“Whence has come thy lasting power.”
On an old Song. Reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
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British politician 1838–1903Related quotes
Pierre-Jean de Béranger (1780–1857) French poet and chansonnier
L'Adieu; free translation; reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 579.
John Locke book An Essay Concerning Human Understanding
Source: An Essay Concerning Human Understanding
“May I look on thee when my last hour comes; may I hold thy hand, as I sink, in my dying clasp.”
Te spectem, suprema mihi cum venerit hora,<br/>Et teneam moriens deficiente manu.
Tibullus (-50–-19 BC) poet and writer (0054-0019)
Te spectem, suprema mihi cum venerit hora,
Et teneam moriens deficiente manu.
Bk. 1, no. 1, line 59.
Variant translation: May I be looking at you when my last hour has come, and dying may I hold you with my weakening hand.
Elegies
“God of grace and God of glory,
On Thy people pour Thy power.”
Harry Emerson Fosdick (1878–1969) American pastor
God of Grace and God of Glory (1930)
Context: God of grace and God of glory,
On Thy people pour Thy power.
Crown Thine ancient church’s story,
Bring her bud to glorious flower.
Grant us wisdom, grant us courage,
For the facing of this hour,
For the facing of this hour.
Letitia Elizabeth Landon (1802–1838) English poet and novelist
An Old Man Over the Body of his Son from The London Literary Gazette (1st March 1823) Medallion Wafers
The Vow of the Peacock (1835)
Letitia Elizabeth Landon (1802–1838) English poet and novelist
(15th March 1823) Poetical Catalogue of Pictures. Hope, from a design by a Lady.
The London Literary Gazette, 1823
“Let this be my last word, that I trust in thy love.”
Rabindranath Tagore Stray Birds
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Stray Birds (1916)