 | 1861 - 394 sider
...views are, as he believes, in the main expressed by him. ' Our little systems have their day ; ' They have their day and cease to be ; ' They are but broken lights of Thee, 'And Thou, 0 Lord, art more than they.' THE Preface to the Book of Common Prayer is careful to... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1861 - 364 sider
...we know not how ; Our wills are ours, to make them thine. Our little systems have their day ; They have their day and cease to be ; They are but broken lights of thee, And thou, Oh Lord, art more than they. We have but faith : we cannot know ; For knowledge is... | |
 | Sir John Skelton - 1862 - 512 sider
...Irving. Only a remnant can honestly say with Mr. Tennyson, Our little systems have their day ; They have their day and cease to be ; They are but broken lights of thee ; And Thou, O Lord, art more than they. A creed is not religion ; it is at most its husk ; the... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1863 - 516 sider
...we know not how ; Our wills are ours, to make them thine. Our little systems have their day ; They have their day. and cease to be ; They are but broken lights of thee, And thou, oh Lord, art more than they. We have but faith : we cannot know ; For knowledge is... | |
 | 1863 - 220 sider
...we know not how — Our wills are ours, to make them thine. Our little systems have their day ; They have their day and cease to be ; They are but broken lights of thee, And thou, O Lord, art more than they. 6 For Faith and Reverence. We have but faith ; we cannot... | |
 | John Robertson (of Halstead.) - 1863 - 256 sider
...therefore, that the plot should transcend our fond imaginings ? " Our little systems have their day ; They have their day and cease to be ; They are but broken lights of Thee, And Thou, 0 Lord, art more than they." This should be a sufficient answer to those persons who... | |
 | John Ogwen Jones - 236 sider
...ours, we know not how, Our wills are curs to make them Thine. Our little systems have their day, They have their day and cease to be, They are but broken lights of Thee, And Thou, 0 ! Lord, art more than they. "We have but faith, we cannot know, For knowledge is... | |
 | James Buchanan - 1864 - 650 sider
...refracted ray of light which has fallen on our own minds. ' Our little systems have their day — They have their day and cease to be ; They are but broken lights of Thee, And Thou, 0 Lord, art more than they.' " f • D'Alembert, " Miscellaneous Pieces," p. 109. JH... | |
 | Frances Power Cobbe - 1864 - 234 sider
...passed away, ruin left to work his will ! Truly, I thought, Our little systems have their day, They have their day and cease to be ; They are but broken lights from Thee, And Thou, oh Lord, art more than they ! Walking up the valley I came to a different scene... | |
 | Goodwyn Barmby - 1865 - 268 sider
...indeed, is God's word, and has an everlasting utterance. " Our little systems have their day, They have their day and cease to be, They are but broken lights of Thee, And Thou, 0 God, art more than they !" And Truth thus is more lasting than any system. The eternal... | |
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Our little systems have their day; They have their day and cease to be; They are but broken lights of thee, And thou, O Lord, art more than they. 
