 The seas are quiet when the winds give o'er; So, calm are we when passions are no more! For then we know how vain it was to boast Of fleeting things, so certain to be lost. Clouds of affection from our younger eyes Conceal that emptiness which age descries....  The Religious Spirit in the Poets - Page 58by William Boyd Carpenter - 1901 - 237 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Wentworth Dillon Earl of Roscommon - English poetry - 1717 - 580 pages
...can her Maker fraife. The The Seas are quiet, when the Winds give 0Vr; So calm are we, when Taj/ions are no more : For then we know how vain it was to boeft Of fleeting Things, fo certain to lie lojt. Clouds of Affection from our younger Eyes Conceal... | |
 | Edmund Waller - 1722 - 364 pages
...does her felf erect: No mortal Parts are requifite to raife Her, that unbody'd can her Maker praife. The Seas are quiet, when the Winds give o'er; So calm are we, when Paflions are no more: For then we know how vain it was te boaft Of fleeting Things, Co certain to be... | |
 | Edmund Waller - English poetry - 1744 - 496 pages
...can her MAK ER praife. The fens are quiet, when the winds give-o'er: So> calm are we, when paffions are no more ! For, then we know how vain it was to boaft Of fleeting things, fo certain to be loft. Clouds of affeftion from our younger eyes Conceal... | |
 | Richard Hurd - Imitation in literature - 1757 - 90 pages
...refined writer. . Stronger by weaknefs, wiftr, men become As they draw near to their eternal home. The Soul's dark cottage, batter'd and decay'd, Lets in new light thro' chinks that time has made. 2. After all, thefe conceits, I doubt, are not much to your tafte. The inftance I am going to give,... | |
 | Edmund Waller - English poetry - 1768 - 366 pages
...herfelf erect : No mortal parts are requifite to raife Her, that unbony'd can her MA KER praife. The feas are quiet, when the winds give o'er. So, calm are we, when paflions are no more ! For, then we know how vain it was to beaft Of fleeting things, fo certain to... | |
 | William Giles (didactic writer) - 1775 - 336 pages
...diftant height above, Nor depths below, fhall part me from thy love, THE STATE OF OLD AGE. TH E feas are quiet when the winds give o'er, So calm are we when paffions rage no more ; Clouds of affection from our younger eyes, Conceals that emptinefs which time... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1778 - 464 pages
...views, and, I hope, have received fome advantage by it, if what Waller fays be true, that The foul's dark cottage, batter'd and decay'd, Lets in new light thro' chinks that time has made. Then furely ficknefs, contributing no lefs than old age to thefhaking down this fcaffolding of the... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1779 - 274 pages
...herfelf erect : No mortal parts are requif:te to raife Her, that unbody'd can her Maker praife. The feas are quiet, when the winds give o'er: So, calm are we, when paflions are no more ! For then we know how vain it was to boafl Of fleeting things, fo certain to... | |
 | Sir Richard Steele - 1787 - 264 pages
...views, and, I hope, have received fome advantage by it, if what Waller fays be true, that " The foul's dark cottage, batter'd and decay'd, " Lets in new light thro' chinks that time has made." Then furely ficknefs, contributing no lefs than old age to the fhaking down this fcaffolding of the... | |
 | Robert Anderson - English poetry - 1795 - 740 pages
...herfelf erect. No mortal parts are requifite to raifc Her that, unbody'd, can her maker praife. The feas are quiet when the winds give o'er : So calm are we when paffions are no more ! For then we know how vain it was to boaft Of fleeting things, fo certain to... | |
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