...former gladness loom so great ? To lowness of the present state, That sets the past in this relief ? Or that the past will always win A glory from its...the perfect star We saw not, when we moved therein ? xxv. I know that this was life — the track Whereon with equal feet we fared ; And then, as now,...

...former gladness loom so great ? To lowness of the present state, That sets the past in this relief ? Or that the past will always win A glory from its...the perfect star We saw not, when we moved therein ? xxv. I know that this was life — the track Whereon with equal feet we fared ; And then, as now,...

...frequently the anticipation of happiness gives greater pleasure than even the reality. The past, too — " will always win A glory from its being far ; And orb into the perfect star AVe saw not, when we moved therein." Thus " the pleasures of memory " and the " pleasures of hope "...

...(author of Gen. ii.) draws for us in the "Garden of Loveliness " (Eden), shows how, as Tennyson says, " The past will always win A glory from its being far, And orb into tbe perfect star We saw not when we walked therein." The golden age of King Arthur, and much modern...

...of these dazzling but misleading gifts. It may be that " distance lends enchantment to the view," " Or that the past will always win A glory from its being far " ; but it seems to me, that in the " good old times," when I was a young, light-hearted girl, friendship...

...the enchantment of distance ? Is it only that " The past will nhvnys win A glory from it* being fur ; And orb into the perfect star We saw not when we moved therein " ? " We/erf at the time," says Newman ; " we reciynite and ira/ron afterwards.'' Hence " the sweetness...

...a well-worn phrase, has told us that distance Y lends enchantment to the view ; Tennyson informs us that "the past will always win A glory from its being far." Thackeray twice over wrote that 'twas better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all...

...in a well-worn phrase, has told us that distance lends enchantment to the view ; Tennyson informs us that "the past will always win A glory from its being far." Thackeray twice over wrote that 'twas better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all...

...former gladness loom so great? The lowness of the present state, That sets the past in this relief? ^r that the past will always win A glory from its being...the perfect star We saw not, when we moved therein ? I know that this was Life, — the track Whereon with equal feet we fared ; And then, as now, the...

...(author of Gen. ii.) draws for us in the "Garden of Loveliness " (Eden), shows how, as Tennyson says, " The past will always win A glory from its being far, And orb into the perfect star We saw not when we walked therein." The golden age of King Arthur, and much modern talk about the "good old days," illustrate...