes, as gods; they alone surviving, peopling, they alone, the unmeasured solitudes of Time! To thee Heaven, though severe, is not unkind; Heaven is kind, — as a noble Mother; as that Spartan Mother, saying,... A Cotswold Village: Or, Country Life and Pursuits in Gloucestershire - Seite 218von Joseph Arthur Gibbs - 1923 - 431 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| 1843 - 832 Seiten
...though severe, is nut unkind. Heaven is kind, as a nohle mother — as that Spartan mother, saying, as she gave her son his shield, ' with it, my son, or upon it 1 " And who art thou that hraggest of thy life of idleness; complacently t-honest thy hright gilt equipages;... | |
| Thomas Carlyle - 1840 - 520 Seiten
...peopling, they alone, the unmeasured solitudes of Time ! To thee Heaven, though severe, is not unkind ; Heaven is kind, — as a noble Mother ; as that Spartan...it !" Thou too shalt return home in honour ; to thy far-distant Home, in honour ; doubt it not, — if in the battle thou keep thy shield ! Thou, in the... | |
| 1843 - 574 Seiten
...peopling, they alone, the unmeasured solitudes of Time ! To thee Heaven, though severe, is not unkind; Heaven is kind, — as a noble Mother; as that Spartan...keep thy shield ! Thou, in the Eternities and deepest Death-kingdoms, art not an alien ; thou everywhere art a denizen ! Complain not ; the very Spartans... | |
| Thomas Carlyle - 1843 - 198 Seiten
...peopling, they alone, the unmeasured solitudes of Timel To thee Heaven, though severe, is not unkind ; Heaven is kind — as a noble mother ; as that Spartan...battle thou keep thy shield! Thou, in the Eternities snd deepest Death- kingdoms, ait not an alien ; thou everywhere art a denizen ! Complain not ; the... | |
| 1843 - 508 Seiten
...peopling, they alone, the unmeasured solitudes of Time! To thee Heaven, though severe, is not unkind ; Heaven is kind, — as a noble Mother ; as that Spartan...Home, in honour ; doubt it not, — if in the battle thon Tceep thy shield ! Thon, in the Eternities and deepest Death-kingdoms art not an alien ; thou... | |
| 1843 - 302 Seiten
...peopling they alone the unmeasured solitudes of time ! To thee Heaven, though severe, is not unkind ; Heaven is kind, — as a noble mother ; as that Spartan...it." Thou too shalt return home in honour — to thy far-distant home in honour ; doubt it not, if in the battle thou keep thy shield ! Thou in the eternities... | |
| Thomas Carlyle - 1843 - 280 Seiten
...peopling, they alone, the unmeasured solitudes of Time ! To thee Heaven, though severe, is not unkind ; Heaven is kind, — as a noble Mother ; as that Spartan...shield, " With it, my son, or upon it !" Thou too shall return home in honour ; to thy far-distant Home, in honour ; doubt it not, — if in the battle... | |
| 1843 - 1380 Seiten
...peopling, they alone, the immeasured solitudes of time! To thee, Heaven, though severe, is not unkind. Heaven is kind, as a noble mother — as that Spartan mother, saying, as she gave her son his shield, ' with it, my son, or upon it 1 ' " And who art thou that braggest... | |
| Half hours - 1847 - 614 Seiten
...peopling, they alone, the immeasured solitudes of Time ! To thee Heaven, though severe, is not unkind ; Heaven is kind — as a noble Mother ; as that Spartan...it!" Thou too shalt return home, in honour to thy far-distant Home, in honour ; doubt it not — if in the battle thou keep thy shield ! Thou, in the... | |
| Elizabeth Furlong Shipton Harris, Companion traveller - 1847 - 340 Seiten
...Heaven, though severe, is not unkind : nay rather, Heaven is as kind as that Spartan mother who said, as she gave her son his shield, ' With it, my son, or upon it.' " " One monster there is in the world, the idle man." " The wages of every noble work do yet lie in... | |
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