 In a blacker, incessanter line; That the din will be more on its banks, Denser the trade on its stream, Flatter the plain where it flows, Fiercer the sun overhead.  The Atlantic Monthly - Side 3221897Fuld visning - Om denne bog
 | 1902 - 642 sider
...' shrinkage of the world ' such as will make Australia as near to Great Britain as Europe is now. ' What was before us we know not, And we know not what shall succeed.' The present linkage of so many distant colonies has been rendered possible only by that developement... | |
 | William Caldwell Roscoe - 1860 - 522 sider
...me as that. Not so many years ago, he seemed to have much more life than either of us. " But what is before us we know not;" "and we know not what shall succeed." Ever yours Very affectionately, WP RH BUTTON, ESQ. MINOR POEMS. CLOUDS and mists and vapours dim, Wrap... | |
 | William Caldwell Roscoe - 1860 - 492 sider
...me as that. Not so many years ago, he seemed to have much more life than either of us. " But what is before us we know not;" "and we know not what shall succeed." Ever yours Very affectionately, WF RH HUTTON, Esij. MINOR POEMS. CLOUDS and mists and vapours dim,... | |
 | William Caldwell Roscoe - 1860 - 492 sider
...me as that. Not so many years ago, he seemed to have much more life than either of us. " But what is before us we know not;" "and we know not what shall succeed." Ever yours RH BUTTON, ESQ. Very affectionately, WB MINOR POEMS. CLOUDS and mists and vapours dim, Wrap... | |
 | Walter Bagehot - 1881 - 390 sider
...posterity learn from him ! Only last week we hoped to have learned something ourselves. ' But what is before us we know not, And we know not what shall succeed.' LORD PALMERSTON. [1865.] LORD PALMERSTON only died on Wednesday, and already the world is full of sketches... | |
 | Walter Bagehot - 1881 - 388 sider
...posterity learn from him ! Only last week we hoped to have learned something ourselves. ' But what is before us we know not, And we know not what shall succeed.' LORD PALMERSTON. L1865.] LORD PALMERSTOX only died on Wednesday, and already the world is full of sketches... | |
 | 1883 - 520 sider
...its stream. ****** And we say that repose has fled Forever the course of the river of Time. ****** That never will those on its breast See an ennobling...succeed. Haply, the river of Time — As it grows ****** May acquire, if not the calm Of its early mountainous shore, Yet a solemn peace of its own.... | |
 | National Association for the Promotion of Social Science (Great Britain) - 1885 - 846 sider
...ever the course of the river of Time ; That cities will crowd to its edge In a blacker incessanter line ; That the din will be more on its banks, Denser...us we know not, And we know not what shall succeed. Haplj", the river of Time, As it grows, as the towns on its marge Fling their wavering lights On a... | |
 | National Association for the Promotion of Social Science (Great Britain) - 1885 - 837 sider
...For ever the course of the river of Time; That cities will crowd to its edge In a blacker incessanter line ; That the din will be more on its banks, Denser...ennobling sight, Drink of the feeling of quiet again. But—what was before us we know not, And we know not what shall succeed. Haply, the river of Time,... | |
 | National Association for the Promotion of Social Science (Great Britain) - 1885 - 842 sider
...For ever the course of the river of Time; That cities will crowd to its edgu In a blacker incessanter line ; That the din will be more on its banks, Denser...flows, Fiercer the sun overhead : That never will those cm its breast See an ennobling sight, Drink of the feeling of quiet again. But—what was belbre us... | |
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