 I do not wonder at what men Suffer, but I wonder often at what they Lose. We may see how good rises out of pain and evil; but the dead, naked, eyeless loss, what good comes of that ? The fruit struck to the earth before its ripeness; the glowing life...  Life and Letters of W.J. Birkbeck ... - Sivu 260tekijä(t) William John Birkbeck - 1922 - 390 sivuaKoko teos - Tietoja tästä kirjasta
 | John Ruskin - 1868 - 506 sivua
...I do not wonder at what men Suffer, but I wonder often at what they Lose. We may see how good rises out of pain and evil ; but the dead, naked, eyeless...purpose dissolved away in sudden death ; the words, halfspoken, choked upon the lips with clay for ever ; or, stranger than all, the whole majesty of humanity... | |
 | John Ruskin - 1875 - 80 sivua
...I do not wonder at what men Suffer, but I wonder often at what they Lose. We may see how good rises out of pain and evil ; but the dead, naked, eyeless loss, what good comes out of that ? The fruit struck to the earth before its ripeness; the glowing life and goodly purpose... | |
 | 1879 - 336 sivua
...I do not wonder at what men suffer, but I wonder often at what they lose. We may see how good rises out of pain and evil; but the dead, naked, eyeless...for ever; or, stranger than all, the whole majesty \ ~ 198 THE CASKET OF LITERARY GEMS. of humanity raised to its fulness, and every gift and power necessary... | |
 | George Gilbert Scott - 1881 - 300 sivua
...I do not wonder at what men suffer, but I wonder often at what they lose. We may see how good rises out of pain and evil ; but the dead, naked, eyeless...and goodly purpose dissolved away in sudden death. (Ruskin's " Stones of Venice," ii., p. I49-) " Qlwd ££0 facia, tu nescis modo, sties autem postca."... | |
 | 1885 - 770 sivua
...wonder at what men suffer in this world, but I wonder often at what they lose. We may see how good rises out of pain and evil; but the dead, naked, eyeless loss, what good comes of that ?— RUSKIN. If measured by deeds, not by years, a veteran has laid down his burdens and is at rest... | |
 | Susan Coolidge - 1890 - 382 sivua
...wonder at what men suffer in this world, but I wonder often at what they lose. We may see how good rises out of pain and evil ; but the dead, naked, eyeless loss, — what good comes of that ? JOHN RUSKIN. GREAT peace have they which love Thy law. — Ps. cxix. 165. FAIR, solitary path ! whose... | |
 | Frederick Saunders, Minnie K. Davis - 1899 - 768 sivua
...I do not wonder at what men suffer, but I wonder often at what they lose. We may see how good rises out of pain and evil ; but the dead, naked, eyeless...words, half spoken, choked upon the lips with clay forever; or, stranger than all, the whole majesty of humanity raised to its fullness, and every gift... | |
 | John Ruskin - 1904 - 682 sivua
...I do not wonder at what men Suffer, but I wonder often at what they Lose. We may see how good rises out of pain and evil ; but the dead, naked, eyeless...sudden death ; the words, half spoken, choked upon the lip with clay for ever ; or, stranger than all, the whole majesty of humanity raised to its fulness,... | |
 | John Ruskin - 1904 - 680 sivua
...I do not wonder at what men Suffer, but I wonder often at what they Lose. We may see how good rises out of pain and evil ; but the dead, naked, eyeless...sudden death ; the words, half spoken, choked upon the lip with clay for ever ; or, stranger than all, the whole majesty of humanity raised to its fulness,... | |
 | John Ruskin - 1904 - 674 sivua
...I do not wonder at what men Suffer, but I wonder often at what they Lose. We may see how good rises out of pain and evil ; but the dead, naked, eyeless...sudden death ; the words, half spoken, choked upon the lip with clay for ever ; or, stranger than all, the whole majesty of humanity raised to its fulness,... | |
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