 Whatever crazy sorrow saith, No life that breathes with human breath Has ever truly long'd for death. " Tis life, whereof our nerves are scant, Oh life, not death, for which we pant ; More life, and fuller, that I want.  The Sewanee Review - Seite 4091898Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | John Richard Vernon - 1874 - 252 Seiten
...and we long — for death ? Nay, for life indeed. "'Tis Life, whereof our nerves are scant ; Tennyso O Life, not Death, for which we pant ; More life, and fuller, that we want ! " And this is what God promises, as the reward of our faithful service here. A short while,... | |
 | Thomas Inman, John Newton (M.R.C.S.E.) - 1875 - 242 Seiten
...all I possess," was said by the aged Voltaire to his physician. And our poet laureate has sung, 'T is Life, whereof our nerves are scant, O life, not death,...which we pant ; More life, and fuller, that I want. But we must add, as necessarily contained in the idea of Life in its highest sense, those things which... | |
 | Anne Thackeray Ritchie - 1875 - 594 Seiten
...W011KS OP MISS THACKEBAY OLD KENSINGTON OLD KENSINGTON T'is life whereof our nerves are scant, Oh! life, not death, for which we pant. More life and fuller that I want. ALFRED TENNYSON. I OLD KENSINGTON, BY MISS TIIACKE11AY. LONDON. SMITH, ELDER, & CO., 15, WATERLOO PLACE,... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1875 - 494 Seiten
...breathes with human breath Has ever truly long'd for death. " T is life, whereof our nerves are scant, 0 life, not death, for which we pant ; More life, and fuller, that 1 want." 1 ceased, and sat as one forlorn. Then said the voice, in quiet scorn, " Behold, it is the... | |
 | Edward Clodd - 1875 - 312 Seiten
...breathes with human breath Has ever truly longed for death. 'Tis life, whereof our nerves are scant, Oh life, not death, for which we pant ; More life, and fuller, that we want.' The teaching of Buddha, like that of Christ, has been changed and overlaid with doctrines... | |
 | Laura M. Lane - 1875 - 326 Seiten
...he hears His country's war-song thrills his ears. ****** "fis life, whereof our nerves are scant, Oh life, not death, for which we pant ; More life, and fuller, that we want." TO MY DEAR FATHEK, HIS YOUNGEST CHILI). GENTLEMAN VEKSCHOYLE. CHAPTER I. " A CAPITAL investment,"... | |
 | Joseph Sydney W. Hodges - 1876 - 304 Seiten
...the face, we flee from him as from a ghastly spectre. " Tis life whereof our nerves are scant, Oh, life ! not death, for which we pant ; More life and fuller that I want." ***** -;-r A ship was beating to the southward against the summer monsoon, and had made what sailors... | |
 | John CULLEN (Vicar of Radcliffe-on-Trent.) - 1876 - 278 Seiten
...breathes with human breath, Has ever truly longed for death. 'Tis life, whereof our nerves are scant, Oh life, not death, for which we pant ; More life, and fuller, that I want.' In our General Thanksgiving, we bless God for ' our creation, preservation, and all the blessings of... | |
 | Sydney Hodges - 1876 - 370 Seiten
...the face, we flee from him as from a ghastly spectre. "This life whereof our nerves are scant, Oh, life, not death, for which we pant; More life, and fuller, that I want." A ship was beating to the southward against the summer monsoon, and had made what sailors call a long... | |
 | Charles Kingsley - 1877 - 526 Seiten
...which is to me the most comforting of thoughts "Y°s— "Tis life, whereof our nerves are scant, Oh life, not death for which we pant, More life, and fuller, that I want.' You are right — that longing to get rid of walls and roofs and all the chrysalis case of humanity... | |
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