 Still roll ; where all the aspects of misery Predominate; whose strong effects are such As he must bear, being powerless to redress; And that unless above himself he can Erect himself, how poor a thing is man...  Modern Eloquence - Page 1064edited by - 1900Full view - About this book
 | 1872 - 660 pages
...Predominate ; whose strong effects are such As he must bear, being powerless to redress ; And that, unless above himself he can Erect himself, how poor a thing is man ! ' " Happy is he who lives to understand Not human nature only, but explores All natures, to the end... | |
 | John Dennis - 1873 - 280 pages
...Daniel, the author of the well-known couplet quoted by Coleridge in his " Aids to Reflection " : — " Unless above himself he can Erect himself, how poor a thing is man," has produced a great deal of rugged and vigorous verse, but of his fifty-seven sonnets To Delia, the... | |
 | Horae, Henry Holmes Joy - 1873 - 374 pages
...Still roll . . . whose strong effects are such As he must bear being powerless to redress, And that unless above himself he can Erect himself, how poor a thing is man ! Wordsworth and Daniel. Every measure intrinsically just will be Perseverance, finally carried. Let... | |
 | Henry David Thoreau - 1873 - 430 pages
...altogether too rich for such poor acting. I am hardly worthy to be a suburban dweller outside those walls. " Unless above himself he can Erect himself, how poor a thing is man ! " With our music we would fain challenge transiently another and finer sort of intercourse than our... | |
 | Jane Margaret Hooper - 1874 - 580 pages
...Predominate ; whose strong effects are such As he must bear, being powerless to redress ; And that unless above himself he can Erect himself, how poor a thing is man ! " It was the middle of July, and the lime-trees were in blossom. All along that glorious avenue they... | |
 | John Bartlett - 1874 - 798 pages
...Why if it prosper, none dare call it treason.2 Epigrams. Booh iv. Ep. 5. SAMUEL DANIEL. 1562-1619. Unless above himself he can Erect himself, how poor a thing is man ! To the Countess of Cumberland. Stan2a 12. MICHAEL DRAYTON. 1563-1631. For that fine madness still... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1874 - 600 pages
...misery Predominate; whose strong effects are such As he must bear, being helpless to redress : And that, unless above himself he can Erect himself, how poor a thing is man ! DANIEL. THE recluse Hermit ofttimes more do£h know Of the world's inmost wheels, than worldlings... | |
 | Richard Congreve - 1874 - 634 pages
...all-powerful compen/ sation at once for the evils of our condition, and for the hopes we renounce. Unless above himself he can Erect himself, how poor a thing is m an The difficulties which surround us must become the materials which we use to rise above them.... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1875 - 392 pages
...misery Predominate : whose strong effects are As he must bear, being powerless to redress: Ami that unless above himself he can Erect himself, how poor a thing is man. WILLIAM BYRD. [1540-1623.] MY MIND TO ME A KINGDOM IS. MY mind to me a kingdom is ; Such |>erfeet joy... | |
 | Henry Norman Hudson - 1875 - 728 pages
...Predominate ; whose strong effects are such As he must bear, being powerless to redress j And that unless above himself he can Erect himself, how poor a thing is Man!'* Happy is he who lives to understand Not human nature only, but explores All natures, — to the end... | |
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