 | 1876 - 832 pages
...constantly looking with ,affectionate regret upon the past — " That past which always wius a glory from its being far, And orbs into the perfect star we saw not when we moved therein." Whatever millennium there may be is there in the " good old times." Hence, the world... | |
 | Henry Allon - 1883 - 610 pages
...the past through a veil of tears. In some degree it is ever thus. The past doth always win A glory from its being far, And orbs into the perfect star We saw not when we moved therein. And it must be pre-eminently true of a highspirited people who have passed through the... | |
 | Henry Allon - 1883 - 610 pages
...the past through a veil of tears. In some degree it is ever thus. The past doth always win A glory from its being far, And orbs into the perfect star We saw not when we moved therein. And it must be pre-eminently true of a highspirited people who have passed through the... | |
 | Henry Van Dyke - 1913 - 286 pages
...present seems to fade and grow dull compared with the joy that has departed. The past wins " A glory from its being far, " And orbs into the perfect star " We saw not when we moved therein." 1 It was so on that day of praise in Jerusalem. " For many of the priests and Levites... | |
 | Mrs. Oliphant (Margaret) - 1893 - 290 pages
...in economy and outward form. That period, perhaps, like other periods of the past, takes " A glory from its being far, And orbs into the perfect star We saw not when we walked therein '' : but looking back upon it, the philosophic reader will not be able to refrain from a regret, nor... | |
 | William Hanson Pulsford - 1894 - 84 pages
...(Eden), shows how, as Tennyson says, " The past will always win A glory from its being far, And orb into the perfect star We saw not when we walked therein." The golden age of King Arthur, and much modern talk about the "good old days," illustrate the same tendency.... | |
 | Mrs. Oliphant - 1896 - 308 pages
...in economy and outward form. That period, perhaps, like other periods of the past, takes " A glory from its being far, And orbs into the perfect star We saw not when we walked therein " : but looking back upon it, the philosophic reader will not be able to refrain from a regret, nor... | |
 | Marion Daniel Shutter - 1900 - 330 pages
...to account for the sin and sorrow that weigh upon the heart of man. The past always wins " A glory from its being far, And orbs into the perfect star We saw not when we walked therein.1' Hesiod, the Greek, sang of the days when man lived happy, " free from toil, from sickness,... | |
 | Henry Van Dyke - 1900 - 226 pages
...present seems to fade and grow dull compared with the joy that has departed. The past wins "A glory from its being far, And orbs into the perfect star We saw not when we moved therein.* —1, 207. ttocntp^nintf) There are many kinds of love, as many kinds Loving upof light,... | |
 | Henry Elliot Shepherd - 1906 - 336 pages
...incomparable grandeur of the future Lee. It is true in a measure that already — "The past does win A glory from its being far, And orbs into the perfect star We saw not when we moved therein." With greatness of the very highest type, like that of Lee, ceaseless advance is an... | |
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A glory from its being far, And orbs into the perfect star We saw not when we moved therein. 