| 1903 - 1186 pages
...Matthew Prior ; The son of Adam and of Eve : Can Bourbon or Nassan claim higher ? * Epitaph. Extempore. Soft peace she brings ; wherever she arrives She builds...peevish Nature even, And opens in each heart a little heaven. Charity. His noble negligences teach What others' toils despair to reach. Alma. Canto a. Line... | |
| John Bartlett - 1903 - 1188 pages
...Matthew Prior ; The son of Adam and of Eve : Can Bourbon or Nassau claim higher ? a Epitaph. Extempore Soft peace she brings ; wherever she arrives She builds...peevish Nature even, And opens in each heart a little heaven. Charity. His noble negligences teach What others' toils despair to reach. Alma. Canto a. Line... | |
| Matthew Prior - 1905 - 404 pages
...She easily forgives ; And much She suffers, as She much believes. Soft Peace She brings where-ever She arrives : She builds our Quiet, as She forms our Lives ; Lays the rough Paths of peevish Nature ev'n ; And opens in each Heart a little HEAV'N. Each other Gift, which GOD on Man bestows, It's proper... | |
| Matthew Prior - 1905 - 408 pages
...just Reins, and gentle Hand to guide, Betwixt vile Shame, and arbitrary Pride. Not soon provok'd, She easily forgives ; And much She suffers, as She much believes. Soft Peace She brings where-ever She arrives : She builds our Quiet, as She forms our Lives ; Lays the rough Paths of peevish... | |
| 1857 - 732 pages
...praise, or worthy of our admiration. " Soft peace she brings, wherever she arrives ; She builds her quiet as she forms our lives ; Lays the rough paths of peevish nature even, And opens in the breast a little heaven." The observation of Addison in reference to the immortality of the soul,... | |
| Adlai Ewing Stevenson - 1909 - 684 pages
...homes, songs of rejoicing, the glad laughter of children, the planting of trees, and the golden harvest. 'Soft peace she brings; wherever she arrives, She...peevish nature even, And opens in each heart a little heaven.' " XLIV A MOUNTAIN COLLEGE SUCH INSTITUTIONS VALUABLE FOR MOULDING CHARACTER — MR. SCOTT... | |
| Adlai Ewing Stevenson - 1909 - 518 pages
...homes, songs of rejoicing, the glad laughter of children, the planting of trees, and the golden harvest. 'Soft peace she brings; wherever she arrives, She...peevish nature even, And opens in each heart a little heaven.' " XLIV A MOUNTAIN COLLEGE SUCH INSTITUTIONS VALUABLE FOR MOULDING CHARACTER MR. SCOTT BOTH... | |
| 1814 - 1018 pages
...the contrary, they will be ever ready to maintain, that the poet describes it justly, when he says, " Soft peace she brings, wherever she arrives, She builds...the rough paths of peevish nature even, And opens in the breast a constant hvaven." In the case of Samuel West, we see a young man, (twentyone years of... | |
| William James Heaton - 1913 - 376 pages
...shame and arbitrary pride. Not soon provoked, she easily forgives, And much she ' suffers, as «he much believes. Soft peace she brings wherever she...builds our quiet as she forms our lives; Lays the rough path of peevish nature even, And opens in each heart a little heaven." PRIOR. ROBEUT HORNE, DD, belonged... | |
| 1846 - 662 pages
...will pleasingly attest, — " Sweet peace she brings wherever she arrives : She builds our comfort, as she forms our lives ; Lays the rough paths of peevish nature even, And opens in each breast a little heaven." 3. An important benefit will also accrue to society at large. Let principles... | |
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