| William Jerdan - 1852 - 352 pàgines
...cherish his memory. CHAPTEK II. CHILDHOOD. Time rolls her ceaseless course ! The race of yore That daneed our infancy upon their knee, And told our marvelling boyhood legends store Of their strange ventures happed by land or sea; How are they blotted from the things that be !—SCOTT. There is a place in... | |
| 1852 - 216 pàgines
...refinement. CHAPTEE II. MODERN PERIOD, AD 1066, TO PRESENT TIME. " Time rolls hia ceaseless coarse. The race of yore, Who danced our infancy upon their knee, And told our marvelling boyhood legend's store, Of their strange ventures happed by land and sea, How are they blotted from the things... | |
| Martha Featon Hunter - 1852 - 454 pàgines
...his ceaseless course. The race of yore, Who danced in infancy upon our knee, Anil told our marveling boyhood legends store, Of their strange ventures happ'd by land or sea, How they are blotted from the things that be ! How few, all weak, and withered of their force, Wait, on... | |
| Walter Scott - 1853 - 420 pàgines
...the shore withdrew. CAMTO THiRD CANTO THIRD. i. 1 ME rolls his ceaseless course. The race of yore,1 Who danced our infancy upon their knee, And told our...that be ! How few, all weak and wither'd of their foree, Wait on the verge of dark eternity, Like stranded wrecks, the tide returning hoarse, To sweep... | |
| Lord Francis Jeffrey Jeffrey - 1854 - 780 pàgines
...think is among the most striking : — " Time rolls his ceaseless course ! The race of yore Who danc'd our infancy upon their knee, And told our marvelling...blotted from the things that be ! How few, all weak and wilher'd of their force. Wait, on the verge of dark eternity, Like stranded wrecks — the tide returning... | |
| George King Matthews - 1854 - 264 pàgines
...CHAPTER XIV. MY LAST PILGRIMAGE ROUND ABBOTSFORD . . 209 ABBOTSFORD AND SIR WALTER SCOTT. CHAPTER I. " Time rolls his ceaseless course. The race of yore,...store, Of their strange ventures happ'd by land or se.i, How are they blotted from the things that be ! " LADY of THE LAKE. MEMORY hallows the resting-places... | |
| Matthew Henry Barker - 1854 - 380 pàgines
...parboiled amongst the hot water, or only brought to a simmer by steam, time must develope, but I fear " the race of yore Who danced our infancy upon their knee, And tola our boyhood legends store Of their strange 'ventures happ'd by land or sea," are gone, never to... | |
| Walter Scott - 1855 - 914 pàgines
...2il)e Ccilig of % Cake. CAXTO THIItn. »Tiic (fi.itlicrfiifl. I. TIME rolls his ceaseless course. Tlie race of yore,* Who danced our infancy upon their knee,...land or sea, How are they blotted from the things Hint be ! How few, all weak and wither'd of their force, Wait on the verge of dark eternity, lake stranded... | |
| Sarah Josepha Buell Hale - 1855 - 612 pàgines
...The raee of yore, Who dane'd our infaney upon their knee, And told our marvelling boyhood legend's store, Of their strange ventures happ'd by land or...that be ! How few, all weak and wither'd of their foree, W ait on the verge of dark eternity, bike stranded wreeks, the tide returning hoarse, T» sweep... | |
| John Fanning Watson - 1855 - 686 pàgines
...to urge him to make the same peace for himself and country ! AGED PERSONS. " The hands of yore That danced our infancy upon their knee And told our marvelling...legends' store, Of their strange ventures, happ'd by land and sea, — How they are blotted from the things that be !" THERE is something grateful, and perhaps... | |
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