...more : For then we know how vain it was to boast Of fleeting Things, so certain to be lost. Clouds of Affection from our younger Eyes Conceal that emptiness, which Age descries. The Soul's dark Cottage, batter'd and decay'd, Lets in new Light thro chinks that time has made. Stronger by weakness, wiser...

...no more. For then we know how vain it was to boast Of fleeting things, so certain to be lost. Clouds of affection from our younger eyes Conceal that emptiness which age descries. The soul's dark cottage, batter'd and decay 'd, Lets in new light through chinks that Time hath made; Stronger by weakness,...

...as before, with, the rest of the Family at her Heels. 1 Edmund Waller, OH the Divine Poems (1686): The soul's dark cottage, battered and decayed, Lets in new light through chinks that time has made. 2 "Fowler" (meaning bird-catcher) is probably the name of the gentleman's dog....

...advantageous to knowledge or light of any kind, except as contained in a couplet, I think, of Shenstone-—• "The soul's dark cottage, battered and decayed, Lets in new light through chinks that Time has made." But ordinarily, so far as youth is concerned, physical education is ju-st as necessary...

...no more. For then we know how vain it was to boast Of fleeting things, so certain to be lost. Clouds of affection from our younger eyes Conceal that emptiness...battered and decayed, Lets in new light through chinks that Time has made: Stronger by weakness, wiser men become As they draw near to their eternal home....