Man is his own star; and the soul that can Render an honest and a perfect man, Commands all light, all influence, all fate; Nothing to him falls early or too late. Our acts our angels are, or good or ill, Our fatal shadows that walk by us still. Essays - Page 37by Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1850 - 333 pagesFull view - About this book
| John Christien - 1871 - 188 pages
...parables of the Sheep and Goats, and the Rich Man and Lazarus. 2. Perhaps Fletcher's lines— " Man is his own star ; and the soul that can Render an honest and a perfect man, Commands all light, influence, and fate ; Nothing to him falls early, or too late. Our acts our angels are, or good or... | |
| Gertrude Parsons - 1871 - 374 pages
...utterances of Peter Drake — " I behaved infernally ill to her," he said. 199 CHAPTER X. QUESTIONS. Our acts our angels are, or good or ill, Our fatal shadows that walk by us still. JOHN FLETCHER. f• ETTY, too, wept many tears that night. •^ What had happened to her? What had... | |
| Francis Beaumont - 1872 - 762 pages
...hid this from you ; your conjectures all Are drunken things, not how, but when they fall : Man is big own star, and the soul that can Render an honest and...good or ill, Our fatal shadows that walk by us still ; And when the stars are labouring, we believe It is not that they govern, but they grieve For stubborn... | |
| John Wesley Hales - 1872 - 552 pages
...and this verse in Fletcher's lines Upon an Honest Marts Fortune (quoted in Bible Word-Book] : " Man is his own star, and the soul that can Render an honest...all fate ; Nothing to him falls early, or too late." So also Paradise Lost, x. 659. Fuller's Scripture Observations, xviii. 73. for — in spite of, notwitbstanding.... | |
| Mansfield Tracy Walworth - 1872 - 444 pages
...dust." " Yes, Dream-child will be dust." " Did any one tell you this ? " " No." CHAPTER XII. " Man is his own star, and the soul that can ' Render an...light, all influence, all fate; Nothing to him falls earlv or too late. Our acts our angels are, or good or ill, • Our fatal shadows that walh by us still."... | |
| William Henry Davenport Adams - 1872 - 396 pages
...LIFE. SELF-RELIANCE. z 5 tH = IW&VAI AN is his own star, and the soul that can O X I a z X 0 5|ul| Render an honest and a perfect man, Commands all light,...all fate ; Nothing to him falls early, or too late. in H | .Y X J H Our acts our angels are, or good or ill, Our fated shadows that walk by us still. 1... | |
| 1873 - 592 pages
...received his money were silent ; those whom he refused were clamorous, and called him uncharitable." " Our acts our angels are, or good or ill, Our fatal shadows that walk by us still." Not knowing ourselves, we trust that it was so. We only knowthat he appears in an unfavorable light... | |
| Joseph Simms - 1873 - 262 pages
...shifted from the shoulders of Atlas to yours. Ever keep in mind Fletcher's apothegmatic words: — "Our acts our angels are, or good or ill, Our fatal shadows that walk by us still." Remember that character is as inseparable from yourself as your very being; and also, "Talents are... | |
| John Bartlett - 1874 - 798 pages
...304. 2 Cf. Milton, Par. Lost, Booh ii. Line 804. 4 Cf. Montague, p. 303. JOHN FLETCHER. 1576-1625. Man is his own star, and the soul that can Render an honest...good or ill, Our fatal shadows that walk by us still. Upon an " Honest Man's Fortune." All things that are Made for our general uses are at war, — Even... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1874 - 600 pages
...Hath hid this from you, your conjectures all Are drunken things, not how, but when they fall ; Man is his own star, and the soul that can Render an honest,...late. Our acts our Angels are, or good, or ill, Our fatnl shadows that walk by us still, And when the stars are laboring we believe It is not that they... | |
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