 | 1849 - 608 pages
...a home, but scarce knows where ; He says it is so far, That he hath quite forgot how to go there. " He knocks at all doors, strays and roams ; Nay, hath...winding quest And passage through these looms God ordered motion, but ordain'd no rest." There is great moral force about this ; its measure and words... | |
 | John Brown - English literature - 1861 - 516 pages
...a home, but scarce knows where ; He says it is so far, That he hath quite forgot how to go there. " He knocks at all doors, strays and roams : Nay hath...these looms God order'd motion, but ordain'd no rest." There is great moral force about this ; its measure and words put one in mind of the majestic lines... | |
 | John Brown - 1861 - 470 pages
...so far, That he hath quite forgot how to go there. " He knocks at all doors, strays and roams. Kay hath not so much wit as some stones have, Which in the darkest nights point to their home* By some hid sense their Maker gave : Man is the shuttle, to whose winding quest And passage through... | |
 | John Brown - English essays - 1862 - 492 pages
...a home, but scarce knows where ; He says it is so far, That he hath quite forgot how to go there. " He knocks at all doors, strays and roams : Nay hath...these looms God order'd motion, but ordain'd no rest." There is great moral force about this ; its measure and words put one in mind of the majestic lines... | |
 | John Brown - English essays - 1866 - 468 pages
...it is so far, That he hath quite forgot how to go there. " He knocks at all doors, strays and roama: Nay hath not so much wit as some stones have, Which...these looms God order'd motion, but ordain'd no rest." There is great moral force about this; its measure and words put one in mind of the majestic lines... | |
 | Henry Vaughan - 1871 - 328 pages
...home, but scarce knows where ; He sayes it is so far, That he hath quite forgot how to go there. IV. He knocks at all doors, strays and roams ; Nay, hath...have, Which in the darkest nights point to their homes Man is the shuttle, to whose winding quest And passage through these looms God order'd motion, but... | |
 | Henry Vaughan - 1871 - 418 pages
...home, but scarce knows where ; He sayes it is so far, That he hath quite forgot how to go there. 4. He knocks at all doors, strays and roams, Nay hath...stones have, Which in the darkest nights point to their homes,1 By some hid sense their Maker gave ; Man is the shuttle, to whose winding quest And passage... | |
 | Henry Vaughan - English literature - 1871 - 420 pages
...roams, Nay hath not so mueh wit as some stones have, Whieh in the darkest nights point to their homes,2 By some hid sense their Maker gave ; Man is the shuttle,...winding quest And passage through these looms God order' d motion, but ordain'd no rest. U [HIDDEN.] 'VVALKT the other day— to spend my hour — Into... | |
 | Poems - 1872 - 362 pages
...hath a home, but scarce knows where : He says it is so far That he hath quite forgot how to go there. He knocks at all doors, strays and roams ; Nay, hath...winding quest And passage through these looms God ordered motion, but ordained no rest. HENRY VAUGHAN. THE PULLEY. "\ \ 7"HEN God at first made man,... | |
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He knocks at all doors, strays and roams, Nay hath not so much wit as some stones have Which in the darkest nights point to their homes, By some hid sense their Maker gave; Man is the shuttle, to whose winding quest And passage through these looms God... 
