 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 43by Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1841 - 371 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Albert Taylor Bledsoe, Sophia M'Ilvaine Bledsoe Herrick - 1870 - 510 pages
...: — .Man is his own s'ar, and the soul that c.in Render an honest and n perfect man, Commandt oil light, all influence, all fate, Nothing to him falls early, or too la'e, Onr acts our angels are. or pood or ill, The fatal shadows ihat walk by us still.' !Not long... | |
 | John Bartlett - 1872 - 864 pages
...Line 804. 4 C£ Montague, p. 303. JOHN FLETCHER. 1576-1625. Man is his own star, and the soul tttat can Render an honest and a perfect man Commands all...good or ill, Our fatal shadows that walk by us still. Upon an " Honest Matfs Fortune. All things that are Made for our general uses are at war, — Even... | |
 | John Christien - 1871 - 188 pages
...the 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
...ii. ; 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...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
...will be 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...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... | |
 | 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... | |
 | 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... | |
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