 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...  Life and works of William Cowper - Página 1por William Cowper - 1836Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | Collection - 1856 - 120 páginas
...melody charm' d me before lit 'son i ids with his sweet flowing ditty no more. My fugitive years are all hasting away, And I must ere long lie as lowly as...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
...his melody charm'd me hefore 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 hreast, and a stone at my head, Ere another such grove shall arise in its stead. 'T is a sight to engage... | |
 | Caroline Sheridan Norton - 1859 - 462 páginas
...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...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
...melody charmed 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...on my breast, and a stone at my head, Ere another snch grove shall arise in its stead. 'Tis a sight to engage me, if any thing can, To muse on the perishing... | |
 | Francis Turner Palgrave - 1861 - 356 páginas
...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...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
...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...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
...Kesounds with his sweet-flowing ditty no more. My fugitive* years are all hasting away, And 1 must myself lie as lowly as they, With a turf on my breast, and...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 - 398 páginas
...melody charmed 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...head, Ere another such grove shall arise in its stead. STANZAS. 145 'Tis a sight to engage me, if anything can, To muse on the perishing pleasures of man... | |
 | Thomas Humphry Ward - 1916 - 634 páginas
...his sweet-flowing ditty no more. VOL. III. I i My fugitive years are all hasting away, And I muj.t ere long lie as lowly as they, With a turf on my breast,...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 life... | |
 | 1918 - 2030 páginas
...melody charmed 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...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 life... | |
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