| John Caird - 1881 - 84 pages
...find the grave?" And the same sentiment is expressed in the well-known words of a modern writer— " Count o'er the joys thine hours have seen, Count o'er...And know, whatever thou hast been, 'Tis something better—not to be." The analogy, however, which these cases present to the Buddhist longing for Nirvana,... | |
| 1881 - 704 pages
...and next bust to depart as soon as possible ;' or that of the English poet : " 'Count o'er the J',ys thine hours have seen, Count o'er thy days from anguish free. And know, whatever thou hast been, 'Tls something better not to be.' "But ask the Christian, Is lifo worth living? and he will answer,... | |
| Edwin Percy Whipple - 1882 - 432 pages
...track the happiest. Only in the stern defiance or endurance of evil can the soul find any stability. "Count o'er the joys thine hours have seen, Count o'er thy days from nnguish free, And know, whatever thou hast been, 'Tis something better not to be." It is almost needless... | |
| George Eliot - 1883 - 294 pages
...sense of ill, Though pleasure fills the maddening soul, The heart — the heart is lonely still. " 'Ay, but to die, and go, alas ! Where all have gone...o'er thy days from anguish free, And know, whatever thon hast been, Tis something better not to be. " 'Nay, for myself, so dark my fate Through every turn... | |
| Mary Ann Evans - 1883 - 300 pages
...sense of ill, Though pleasure fills the maddening soul, The heart — the heart is lonely still. " 'Ay, but to die, and go, alas ! Where all have gone...o'er thy days from anguish free. And know, whatever thon hast been, Tis something better not to be. " 'Nay, for myself, so dark my fate Through every turn... | |
| George Eliot - 1883 - 302 pages
...the sense of ill, Though pleasure fills the maddening soul, The heart— the heart is lonely still. " 'Ay, but to die, and go, alas ! Where all have gone...Nothing that I was, Ere born to life and living woe I '"Count o'er the joys thine hours have seen. Count o'er thy days from anguish free, And know, whatever... | |
| James J. O'Connell - 1883 - 150 pages
...gently passed away. LINES, ADDRESSED TO A FRIEND, ON HIS ADVISING THE AUTHOR TO MINGLE MORE IN SOCIETY. Count o'er the joys thine hours have seen, Count o'er...from anguish free, And know, whatever thou hast been, 'T is something better not to be. — BYRON. REFRAIN, dear Jim, and ask me not To mingle in the haunts... | |
| George Eliot - 1884 - 402 pages
...the sense of ill, Though pleasure fills the maddening soul, The heart—the fteart is lonely still. Ay, but to die, and go, alas! Where all have gone...free, And know, whatever thou hast been, Tis something fatter not to be. ^Tay, for myself, so dark my fate Through every turn of life hath been, Man and the... | |
| 1884 - 344 pages
...find the grave?" And ihe same sentiment is expressed in the well-known words of a modern writer— " Count o'er the joys thine hours have seen. Count o'er...And know, whatever thou hast been, 'Tis something better—not to be." The analogy, however, which these cases present to the Buddhist longing for Nirvana,... | |
| George Eliot - 1884 - 404 pages
...sense of ill, Though pleasure fills the maddening soul, The heart — the heart is lonely still Ay. hut to die, and go, alas ! Where all have gone and all must go ; To he the Nothing that I was, Ere born to life and living woe ! Count o'er the joys thine hours have seen,... | |
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