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" Lets in new light through chinks that time has made : Stronger by weakness, wiser men become, As they draw near to their eternal home. Leaving the old, both worlds at once they view, That stand upon the threshold of the new. "
The Literature and the Literary Men of Great Britain and Ireland - Page 496
by Abraham Mills - 1851
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The Art of English Poetry Containing: Rules for making verses. A collection ...

Edward Bysshe - English language - 1710 - 620 pages
...batter'd and decay'd, Lets in new Light thro' Chinks that Time has made. Stronger by Weaknefs, wifer Men become, As they draw near to their eternal Home....Leaving the old, both Worlds at once they view, That ftand upon the Threfliold of the new. W»ll. We yet may fee the old Man in a Morning, Lufty as Health,...
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Poems, &c. Written Upon Several Occasions, and to Several Persons

Edmund Waller - 1722 - 364 pages
...batter'd and decay'd, Lets in new Light thro' Chinks that Time has made: Stronger by Weaknefs, wifer Men become, As they draw near to their eternal Home...Leaving the Old, both Worlds at once they view, That ftand upon the Threfhold of the New. — Mirtuur limm Ofympi. Virgil, OF THE FEAR of GOD: IM TWO CANTO...
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The Works of Edmund Waller, Esq: In Verse and Prose

Edmund Waller - English poetry - 1744 - 496 pages
...batter'd, and decayM, Lets-in new light, thro' chinks that time has made :: Stronger by weaknefs, wifer, men become, As they draw near to their eternal home....Leaving the old, both worlds at once they view,. That ftand upon the threfhold of the new. •**** Miratur limen olympi. Vi no it,, ** -: .' ; : 2O2 POEMS...
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The Thebaid of Statius, Volume 1

Publius Papinius Statius - Seven against Thebes (Greek mythology) - 1767 - 696 pages
...tis Death, which Circumftance brings to my Remembrance four Uses of the celebrated Waller. — Wifer Men become, As they draw near to their eternal Home....Leaving the old, both Worlds at once they view, That ft'and upon the Threshold of the new. Alas ! how chang'd from him, who great and good 1045 At Pbzbu?...
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The Thebaid of Statius, Volume 2

Publius Papinius Statius - Seven against Thebes (Greek mythology) - 1767 - 338 pages
...his Death, which Circumftance brings to my Remembrance four Lines of the celebrated Waller, - Wifer Men become, As they draw near to their eternal Home....Leaving the old, both Worlds at once they view, That ftand upon the Threfliold of the new. Alas! 346 STATIUS's THEBAID. BOOK VII. Alas ! how chang'd from...
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The Works of Edmund Waller, Esq: In Verse and Prose

Edmund Waller - English poetry - 1768 - 366 pages
...batter'd and decayed, Lets-in new light, thro' chinks that time has made : Stronger by weaknefs, wifer men become, As they draw near to their eternal home....Leaving the old, both worlds at once they view. That ftand upon the threfhold of the new. * * * * Miratur limern tljmfu. Vine. EPIGRAMS, EPITAPH AND FRAGMENTS....
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The Poetical Works of Edmund Waller ...

Edmund Waller - 1806 - 320 pages
...which age descries. The soul's dark cottage, batter'd and decay'd, Lets in new light through clunks that time has made : Stronger by weakness, wiser men...they view, That stand upon the threshold of the new. • « • Miratur limett Olytnpi. VIRG. END OP VOL. I. c. WHITriNGHAM, Priflwr, Union Buildings, Leather...
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Poëmes ou morceaux détachés de differens auteurs anglais, traduits en vers ...

Albin-Joseph-Ulpien Hennet - English poetry - 1806 - 456 pages
...survey'd His flaming Rome, and, as it burn'd, he play'd. A PANEGYRIC TO MYLORD CROMWELL, PROTECTOR. VVHILE with a strong, and yet a gentle, hand, You bridle...hearts command ; Protect us from ourselves, and from the foe, Make us unite , and make us conquer too : Let partial spirits still aloud complain : Think...
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A View of Society and Manners in the North of Ireland: In the Summer and ...

John Gamble - Ireland - 1813 - 422 pages
...age descries ; The soul's dark cottage batter'd and decay'd, Lets in new light through chinks th;ft time has made ,Stronger by weakness, wiser men become,...they view, That stand upon the threshold of the new." CHAPTER XVI. • -i! •iri.-n t -i" 1 ! •T, RESPECTABLE society in the North of Ireland is divided...
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A View of Society and Manners in the North of Ireland: In the Summer and ...

John Gamble - Ireland - 1813 - 422 pages
...The soul's dark cottage batter'd and decay'd, Lets in new light through chinks thift time has made j Stronger by weakness, wiser men become, .,. As they...they view, That stand upon the threshold of the new." CHAPTER XVI. <• ... RESPECTABLE society in the North of Ireland is divided into two great classes....
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