 | James William Lance - 1872 - 200 pages
...by Him. As the gracious Herbert says, — " More servants wait on man than he'll take notice of. ... For us the winds do blow ; The earth doth rest, heaven move and fountains flow. Nothing we see but means our good. . . . The stars have us to bed ; Night draws the curtain which the sun withdraws... | |
 | 1872 - 444 pages
...head with foot hath private amitie, And both with moons and skies. Nothing hath got so farre But man hath caught and kept it as his prey. His eyes dismount the highest starre; He is in little all the sphere. Herbs gladly cure our flesh, because that they Finde their... | |
 | Spencer Timothy Hall - 1873 - 478 pages
...head with foot hath private amity, And both with moons and tides. Nothing hath got so far, But Man hath caught and kept it, as his prey. His eyes dismount...rest, heaven move, and fountains flow. Nothing we see, but means our good, As our delight, or as oar treasure : The whole is, either our cupboard of/oorf,... | |
 | William Pulsford - 1873 - 358 pages
...bent to one purpose, the end to which the whole creation moves; and we may say with Herbert: — " For us the winds do blow ; The earth doth rest, heaven move, and fountains flow. Nothing we see but means our good, As our delight, or as our treasure: The whole is either our cupboard of food,... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1874 - 584 pages
...head with foot hath private amity, And both with moons and tides. Nothing hath got so far, But man hath caught and kept it as his prey. His eyes dismount...rest, heaven move, and fountains flow; Nothing we see but means our good As our delight, or as our treasure; The whole is either our cupboard of food,... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1874 - 802 pages
...Herbert, who himself possessed some share of the mystic gin :— ELIZABETH BABBETT BBOWNING. 471 For ns the winds do blow, The earth doth rest, heaven move, and fountains flow ; Nothing we see, but means our good, As onr delight, or as our treasure ;, The whole is either onr cupboard of... | |
 | George Herbert - 1874 - 396 pages
...got so farre But Man hath caught and kept it as his prey; 20 His eyes dismount the highest starre ; He is in little all the sphere; Herbs gladly cure our flesh, because that they Finde their acquaintance there. For us the windes do blow, 25 The earth resteth, heav'n moueth, fountains... | |
 | William Mountford - 1874 - 546 pages
...intelligence, to where there is not darkness enough for a doubt to be in. CHAPTER XXVIII. For us Ihe winds do blow, The earth doth rest, heaven move, and fountains flow. Nothing we see but means our good, As our delight, or as our treasure : The whole is either our cupboard of food,... | |
 | George Herbert - 1874 - 386 pages
...head with foot hath private amitie, And both with moons and tides. Nothing hath got so farre But Man hath caught and kept it as his prey; His eyes dismount the highest starre; He is in little all the sphere; Herbs gladly cure our flesh, because that they Finde their... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1875 - 588 pages
...amity, And both with moons and tides. Nothing hath got so far, But man hath caught and kept it as bis prey. His eyes dismount the highest star : He is in...rest, heaven move, and fountains flow; Nothing we see but means OUT- good As our delight, or as our treasure; The whole is either our cupboard of food,... | |
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And both, with moons and tides. Nothing hath got so far, But Man hath caught and kept it, as his prey. His eyes dismount the highest star ; He is, in little, all the sphere. Herbs gladly cure our flesh, because that they Find their acquaintance there. 
