 t is coming fast, When thou shalt fade like me : — Like me through varying seasons range, And past enjoyments mourn ; — The fairest, sweetest spring shall change To winter in its turn. In infancy, my vernal prime, When life itself was new, Amusement...  The West Indies, and Other Poems - Pàgina 119per James Montgomery - 1814 - 160 pàginesVisualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
 | John Evans - 1831 - 322 pàgines
...!" Thus the Old Man is not without his pleasures, and his anticipations of future felicity — Shall MAN of frail fruition boast ? Shall Life be counted...dear ; Oft but a moment, and at most A momentary year 1 There was a time — that time is past, When, YOCTH ! I bloom'd like thee ; A time will come —... | |
 | John Evans - 1834 - 306 pàgines
...HEAVENS!" Thus the Old Man is not without his pleasures, and his anticipations of future felicity — Shall MAN of frail fruition boast? Shall Life be counted...thee; A time will come — 'tis coming fast, When thou shall fade like me ! Like me through varying seasons range, And past enjoyments mourn ; The fairest,... | |
 | 1836 - 514 pàgines
...forvnke the sky ; Thy brother, in that dreadful day, Shall live and never die. THE OLD MAN'S SONG. SHALL man of frail fruition boast ? Shall life be counted...dear, Oft but a moment, and, at most, A momentary year Í There was a time, — that time is past. When, youth ! I bloom'd like thee ! A time will come, —... | |
 | Francis Augustus Cox, James Hoby - 1836 - 588 pàgines
...close by, peculiarly impressive : — " There was a time, that time is past, When, youth, I bloomed like thee ; A time will come, 'tis coming fast, When thou shalt fade like me." Mr. Willard, the baptist pastor at Northampton, was from home. His church is small, for although about... | |
 | Joseph Belcher - 1837 - 444 pàgines
...grave close by peculiarly impressive :— ' There was a time, that time is past, When, youth, I bloomed like thee ; A time will come, 'tis coming fast, When thou shalt fade like me ' " SCRAPS FROM THE EDITOR'S PORTFOLIO. REDEMPTION OF TIME—An extract, found amongit the papers of... | |
 | Samuel Rogers - 1839 - 510 pàgines
...dreadful day, Shall live and never die. THE OLD MAN'S SONG. SHALL man of frail fruition U. ii •' Shall life be counted dear, Oft but a moment, and,...When, youth ! I bloom'd like thee ! A time will come, — 't is coming fast, When thou sholt fade like me : — Like me through varying seasons range, And... | |
 | Samuel Rogers - 1843 - 516 pàgines
...forsake the sky ; Thy brother, in that dreadful day, Shall live and never die. THE OLD MAN'S SONG. SHALL man of frail fruition boast? Shall life be counted dear, Oft but a moment, and, at most, A momentary yeart Thore was a time, — that time is past, When, youth ! I bloom'd like thee ! A time will come,... | |
 | James Montgomery - 1845 - 522 pàgines
...mine be the laurels of virtue alone, And the glories of Paradise mine. 1807. THE OLD MAN'S SONG. SHALL Man of frail fruition boast ? Shall life be counted...fade like me : — Like me through varying seasons rango, And past enjoyments mourn ; — The fairest, sweetest spring shall change To winter in its turn.... | |
 | James Montgomery - 1850 - 402 pàgines
...live and never die. THE OLD MAN'S SONG. SUAI L Man of frail fruition boast ? Shall life be eounted dear, Oft but a moment, and at most A momentary year...a time, — that time is past, — When, youth ! I bluom'd like thee ! A time will eome, — 'tis eoming fast, — When thou s-halt fade like me : —... | |
 | James Montgomery, Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1853 - 926 pàgines
...alone, And the glories of Paradise mine. 1807. THE OLD MAN'S SONG. SHALL Man of frail fruition hoast ? Shall life be counted dear, Oft but a moment, and...A time will come, — 'tis coming fast, When thou shall fade like me :— Like me through varying seasons range, And past enjoyments mourn ; — The... | |
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