 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1872 - 498 Seiten
...we know not how ; Our wills are ours, to make them thine. Our little systems have their day ; They have their day and cease to be : They are but broken lights of thee, And thou, O Lord, art more than they. We have but faith : we cannot know ; For knowledge is of things we see... | |
 | 1882 - 844 Seiten
...purpose as is the influence of the sun in the material world. " Our little systems have their day ; They have their day and cease to be : They are but broken lights of Thee, And Thou, O Lord, art more than they." TENNYSON. Since the above was written, a letter has appeared in the Spectator... | |
 | Henry Williamson (of Dundee) - 1872 - 334 Seiten
...Introduction to " In Memoriam" we are told by the poet-laureate " Our little systems have their day ; They have their day and cease to be : They are but broken lights of thee, And thou, O Lord, art more than they. " In these lines we have a truth stated which should be impressed on every... | |
 | Poems - 1872 - 362 Seiten
...ours, we know not how ; Our wills are ours to make them thine. Our little systems have their day ; They have their day and cease to be : They are but broken lights of Thee, And Thou, O Lord, art more than they. We have but faith : we cannot know ; For knowledge is of things we see... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1872 - 330 Seiten
...we know not how ; Our wills are ours, to make them thine. Our little systems have their day ; They have their day and cease to be : They are but broken lights of thee, And thou, O Lord, art more than they. We have but faith : we cannot know ; For knowledge is of things we see... | |
 | 1872 - 632 Seiten
...theirs ; our wisdom, like theirs, is foolishness before God: Our little systems have their day ; They have their day, and cease to be, They are but broken lights of Thee, And Thou, O Lord, art more than they. We have but faith ; we cannot know — For knowledge is of things we see,... | |
 | Birmingham central literary assoc - 1883 - 452 Seiten
...actual verities in themselves. Tennyson truly says : — " Our little systems have their day. They have their day and cease to be ; They are but broken lights of Thee, And Thou, O Lord, art more than they." Yet for what they are, we must take them and try them by the test of life.... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1873 - 528 Seiten
...we know not how ; Our wills are ours, to make them thine. Our little systems have their day ; They have their day and cease to be ; They are but broken lights of thee, And thou, O Lord, art more than they. Wo have but faith : we cannot know ; For knowledge is of things we see... | |
 | 1873 - 826 Seiten
...system being all-embracing. He says, with admirable modesty: " Our little systems have their day, They have their day, and cease to be ; They are but broken lights of Thee, And Thou, O Lord, art more than they." The theology of In Memoriam is kindred iu its structure with that of the... | |
 | Robert McCheyne Edgar - 1874 - 390 Seiten
...you nationalize Him. He is above and higher than both. ' ' Our little systems have their day ; They have their day and cease to be : They are but broken lights of thee, And thou, 0 Lord, art more than they." * Hence Christ breaks in upon every nation as a brother. No national prejudice... | |
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Our little systems have their day; They have their day and cease to be; They are but broken lights of thee, And thou, O Lord, art more than they. 
