 Still roll ; where all the aspects of misery Predominate; whose strong effects are such As he must bear, being powerless to redress; And that unless above himself he can Erect himself, how poor a thing is man...  English Sonnets: A Selection - Page 210edited by - 1873 - 238 pagesFull view - About this book
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - American poetry - 1876 - 562 pages
...Predominate : whose strong effects are such, As he must bear, being powerless to redress: And that unless above himself he can Erect himself, how poor a thing is man. WILLIAM BIRD. [1540-1623.l MY MIND TO MB A KINGDOM IS. MY mind to me a kingdom is ; Such perfect joy... | |
 | George Bruce - St. Andrews (Scotland) - 1876 - 642 pages
...spirit steered hy enlightened Faith — Not stone-hlind Bigotry which makes God a myth. In truth, " unless above himself he can Erect himself, how poor a thing is man ! " l 1 The last couplet is taken from Daniel. And the prophet is right — it helps to explain, if... | |
 | James Tunstall - Bath (England) - 1876 - 600 pages
...world kin." This "touch" he never knew, and as the old Somersetshire poet, Samuel Daniel, said — " Unless above himself he can Erect himself, how poor a thing is man." The productions of his later years were unworthy the author of Vathek. The exquisite sentiment from... | |
 | James Freeman Clarke - Unitarianism - 1877 - 164 pages
...And thus we realize the truth of those lines of Daniel which Coleridge was so fond of quoting: — " Unless above himself he can Erect himself, how poor a thing is man ! " Individual man is weak, ignorant, liable to deceive and be deceived. But the human nature of which... | |
 | James Freeman Clarke - Liberalism (Religion) - 1877 - 164 pages
...And thus we realize the truth of those lines of Daniel which Coleridge was so fond of quoting : — " Unless above himself he can Erect himself, how poor a thing is man ! " Individual man is weak, ignorant, liable to deceive and be deceived. But the human nature of which... | |
 | Sir Francis Hastings Charles Doyle (bart.) - English poetry - 1877 - 316 pages
...all temptations to intellectual pride, feeling that to him also were applicable Daniel's lines — Unless, above himself, he can Erect himself— how poor a thing is man ! And, therefore, deciding that, even for a Shakspere, there is and can be nothing better than to pass... | |
 | sir Francis Hastings C. Doyle (2nd bart.) - 1877 - 316 pages
...all temptations to intellectual pride, feeling that to him also were applicable Daniel's lines — Unless, above himself, he can Erect himself— how poor a thing is man ! And, therefore, deciding that, even for a Shakspere, there is and can be nothing better than to pass... | |
 | James Burton (schoolmaster.) - English language - 1878 - 124 pages
...not, for the conjunctions you find in them — I fear not wave iv>r wind. Take heed lest you fall. Unless above himself he can Erect himself, how poor a thing is man. Not a minute stopped or stayed he. His cheeks were not wrinkled, nor dimmed his eagle eye. Not in sheet... | |
 | Where, Who - Quotations - 1878 - 186 pages
...and Bononomi. NEASY lies the head that wears a crown. SHAKSPEAEE, K.Henry 17. pt. ii. act iii. sc. 1. Unless above himself he can Erect himself, how poor a thing is man ! S. DANIEL, To the Cowntess of Cumberland. True as the needle to the pole, Or as the dial to the sun.... | |
 | William Torrey Harris - Social sciences - 1879 - 28 pages
...Predominate ; whose strong effects are such As he must bear, being helpless to redress ; And that, unless above himself he can Erect himself, how poor a thing is man ! " It is evident that there is a hierarchy among human institutions, and that the lower ones exist... | |
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