 | United States. Congress - 1902 - 150 pages
...Abode his destin'd hour and went his way. 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. And those who husbanded the golden grain, And those who flung it to the winds like... | |
 | Willard Clark Gore - Imagination - 1902 - 88 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... | |
 | Willard Clark Gore - Imagination - 1902 - 92 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... | |
 | Edward FitzGerald - 1902 - 352 pages
...dug up again. xvi i The Worldly Hope men set their Hearts upon Turns Ashes—or it prospers; andanon, Like Snow upon the Desert's dusty Face, Lighting a little hour or two—was gone. xviii Think, in this batter'd Caravanserai (\ \ \_/ Whose Portals are alternate Night... | |
 | Reginald John Campbell - Congregational churches - 1903 - 296 pages
...that immortal pessimist, Omar Khayyam: "The Worldly Hope men set their Hearts upcn Turns ashes—or it prospers ; and anon, Like Snow upon the Desert's dusty face, Lighting a little hour or two—is gone." I will put the question to this busy City man, "What have you to say in answer to the... | |
 | Sir Hall Caine - Iceland - 1904 - 428 pages
...PART VII 357 THE PRODIGAL SON PART I " 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." ICELAND had never looked more wonderful. The stern old Northland, which in the daylight... | |
 | Edward FitzGerald - Omar Khayyam - 1904 - 268 pages
...; 1 " At once the silken Tassel of my Purse i " Tear, and its Treasure on the Garden throw." » XIV The Worldly Hope men set their Hearts upon Turns Ashes — or it prospers ; and anon, XV And those who husbanded the Golden Grain, And those who flung it to the Winds like Rain, Alike to... | |
 | 1905 - 680 pages
...it pictures the futility and despair of life ; how man's hopes delude him and his mind deceives: " The worldly hope men set their hearts upon Turns ashes;...it prospers; and anon, Like snow upon the desert's dusky face, Lighting a little hour or two, is gone." Our Old Testament is full of the same question.... | |
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