 | Katherine Augusta Ware - 1828 - 848 pages
...depressed and rendered miserable by equally short-lived disappointment. But our energy and our dependence are both in vain. — The stream bears us on, and our joys and our griefs are alike ten behind us ; we may be shipwrecked but we cannot anchor ; our voyage may be hastened but... | |
 | William Brittainham Lacey - Elocution - 1828 - 308 pages
...depressed and made miserable by some equally short-lived disappointment. But our energy and our dependence are both in vain. The stream bears us on, and our joys and our griefs are alike left behind us ; we may be shipwrecked, but we cannot anchor ; our voyage may be hastened,... | |
 | 1838 - 434 pages
...both in vain. — The stream bears us on, ;iud our joys and our griefs alike are left be* hind us; and we may be shipwrecked, but we ; cannot anchor; our voyage may be hastened, •but cannot be delayed; whether rough or \ smooth, the river hastens towards its home, I ill the roaring... | |
 | Charles Augustus Goodrich - Families - 1841 - 576 pages
...and our dependence are both in fain. The stream bears us on, and our joys and our griefs are alike left behind us. We may be shipwrecked, but we cannot anchor; our voyage may be hastened but cannot be delayed. Whether rough or smooth, the river hastens towards its home, till the roaring of... | |
 | 1843 - 444 pages
...success, or depressed by some equally shortlived disappointment. But our energy and our despondency are both in vain. The stream bears us on, and our joys are alike left behind us ; we may be beaten with storms, but we cannot anchor ; our voyage may be hr... | |
 | American literature - 1835 - 638 pages
...made miserable by some equally short-lived disappointment. But our energy and our dependence are hoth vain. The stream bears us on, and our joys and our griefs are alike left behind us; we may be shipwrecked, but we cannot anchor ; our voyage must be hastened,... | |
 | C. P. Bronson - Elocution - 1845 - 334 pages
...depressed, and made miserable, by some equally shorUived disappointment. But our energy, and our dependence are both in vain. The stream bears us on, and our joys, and our griefs, are alike, left behind us; we may be shipwrecked, but we cannot anchor; our voyage may be hastened,... | |
 | C. P. Bronson - Elocution - 1845 - 396 pages
...depressed, and made miserable, by some equally shortlived disappointment But our energy, and our dependence are both in vain. The stream bears us on, and our joys, and our griefs, are alike, left behind us; we may oe shipwrecked, but we cannot anchor ; our voyage may be hastened,... | |
 | C. P. Bronson - Elocution - 1845 - 398 pages
...and made miserable, by some equally short-lived disappointment. Hut our energy, and our dependence are both in vain. The stream bears us on, and our joys, and our Ariel's, are alike, loft behind us; we maybe shipwrecked, but we c:in not anchor; our voyaire may be... | |
 | Theodore Dwight - 1846 - 764 pages
...But our energy and our dependence are both ia rain. The stream bears us on, and our joys and griefs are left behind us; we may be shipwrecked, but we cannot anchor; our voy. age may be hastened, but we cannot be delayed — whether rough or smooth, the river hastens towards... | |
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... amid objects more striking and magnificent. We are animated by the moving picture of enjoyment and industry which passes before us ; we are excited by some short-lived success, or depressed and rendered miserable by some equally short-lived disappointment. 
