 | 1927 - 458 Seiten
...John Knickerbocker, 1824, and died at Troy, New York, 1870. CAROLINE CHESTER'S JOURNAL. MAY 1816 " Tis greatly wise to talk with our past hours, And...heaven, And how they might have borne more welcome news The spirit walks of every day, deceas'd, And smiles an angel, or a fury frowns." Dr. Young. On Thursday... | |
 | 1901 - 776 Seiten
...I feel the solemn sound. If heard aright, It Is the knell of my departed hours. * * * * * * * 'Tls greatly wise to talk with our past hours; And ask...news. Their answers form what men Experience call, If Wisdom's friend, her best; If not, worst foe." "Oh Time! thou beautifier of the dead,— Adorner... | |
 | 1864 - 804 Seiten
...nor his progeny in the concrete objects to which they were reduced. The well-known couplet, " 'T is greatly wise to talk with our past hours And ask them what report they 've borne to heaven," is represented by hours " drawn as aerial and shadowy beings," some of whom are... | |
 | 1937 - 408 Seiten
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 | William S. Walsh - 1951 - 1116 Seiten
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Tis greatly wise to talk with our past hours ; And ask them, what report they bore to heaven : And how they might have borne more welcome news. 
