Records of the Tercentenary Festival of the University of Dublin Held 5th to 8th July, 1892Hodges, Figgis, 1894 - 328 Seiten |
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Seite 119 - Methinks I see in my mind a noble and puissant nation rousing herself like a strong man after sleep, and shaking her invincible locks: methinks I see her as an eagle mewing her mighty youth, and kindling her undazzled eyes at the full midday beam...
Seite 131 - Ne'er tell me of glories serenely adorning The close of our day, the calm eve of our night : — Give me back, give me back the wild freshness of Morning, Her clouds and her tears are worth Evening's best light.
Seite 239 - If I go along trembling like a cloud driven by the wind : have mercy, almighty, have mercy...
Seite 172 - Hie manus ob patriam pugnando volnera passi, 660 quique sacerdotes casti, dum vita manebat, quique pii vates et Phoebo digna locuti, inventas aut qui vitam excoluere per artes, quique sui memores alios fecere merendo, omnibus his nivea cinguntur tempora vitta.
Seite 81 - My soul shall be satisfied as with marrow and fatness ; and my mouth shall praise thee with joyful lips : 6 When I remember thee upon my bed, and meditate on thee in the night watches. 7 Because thou hast been my help, therefore in the shadow of thy wings will I rejoice.
Seite 241 - God, there is no god but He, the living, the self-subsistent. Slumber takes Him not, nor sleep. His is what is in the heavens and what is in the earth. Who is it that intercedes with Him save by His permission? He knows what is before them and what behind them, and they comprehend not aught of His knowledge but of what He pleases. His throne extends over the heavens and the earth, and it tires Him not to guard them both, for He is high and grand.
Seite 240 - Thou, 0 righteous king, have mercy on me! Like as a rope from a calf, remove from me my sin; for away from thee I am not master even of the twinkling of an eye.
Seite 152 - I began to think seriously of matrimony, and chose my wife, as she did her wedding gown, not for a fine, glossy surface, but for such qualities as would wear well.
Seite 239 - I come to thee, O lord of the gods, who hast existed from the beginning, eternal God, who hast made all things that are. Thy name be my protection ; prolong my term of life to a good age ; may my son be in my place (after me) ; may my dignity remain with him (and his) for ever, as is due to the righteous who is glorious in the house of his lord.
Seite 242 - Moses once heard a shepherd praying as follows : ' O God, show me where Thou art, that I may become Thy servant. I will clean Thy shoes and comb Thy hair, and sew Thy clothes, and fetch Thee milk.