The stars shall fade away, the sun himself Grow dim with age, and Nature sink in years, But thou shalt flourish in immortal youth, Unhurt amidst the war of elements, The wreck of matter, and the crush of worlds. Select British Classics - Page 2851803Full view - About this book
| 1914 - 1240 pages
...along a road that never ends nor had a beginning. With Addison in his Cato I acclaim that "The soul in her existence, smiles At the drawn dagger and defies...Grow dim with age, and nature sink in years, But thou shall flourish in immortal youth Unhurt amid the wars of elements, The wreck of matter, and the crush... | |
| Shattuck - 1997 - 420 pages
...are both before me : This in a moment brings me to an end ; But this informs me, I shall never die. The soul, secur'd in her existence, smiles At the...point.-— The stars shall fade away, the sun himself l^L* . Grow dim with age, and nature sink in years; But thou shalt flourish in immortal youth, Unhurt... | |
| James W. Angell - 1991 - 132 pages
...of unspoiled wonder, youngsters in soiled football jeans and the sublime sounds of orange violins. The stars shall fade away, the Sun himself Grow dim with age and Nature sink in years; But Thou shali flourish in immortal youth. Unhurt amidst the war of elements, The wreck of matter and the crash... | |
| Rudolf Steiner - 1993 - 188 pages
...and struggles to the light among the thorns." — SANTAYANA "The worlds, the stars shall fade away, But thou shalt flourish in immortal youth, Unhurt amidst the war of elements, The wreck of matter, and the crush of worlds!" — ADDISON "Is anything of God's contriving endangered... | |
| Hilton Hotema - 1993 - 78 pages
...the light among the thorns." —SANTAYANA (END OF PART ONE) "The worlds, the stars shall fade away, But thou shalt flourish in immortal youth, Unhurt amidst the war of elements, The wreck of matter, and the crush of worlds!" —ADDISON "Is anything of God's contriving endangered by... | |
| Amelia Howe Kritzer - 1995 - 452 pages
...slave. (Exits.) Scene Two BENHASSAN'5fcow5e. REBECCA: (Discovered reading). "The soul, secure in its existence, smiles At the drawn dagger, and defies its point. The stars shall fade away, the sun itself Grow dim with age, and nature sink in years, But thou shall flourish in immortal youth, Unhurt,... | |
| Bob Dye - 1997 - 304 pages
...people attended the collation they sponsored at the Royal School. A banner over the commissary read: The stars shall fade away. The sun himself grow dim with age; But thou. O 4th of July— immortal day — Shall rule the world, and Have o'er Universe the sway.2... | |
| Frank R. Shivers - 1998 - 348 pages
...I found carved on a memorial plaque affixed to the wall of Midleham Chapel of Ease, Calvert County: The soul secur'd in her existence smiles at the drawn...grow dim with age and Nature sink in years, but thou shall flourish in immortal youth unhurt amidst the war of elements the wrecks of matter and the crush... | |
| Carl Seaburg - 1998 - 484 pages
...her Waves, and above me too, — "He was her lover!" — Had 1 a Claim to Fame? WILLIAM ROSE BENET The stars shall fade away, the sun himself Grow dim...immortal youth, Unhurt amidst the war of elements, The wreck of matter, and the crush of worlds. — From Cato JOSEPH ADDISON * That cause can neither be... | |
| Terence Whalen - 1999 - 572 pages
...words (which had been spelled backwards) and added appropriate spacing and punctuation: The soul secure in her existence smiles at the drawn dagger and defies...but thou shalt flourish in immortal youth, unhurt amid the war of elements, the wreck of matter and the crush of worlds. When I first broke the code,... | |
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