 | William Oldys - English drama - 1740 - 348 pages
...wafted, and our fpirits fpent ; When we have all the learned.volumes turn'd, Which yields mens wit both help and ornament ; What can we know, or what can we difcern, When error clouds the windows of the mind ? The divers forms of things how can we learn ;... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English language - 1805 - 924 pages
...story. Sbaksftarr. Alat ! when all our lamps are burn'd, Our bodies wasted, and our sfirili spent, When we have all the learned Volumes turn'd, Which...ornament; What can we know, or what can we discern? JDaviff., It was th« time when gentle night began T' iudrench witb sleep the busy sfirilt of man.... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1810 - 728 pages
...alas ! when all our lamps are burn'd, Our bodies wasted, and our spirits spent; When we have all tlie learned volumes turn'd Which yield men's wits both...: What can we know ? or what can we discern ? When errour chokes the windows of the mind ; The divers forms of things how can we learn, That have been... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - Authors, English - 1819 - 432 pages
...him fall ? And yet, alas ! when all our lamps are burn'd, Our bodies wasted and our spirits spent ; When we have all the learned volumes turn'd, Which yield men's wits both strength and ornament, What can we know, or what can we discern, When error chokes the windows of the... | |
 | Richard Cattermole, Henry Stebbing - Christianity - 1835 - 402 pages
...him fall ? And yet, alas ! when all our lamps are burn'd, Our bodies wasted and our spirits spent ; When we have all the learned volumes turn'd, Which...What can we know or what can we discern, When error clouds the windows of the mind ? The divers forms of things how can we learn, That have been ever from... | |
 | Samuel Carter Hall - English poetry - 1836 - 390 pages
...him fall ? And yet, alas ! when all our lamps are burn'd, Our bodies wasted, and our spirits spent; When we have all the learned volumes turn'd Which...What can we know, or what can we discern, When error clouds the windows of the mind ? The divers forms of things, how can we learn, That have been ever... | |
 | Giles Fletcher - English poetry - 1836 - 400 pages
...him fall ? And yet, alas ! when all our lamps are burn'd, Our bodies wasted and our spirits spent ; When we have all the learned volumes turn'd, Which...What can we know or what can we discern, When error clouds the windows of the mind ? The divers forms of things how can we learn, That have been ever from... | |
 | Samuel Carter Hall - English poetry - 1836 - 336 pages
...him fall ? And yet, alas I when all our lamps are burn'd, Our bodies wasted, and our spirits spent; When we have all the learned volumes turn'd Which...help and ornament : What can we know, or what can we diseern, When error clouds the windows of the mind ? The divers forms of things, how can we learn,... | |
 | Gems - 1841 - 624 pages
...lamps are burned, Our bodies wasted, and our spirits spent; When we have all the learned volumes turned Which yield men's wits both help and ornament ; What...discern, When error chokes the windows of the mind? The divers forms of things, how can we learn, That have been even from our birth-day blind? When Reason's... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - Authors, English - 1841 - 844 pages
...spirits spent ; When we have all the learned volumes tuni'd, | Which yield men's wits both strength aud rning and his wit ; Twas Presbyterian true blue ; For he was of that stubborn crew Of errant s ! 'i The divers forms of things how can we learn. That have been ever from our birth-day blind ! When... | |
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Which yield men's wits both help and ornament, What can we know? or what can we discern? When Error chokes the windows of the mind, The divers forms of things how can we learn That have been ever from our birthday blind? 
