 | V. C. Desertis - Parapsychology - 1896 - 362 pages
...the reign of Love. All else is valueless. The things of Spirit alone are the real:— "The earthly hope men set their hearts upon Turns ashes, or it...dusty face, Lighting a little hour or two, is gone ! " * Equally transient are worldly success and what men call failure, if we leave the scene of our... | |
 | Omar Khayyam - Bookbinding - 1896 - 400 pages
...like Rain, Alike to no such aureate Earth are turn'd As, buried once, Men want dug up again. XVII. The Worldly Hope men set their Hearts upon Turns Ashes...Desert's dusty Face, Lighting a little hour or two — was gone. xvm. Think, in this batter'd Caravanserai Whose Portals are alternate Night and Day,... | |
 | Omar Khayyam - Bookbinding - 1896 - 400 pages
...like Rain, Alike to no such aureate Earth are turn'd As, buried once, Men want dug up again. XVII. The Worldly Hope men set their Hearts upon Turns Ashes—...Desert's dusty Face, Lighting a little hour or two — was gone. XVIII. Think, in this batter'd Caravanserai Whose Portals are alternate Night and Day,... | |
 | Omar Khayyam - 1897 - 434 pages
...like Rain, Alike to no such aureate Earth are turn'd As, buried once, Men want dug up again. XVII. The Worldly Hope men set their Hearts upon Turns Ashes...Desert's dusty Face, Lighting a little hour or two — was gone. XVIII. XIX. They say the Lion and the Lizard keep The Courts whereJamsh¿?d gloried and... | |
 | John Lawson Stoddard - Asia - 1897 - 416 pages
...antiquity and the eternal mystery of time. " The Worldly Hope men set their Hearts upon Turns Ashes—or it prospers; and anon, Like Snow upon the Desert's dusty Face, Lighting a little Hour or two—is gone." Within the citadel of Cairo, only a few steps from the scene of the massacre of the... | |
 | John Lawson Stoddard - Asia - 1897 - 352 pages
...antiquity and the eternal mystery of time. " The Worldly Hope men set their Hearts upon Turns Ashes—or it prospers; and anon, Like Snow upon the Desert's dusty Face, Lighting a little Hour or two—is gone." Within the citadel of Cairo, only a few steps from the scene of the massacre of the... | |
 | Volney Streamer - Religious poetry - 1897 - 248 pages
...other. THOMAS HENRY HUXLEY "OUR LITTLE LIFE" THE Worldly Hope men set their Hearts upon Turns Ashes—or it prospers ; and anon, Like Snow upon the Desert's dusty Face, Lighting a little hour or two—was gone. Think, in this batter'd Caravanserai Whose Portals are alternate Night and Day, How... | |
 | University of Chicago - Philosophy - 1897 - 268 pages
...— riches, honor, and pleasure — with "the worldly hope men set their hearts upon," which — " Like snow upon the desert's dusty face, Lighting a little hour or two — is gone." It does not appear, however, that this dissatisfaction had any sentimental or aesthetic interest for... | |
 | Nathan Haskell Dole - Iran - 1898 - 392 pages
...still a Ruby kindles in the Vine, And many a garden by the Water blows" This, too, pleased him : " The Worldly Hope men set their Hearts upon Turns Ashes...dusty Face, Lighting a little hour or two — is gone ! " Think, in this battered Caravanserai Whose Portals are alternate Night and Day, How Sultan after... | |
 | Omar Khayyam - 1898 - 130 pages
...winds like Rain, Alike to no such aureate Earth are turn'd As, buried once, Men want dug up again. XVI The Worldly Hope men set their Hearts upon Turns Ashes...Desert's dusty Face, Lighting a little hour or two — was gone. XVII Think, in this batter'd Caravanserai Whose Portals are alternate Night and D,ay,... | |
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