 | Collection - 1856 - 120 páginas
...My fugitive years are all hasting away, And I must ere long lie as lowly as they, With a turf on my breast, and a stone at my head, Ere another such grove shall arise in its stead. 'Tis a sight to engage me, if any thing can, To muse on the perishing pleasures of man ; Though his... | |
 | Septimus Sears - 1856 - 906 páginas
...fugitive years are all hasting away, And I must ere long lie as lowly as they, With a turf on my hreast, and a stone at my head, Ere another such grove shall arise in its stead. 'T is a sight to engage me, if any thing can, To muse on the perishing pleasures of man ; Though his... | |
 | Caroline Sheridan Norton - 1859 - 462 páginas
..."My fugitive years are all hasting away, And I must ere long lie as lowly as they, With a turf on my breast, and a stone at my head, Ere another such grove shall arise in its stead. ""Tin a sight to engage me, if anything can, To muse on the perishing pleasures of man ; Though his... | |
 | William Cowper - 1860 - 506 páginas
...ludit imago. * Mr. Cowper afterwards altered this stanza in the following Mr i The change both ray heart and my fancy employs, I reflect on the frailty of man ana his joys; Shaft-lived as wo aru. yet our pleasures we see, Have a still shorter dale, aud die sooyier... | |
 | Francis Turner Palgrave - 1861 - 356 páginas
...My fugitive years are all hasting away, And I must ere long lie as lowly as they, With a turf on my breast and a stone at my head, Ere another such grove shall arise in its stead. 'Tis a sight to engage me, if anything can, To muse on the perishing pleasures of man ; Short-lived... | |
 | Henry Twells - 1862 - 262 páginas
...My fugitive years are all hasting away, And I must ere long lie as lowly as they, With a turf on my breast, and a stone at my head, Ere another such grove shall arise in its stead. 'Tis a sight to engage me, if anything can, To muse on the perishing pleasures of man ; Though his... | |
 | James Stuart Laurie - 1863 - 264 páginas
...My fugitive* years are all hasting away, And 1 must myself lie as lowly as they, With a turf on my breast, and a stone at my head, Ere another such grove...employs: I reflect on the frailty of man and his joys; Short-liv'd as we are, yet our pleasures we see Have a still shorter date, and die sooner than we.... | |
 | English poetry - 1865 - 410 páginas
...My fugitive years are all hasting away, And I must ere long lie as lowly as they, With a turf on my breast and a stone at my head, Ere another such grove shall arise in its stead. "Pis a sight to engage me, if anything can, To muse on the perishing pleasures of man ; Though his... | |
 | Hubert Ashton Holden - 1866 - 726 páginas
...My fugitive years are all hasting away, and I must ere long lie as lowly as they, with a turf on my breast and a stone at my head, ere another such grove...stead. The change both my heart and my fancy employs; I reflec~l on the frailty of man and his joys ; short-lived as we are, yet our pleasures, we see, have... | |
 | John William Stanhope Hows - 1866 - 574 páginas
...My fugitive years are all hr.sting away, And I must ere long lie as lowly as they, With a turf on my breast and a stone at my head, Ere another such grove shall arise in its stead. 'Tis a sight to engage me, if any thing can, To muse on the perishing pleasures of man ; Short-lived... | |
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And the scene, where his melody charm'd me before, Resounds with his sweet-flowing ditty no more. My fugitive years are all hasting away, And I must ere long lie as lowly as they, With a turf on my breast, and a stone at my head, Ere another such grove... 
