I slept, and dreamed that life was beauty ; I woke, and found that life was duty. Was thy dream then a shadowy lie ? Toil on, sad heart, courageously, And thou shalt find thy dream to be A noonday light and truth to thee. Faithful to the Light: And Other Tales - Стр. 45авторы: Ednah Dow Littlehale Cheney - 1871 - Страниц: 166Полный просмотр - Подробнее о книге
| George Seaton Bowes - 1884 - Страниц: 448
..."Goodness, duty, sacrifice," said Robertson of Brighton, " these are the qualities that England honours." " I slept, and dreamed that life was Beauty, I woke, and found that life was Duty." One of the touching parts of Bishop Patteson's Malanesian labours, was in the unfriendly island of... | |
| Smith C. Ferguson, Emory Adams Allen - 1884 - Страниц: 648
...occasions of great moment, the improvement of which contribute in no small degree to his ultimate success. "I slept, and dreamed that life was beauty; I woke, and found that life was duty." rounds out the whole of life, from our entrance into it until our exit from it. There is • 7K. ftf... | |
| Daily steps - 1884 - Страниц: 426
...me enjoy but Thee, what further crave I ? And having Thee alone, what have I not ? FRANCIS QUARLBS. SLEPT, and dreamed that life was beauty ; I woke, — and found that life was duty. DISCIPLES' HYIIN-BOOK. Thou shalt do that which is right and good in the sight of the Lord. DEUT. vi.... | |
| American Philosophical Society - 1884 - Страниц: 756
...that I gave him at the time a copy of them, which will probably some day be found among his papers : I slept, and dreamed that life was beauty, I woke, and found that life was duly ; Was thy dream then a shadowy lie ? Toil on, worn heart, unceasingly, And thou shalt find that... | |
| 1901 - Страниц: 398
...affectionate daughter, "NATAUE." As she sealed the letter, the words of an old distich came to her mind : " I slept and dreamed that life was beauty. I woke and found that life was duty. " Natalie's life was henceforth duty ; but it was also beauty, inasmuch as she everywhere scattered... | |
| Michelangelo Buonarroti - 1885 - Страниц: 218
...son una cosa." The readers of the " Dial " will be reminded of Mrs. Hooper's beautiful lines : — " I slept, and dreamed that life was Beauty ; I woke, and found that life was Duty." EPITAPHS. — We know little else of the young man whose premature death inspired these beautiful poems... | |
| Thomas Hunter - 1884 - Страниц: 670
...agree. 39. We are such stuff As dreams are made on ; and our little life Is rounded with a sleep. 40. I slept and dreamed that life was Beauty ; I woke, and found that life was Duty : — Was my dream then a shadowy lie ? 41. 'Tis education forms the common' mind, Just as the twig... | |
| Church congress - 1886 - Страниц: 520
...as in her home, adorn the Gospel of God our Saviour. How different the line of life th at says — " I slept and dreamed that life was beauty, I woke and found that life was duty." What is the secret of consecrated influence, of making what is here this afternoon so powerful for... | |
| Mary Wilder Tileston - 1886 - Страниц: 204
...sin uncloak, what stricter rule command, And girding me to work His full behest / BEAUTY AND DUTY. T SLEPT, and dreamed that life was beauty ; •*• I woke, — and found that life was duty. Was my dream, then, a shadowy lie ? Toil on, sad heart, courageously ; And thou shalt find thy dream... | |
| 1887 - Страниц: 456
...prayer and thanksgiving " should go hand in hand. She would smile to herself as she thought of the lines "I slept and dreamed that life was beauty, I woke and found that life was duty." To her the two terms, beauty and duty, seemed one and the same thing. She possessed the means to make... | |
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