 And that cloud itself, which now before thee Lies dark in view, Shall with beams of light from the inner glory Be stricken through. And like meadow mist through Autumn's dawn Uprolling thin, Its thickest folds when about thee drawn Let sun-light in. Then...  The Poetical Works of John Greenleaf Whittier ... - Page 259by John Greenleaf Whittier - 1864Full view - About this book
 | Baptists - 1878 - 300 pages
...The hand which upholds it now, sustaineth The soul forever. Then of what is to be and of what is done Why queriest thou? The past and the time to be are one, And both are now. — Whittier. HOME. STAY, stay at home, my heart, and rest ; Home-keeping hearts are happiest ; For... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - History - 1850 - 408 pages
...Its thickest folds when about thee drawn Let sun-light in. Then of what is to be, and of what is done Why queriest thou ? — The past and the time to be...And both are NOW ! TO A FRIEND, ON HER RETURN FROM EUROFE. How smiled the land of France Under thy blue eye's glance, Light hearted rover ! Old walls... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - American poetry - 1852 - 588 pages
...retain Their pure, fresh flow, we yet may find Our early dreams not wholly vain ! TO A FRIEND, 0!f HER RETURN FROM EUROPE. How smiled the land of France...chateaux gray, Towers of an early day Which the three colours play Flauntingly over. Now midst the oriHiant train Thronging the banks of Seine : Now midst... | |
 | Elizabeth Nicholson - Literature - 1853 - 412 pages
...Its thickest fold when about thee drawn Let sunlight in. Then of what is to be and of what is done Why queriest thou ? The past and the time to be are one, And both are NOW ! * . JOHN G. WHITTIEK. I ARCHBISHOP LEIGHTON thought, " that in this world, the Christian's white... | |
 | American literature - 1853 - 442 pages
...when about thee drawn Let sunlight in. Then of what is to be and of what is done Why queriest thou 1 The past and the time to be are one, And both are NOW ! JOHN G. WHITTIBR. ARCHBISHOP LEIOHTON thought, " that in this world, the Christian's white robe would... | |
 | Pennsylvania Yearly Meeting of Progressive Friends (1853-1940) - Quakers - 1891 - 900 pages
...doors has found it here, the cause lacking assistance in the very air we breathe has found it here. 'The past and the time to be are one, And both are now !" — this has been the motto at Longwood. There is nothing more characteristic of this movement through... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - American poetry - 1855 - 436 pages
...Its thickest folds when about thee drawn Let sun-light in. Then of what is to be, and of what is done Why queriest thou ? — The past and the time to be...smiled the land of France Under thy blue eye's glance, Light hearted rover ! Old walls of chateaux grey, Towers of an early day, Which the Three Colors play... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - American poetry - 1855 - 690 pages
...about thee drawn Let sunlight in. Then of what is to be, and of what is done, Why queriest thou 7 — The past and the time to be are one, And both are xow ! TO A FUIENT), ON TIIE DEATH OF HIS SISTEK. THIJTE is a grief, the depth of which another May... | |
 | English literature - 1856 - 642 pages
...folds when about thee drawn Let sunlight in. Then of what is to be, and of what is done, Why quericst thou? — The past and the time to be are one, And both are NOW! JG WHITTIEH. THE LORDS OF LANCASHIRE. BY THE AUTHOR OP ' PHOTOGRAPHS OP LONDON BUSINESS,' ETC. MY LORDS... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1856 - 470 pages
...Its thickest folds when about thee drawn Let sun-light in. Then of what is to be, and of what is done Why queriest thou ? — The past and the time to be are one, TO A FRIEND, ON HER RETURN FBOM EUROPE. How smiled the land of France Under thy blue eye's glance,... | |
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