 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1873 - 528 頁
...we know not how ; Our wills are 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. Wo have but faith : we cannot know ; For knowledge is of things we see... | |
 | Birmingham central literary assoc - 1883 - 452 頁
...actual verities in themselves. Tennyson truly says : — " 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." Yet for what they are, we must take them and try them by the test of life.... | |
 | 1873 - 984 頁
...elements together into a consistent whole, yet we can believe that they are capable of combination." " They are but broken lights of Thee, And Thou, 0 Lord, art more than they." Of the two remaining Essays, one on Utility as the ground of moral obligation, and the other on Berkeley,... | |
 | 1873 - 806 頁
...particles of truth. " Our little systems have their day ; They have their day, and cease to Ъо : They are but broken lights of Thee, And Thou, 0 Lord, art more than they." We may see in this hungering and thirsting of the Churcli of Christ ад indication of the belief that... | |
 | 1982 - 348 頁
...ours, we know not how; Our wills are 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... | |
 | William N. Parker, William Nelson Parker - 1984 - 292 頁
...is driven back to Tennyson's verses learned in high school: "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!" Such lines, supportive of the paradigm mongers can yet be turned against... | |
 | Carol T. Christ - 1986 - 192 頁
...history as he is, cannot articulate that end or that event. 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. (Prologue) Man's limitations keep him from seeing the perfect whole, but... | |
 | Kurt Abraham - 1986 - 148 頁
...help tremendously to understand the world in which we live. 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. From In Memoriam, by Alfred Lord Tennyson The THREE RAYS OF ASPECT and... | |
 | Canterbury Press - 1989 - 540 頁
...ours, we know not how; Our wills are 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. Alfred Tennyson 1 809-92 456 Teach me, my God and King, In all things thee... | |
 | Peter Bingham Hinchliff - 1992 - 286 頁
...ours, we know not how; Our wills are ours, to make them thme. 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. 54 Abhott and ( ampbcll, Jowett, ii. 333. THE OLDER THE BETTER Benson (and... | |
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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. 
