 | 1881 - 622 pages
...of devout conviction — ' Our little systems have their day ; They have their day and ceaso to be ; They are but broken lights of Thee, And Thou, O Lord, art more than they.' He can no longer use this language, though he still endeavours to re-convey the meaning of it.... | |
 | American literature - 1850 - 602 pages
...the prefatory poem : — " 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 ; And yet we trust it... | |
 | Literary and Philosophical Society of Liverpool - 1878 - 530 pages
...Believing where we cannot prove. 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 CREDIBILITY OF VENERABLE BEDE, SAINT AND CONFESSOR, AND OF HIS FOLLOWERS. BY JOSEPH BOULT.... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1850 - 272 pages
...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 ; And yet we trust it... | |
 | Literature - 1850 - 550 pages
...the prefatory poem : — " 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 ; And yet we trust it... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1850 - 228 pages
...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 ; And yet we trust it... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson (1st baron.) - 1851 - 234 pages
...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 ; And yet we trust it comes... | |
 | Frederic Henry Hedge, Frederic Dan Huntington - Hymns, English - 1853 - 674 pages
...made him : thou art just. 3 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. 4 We have but faith ; we cannot know ; For knowledge is of things we see ; And yet we trust it... | |
 | H. C. Foster - English poetry - 1853 - 378 pages
...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 ; And yet we trust it... | |
 | Epes Sargent - Religious poetry, English - 1854 - 374 pages
...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 ; And yet we trust it... | |
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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. 
