 | Florida Medical Association - 1905 - 962 pages
...know not how; we go, we know not whither. "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." Yes; "lighting but a little hour or two" on the boundless Ocean of Time, falling but... | |
 | Parapsychology - 1905 - 496 pages
...of this character. THE WHEEL OF CHANGE. 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. —OMAR KHAYYAM. I, John Abercrombie, a jaded a war correspondent as ever followed the... | |
 | Bernard William Henderson - Emperors - 1905 - 636 pages
...BRITANNICUS. § 5. THE FALL OF AGRIPPINA. " 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." (RusAiYAT OF OMAR KHAYYAM.) 47 AGKIPPINA FROM A STATUE IN THB GI.YPTOTHKK, MUNICH ldfitt\ftcation... | |
 | Charles N. Crewdson - 1905 - 394 pages
...this: " 'Dear Morris: " ' "The wordly 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." " 'Our business relationship, Morris, has always been so pleasant that many a time I've hoped it would... | |
 | Sherwin Cody - American poetry - 1905 - 628 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 — or it prospers ; and anon, XVII Think, in this batter'd Caravanserai Whose Portals are alternate Night and Day, How Sultdn after... | |
 | Robert Kennedy Duncan - Astrophysics - 1905 - 302 pages
...of ocean. The mutabilities of things, and likewise the tears of things: for one thing after another, "Like snow upon the Desert's dusty Face Lighting a little hour or two—is gone," and the eternal, ever-changing dance goes on. Now, whether we call the atoms God's... | |
 | Robert Kennedy Duncan - Astrophysics - 1905 - 320 pages
...of ocean. The mutabilities of things, and likewise the tears of things: for one thing after another, "Like snow upon the Desert's dusty Face . Lighting a little hour or two—is gone," and the eternal, ever-changing dance goes on. Now, whether we call the atoms God's... | |
 | Burt Estes Howard - Immanence of God - 1906 - 74 pages
...checks, and slays, And one by one back in the Closet lays. The Worldly Hope men set their Hearts upon 50 Turns Ashes — or it prospers; and anon, Like Snow...Desert's dusty Face, Lighting a little Hour or two — was gone. For some we loved, the loveliest and the best That from his Vintage rolling Time has... | |
 | Burt Estes Howard - Immanence of God - 1906 - 72 pages
...checks, and slays, And one by one back in the Closet lays. The Worldly Hope men set their Hearts upon 50 Turns Ashes — or it prospers; and anon, Like Snow...Desert's dusty Face, Lighting a little Hour or two — was gone. For some we loved, the loveliest and the best That from his Vintage rolling Time has... | |
 | William Dean Howells, Henry Mills Alden - Short stories, American - 1906 - 294 pages
...went on, recurring once more to the poet: "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." She tried to speak, but he lifted his hat and left her, and going to the other side of the deck, paced... | |
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