 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1866 - عدد الصفحات: 414
...wills are ours, to make them thine. Our little systems have their day ; They have their day and cease to be ; They are but broken lights of thee, And thou, O Lord, art more than they. We have but faith : we cannot know ; For knowledge is of things we see ; And yet we trust it comes... | |
 | 1866 - عدد الصفحات: 638
...conceive how they coexist, yet we can believe that, in some manner unknown to us, they do coexist, — " They are but broken lights of Thee, And Thou, O Lord, art more than they." If this be scepticism, it is a scepticism which strangely resembles the definition given, by a distinguished... | |
 | 1871 - عدد الصفحات: 970
..." our little systems " have had their day and ceased to be, we shall know, oh, our Father ! that " They are but broken lights of Thee, And Thou, O Lord, art more than they." Mr. Lane was buried by his wife, who had been in her grave for twenty years, and Miss Lane was left... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1868 - عدد الصفحات: 520
...wills are ours, to make them thine. Our little systems have their day ; They have their day and cease to be : They are but broken lights of thee, And thou, O Lord, art more than they. We have but faith : we cannot know ; For knowledge is of things we see ; And yet we trust it comes... | |
 | J F Elwin - 1869 - عدد الصفحات: 94
...eternal day, In one eternal home. OUR little systems have their day; They have their day, and cease to be ; They are but broken lights of Thee, And Thou, O Lord, art more than they. BE useful where thou livest, that they may Both want and wish thy pleasing presence still ; Kindness,... | |
 | George Gilfillan - 1869 - عدد الصفحات: 332
...and who besides say with the Laureate — " Our little systems pass away — They pass away and cease to be ; They are but broken lights of Thee ; And Thou, O Lord, art more than they " — can derive good and meaning even from the terr1fic dogmas of the past, and conclude that although,... | |
 | Philip Schaff - 1870 - عدد الصفحات: 748
...wills are ours, to make them Thine. Our little systems have their day ; They have their day, and cease to be , They are but broken lights of Thee, And Thou, O Lord ! art more than they. We have but faith : we cannot know, For knowledge is of things we see ; And yet we trust it comes from... | |
 | 1899 - عدد الصفحات: 1078
...are not only free to confess that Our little systems have their day, They have their day and cease to be : They are but broken lights of Thee. And Thou, O Lord, art more than they, but also free to examine and criticise, and by all means try to get fuller knowledge and ever clearer... | |
 | 1870 - عدد الصفحات: 614
...wills are ours, to make them thine. 3 Our little systems have their day ; They have their day and cease to be ; They are but broken lights of thee, And thou, O Lord, art more than they. 268 LM MASON. JTljc )hn'iac of tlic fniiMble ffiotr. OU, Lord ! by mortal eyes unseen, And by thine... | |
 | Rose Porter - 1870 - عدد الصفحات: 214
...are ours, to make them thine. " Our little systems have their day ; They have their day, and cease to be; They are but broken lights of thee, And thou, O Lord, art more than they, " We have but faith; we cannot know; For knowledge is of things we see ; And yet we trust it comes... | |
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Our little systems have their day; They have their day and cease to be; They are but broken lights of thee, And thou, O Lord, art more than they. 
