...of things Heeds no longer lapse of time, Hushing ages moult their wings, Bathing in thy day sublime. The sun set, but set not his hope : — Stars rose,...matched his sufferance sublime The taciturnity of Time. Beside his hut and shading oak, Thus to himself the poet spoke : ' I have supped to-night with gods,...

...all, who supports, sustains us all by his exhaustless endurance and hope. Says our poet : — " Suns set, but set not his hope ; Stars rose, his faith was earlier up : And matched his sufferance sublime The taciturnity of time." Somewhat the same idea doubtless we...

...Fulleylove. The Grave of Charles and Mary Anne Lamb at Edmonton, . . . . . .140 By John Fulleylove. " The sun set ; but set not his hope : Stars rose ;...reverence sweet, As hid all measure of the feat." — EMERSON. " Far from me, and from my friends, be such frigid philosophy as may conduct us, indifferent...

...Fulleylove. The Grave of Charles and Mary Anne Lamb at Edmonton, . . . . . .140 By John Fulleylove. " The sun set ; but set not his hope : Stars rose ;...time. He spoke, and words more soft than rain Brought thc Age of Cold again : His action won such reverence sweet. As hid all measure of the feat." —EMER8ON....

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...periodical for June, 1890, and " Literature in School," by HE Scudder, in the Riverside Literature Series. " He spoke, and words more soft than rain Brought the...reverence sweet, As hid all measure of the feat." CHAPTER XIV. MORAL PROGRESS. THE first place where we learn about the moral laws is, of course, the...

...grandeur of poetry is found nowhere more plainly than in the sonnets on "Days " and "Character." " The sun set, but set not his hope; Stars rose; his...matched his sufferance sublime The taciturnity of time." What a glorious picture is this ! a portrait worthy of Bishop Latimer or John Brown. We have seen it...

...his ship pursued its way, Secure that westward was the spring of man's bright day ! xxxiv. THE MAN. The sun set, but set not his hope; Stars rose; his...matched his sufferance sublime The taciturnity of time. EMERSON. II. THE MAN. Who knows the secret of the sunrise? who Shall say what splendor of the exhaustless...

...The good books as well as the good people received their careful and discriminating meed of praise. "He spoke, and words more soft than rain Brought the age of gold again": the oratory of Everett and Phillips ; the readings of Charles Dickens ; the lectures of Thackeray and...

...day, Stealing grace from all alive ; Heartily know, When half-gods go, The gods arrive. CHARACTER. The sun set, but set not his hope ; Stars rose ; his...such reverence sweet As hid all measure of the feat. HERI, HODIE, CRAS. 1 Shines the last age, the next with hope is seen, To-day slinks poorly off unmarked...