In brief, acquit thee bravely ; play the man. Look not on pleasures as they come, but go. Defer not the least virtue : life's poor span Make not an ell, by trifling in thy woe. If thou do ill, the joy fades, not the pains : If well, the pain doth fade,... The Monthly Anthology, and Boston Review - Page 191publié par - 1805Affichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
| 1858 - 682 pages
...pages of George Herbert the other day, I found (accidentally) the following couplet : — " If 1 lion do ill, the joy fades, not the pains : If well ; the pain doth fade, the joy remains." Geo. Herbert's Church-porch. These verses seem to be identical in substance with the... | |
| 1888 - 668 pages
...abit turpitude manet " (ed. 1859, p. 425). George Herbert, in ' The Church Porch,' says : — If tlmu do ill, the joy fades, not the pains ; If well, the pain doth fade, the joy remains. And Dr. Shnttleworth, Bishop of Chicheater, has something to the same effect : — Do... | |
| 1913 - 610 pages
...expressed in the concluding lines of ' The Church Porch, in George Herbert's ' Temple ' : — If them <lo ill, the joy fades, not the pains : If well, the pain doth fade, the joy remains. See'N. &Q.,' 11 S. iv. 356. EDWARD BENSLY. SAND - PICTURES (11 S. viii. 69). — MR. HUTCHINSON... | |
| George Herbert - 1850 - 388 pages
...play the man. Look not on pleafures as they come, but go. Defer not the leaft vertue : lifes poore fpan Make not an ell, by trifling in thy wo. If thou...fades, not the pains : If well; the pain doth fade, the joy remains. / 2. Superliriiinare. THOU, whom the former precepts have Sprinkled and taught, how to... | |
| Mrs. Anderson (Caroline Dorothea) - 1850 - 312 pages
...And I must add. the two lines with which George Herbert closes what he calls " The Church Porch." • If thou do ill, the joy fades, not the pains: If well, the pain doth fade, the joy remains. Praying that such "joy," — joy so pure, so calm, so bright, may ever abide with you,... | |
| George Herbert - 1850 - 56 pages
...come, but go. Defer not the least virtue ; life's poor span Make not an ell, by trifling in thy woe. If thou do ill, the joy fades, not the pains ; If well, the pain doth fade, the joy remains. Thou that hast given so much to me, Give one thing more, a grateful heart. See how thy... | |
| 1911 - 588 pages
...QUOTATIONS WANTED. — Ishall be glad to learn the name of the author of the following lines : — If thon do ill, the joy fades, not the pains, If well, the pain doth fade, the joy remains. A. MYNOTT. Behold the fate of sublunary things : She exports coal that once imported kings.... | |
| 1920 - 968 pages
...length might flpply to Gnmoald s rendering in comparison with Herbert s expression of the same thought : If thou do ill, the joy fades, not the pains : If well, the paiu doth fade, the joy remains.] MARRIAGE OF COUSINS. — Is there any law or regulation ecclesiastical... | |
| George Herbert - 1851 - 464 pages
...play the man. Look not on pleasures as they come, but go. Defer not the least virtue. Life's poor span Make not an ell, by trifling in thy wo. If thou do...fades, not the pains : If well, the pain doth fade, the joy remains. Wkaft parts are at thy fiandfiiJ tromt <? u,-/i>.ttt.itt.i .A Ttfart al Js sucti , but... | |
| George Herbert, William Jerdan - 1853 - 472 pages
...come, but go. Defer not the leaft virtue : life's poor fpan Make not an ell, by trifling in thy woe. If thou do ill, the joy fades, not the pains : If well ; the pain doth fade, the joy remains. THE CHURCH. Superliminare. Thou, whom the former precepts have Sprinkled and taught, how... | |
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