 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - Literary Criticism - 1849 - 168 pages
...and memento to him as he entered. On the inside, the no less striking lines of a more modern bard : " Lose this day loitering, 'twill be the same story To-morrow, and the next more dilatory. The indecision brings its own delays, And days are lost lamenting o'er lost days. Are you in earnest... | |
 | 1854 - 380 pages
...HEBE is a scrap of excellent advice from Gœthe, seasoned with a little philosophy withal : — '• Lose this day loitering, 'twill be the same story To-morrow, and the rest more dilatory : Thus indecision brings its own delays, And days are lost lamenting over days.... | |
 | Religion - 1857 - 830 pages
...one thing at a time,' but a prompt and courageous man to whatever you design to accomplish : — ' Lose this day loitering, 'twill be the same story To-morrow, and the next more dilatory; The indecision brings its own delays, And days are lost lamenting o'er lost days. Are you in earnest?... | |
 | Robert Steel (D.D.) - Christian biography - 1858 - 484 pages
...RELIGION AND BUSINESS. "Not slothful In business; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord."— ROM. x£l. It "Lose this day loitering, 'twill be the same story To-morrow, and the next more dilatory. The indecision brings its-own delays, And days are lost lamenting o'er lost days. Are you In earnest?... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1861 - 608 pages
...memento to iii;: i as he entered. On the inside, the no less striking lines of a more modern bard — "Lose this day loitering, 'twill be the same story To-morrow, and the next more dilatory. The indecision brings its own delays, And days are lost, lamenting o'er lost days. Are you in earnest... | |
 | Hymns - Hymns, English - 1861 - 464 pages
...hurries past us, but we grieve To reach the grave too soon. JD BURNS. " Redeeming the Time " SfnOSE one day loitering, 'twill be the same story ^™, To-morrow, and the next more dilatory. W The indecision brings its own delays, And days are lost, lamenting o'er lost days ; What thou canst... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1874 - 868 pages
...memento to him as he entered. On the inside, the no less striking lines of a more modern bard — " Lose this day loitering, 'twill be the same story To-morrow, and the next more dilatory, The indecision brings its own delays, And days are lost, lamenting o'er lost days. Are you in earnest... | |
 | William Henry Davenport Adams - 1880 - 388 pages
...us accept the warning, and profit by it to be on our guard against a repetition of the weakness. " Lose this day loitering, — 'twill be the same story To-morrow, and the next more dilatory ; The indecision brings its own delays, And days are lost lamenting over days. Are you in earnest ?... | |
 | Edward Payson Thwing - Bible stories, English - 1891 - 74 pages
...delayed." While the enemy was preparing, he had begun the battle. Before they were ready they were routed. "Lose this day loitering, 'twill be the same story To-morrow, and the next more dilatory ! This indecision brings its own delays, And days are lost lamenting over days. Are you in earnest... | |
 | Christian ethics - 1883 - 296 pages
...neighbour, Go, and come again, and tomorrow I will give ; when thou hast it by thee." — PKOV. iii. 28. Lose this day loitering, 'twill be the same story, To-morrow and the next more dilatory ; The indecision brings its own delays, And days are lost lamenting o'er lost days. Are you in earnest... | |
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twill be the same story To-morrow, and the next more dilatory, The indecision brings its own delays, And days are lost, lamenting o'er lost days. Are you in earnest ? Seize this very minute ! What you can do or think you can, begin it ! Boldness has genius,... 
