Tis not long since, — it cannot be long, — My years so soon were spent, Since I was a boy, both straight and strong, Yet now am I feeble and bent. A dream, a dream, — it is all a dream ! A strange, sad dream, good sooth ; For old as I am, and old... A Thousand Lines: Now First Offered to the World We Live in - Page 17by Martin Farquhar Tupper - 1845 - 60 pagesFull view - About this book
| Proverbs - 1817 - 364 pages
...Since I was a boy, both straight and strong, Yet now am I feeble and bent. A dream, a dream, — it is all a dream ! A strange, sad dream, good sooth...How buoyant and bold, though it seem to grow old, For ever young, — though life's old age Hath every nerve unstrung ; The heart, the heart is a heritage... | |
| Martin Farquhar Tupper - Conduct of life - 1848 - 216 pages
...Since I was a boy, both straight and strong, Yet now am I'feeble and bent. A dream, a dream, — it is all a dream ! A strange, sad dream, good sooth...I am, and old as I seem, My heart is full of youth : 178 SONXET TO PROVERBIAL PHILOSOPHY. Eye hath not seen, tongue hath not told, And ear hath not heard... | |
| 1840 - 308 pages
...Since I was a boy, both straight and strong, Yet now am I feeble and bent. A dream, a dream, — it is all a dream ! A strange, sad dream, good sooth...How buoyant and bold, though it seem to grow old, For ever young, — though life's old age Hath every nerve unstrung : The heart, the heart is a heritage... | |
| Martin Farquhar Tupper - English poetry - 1850 - 490 pages
...cannot be long— My years so soon were spent, Since I was a boy, both straight and strong, Yet now I am feeble and bent. A dream, a dream—it is all a dream!...How buoyant and bold, though it seem to grow old, Ts the heart, for ever young! For ever young—though life's old age, Hath every nerve unstrung; The... | |
| Salem Town - Readers - 1850 - 372 pages
...I was a boy both straight and strong, - Yet now am I feeble and bent. Hit A dream," a dream, — it is all a dream, A strange, sad dream, good sooth ;...am, and old as I seem, My heart is full of youth. 11. Eye hath not seen, tongue hath not told, And ear hath not heard it sung, How buoyant and bold,... | |
| Salem Town - Readers - 1850 - 374 pages
...Since I was a boy both straight and strong, Yet now am I feeble and bent. 10. A dream," a dream, — it is all a dream, A strange, sad dream, good sooth ; For old as I am, and old as 1 seem, My heart is full of youth. 11. Eye hath not seen, tongue hath not told, And ear hath not heard... | |
| Martin Farquhar Tupper - 1851 - 496 pages
...and haggard, and gray, But I look on her blooming, and soft, and fair As she was on her wedding day ! I do not see you, daughters and sons, In the likeness...How buoyant and bold, though it seem to grow old, For ever young,—though life's old age Hath every nerve unstrung : The heart, the heart is a heritage... | |
| Kenelm Henry Digby - 1854 - 626 pages
...Since I was a boy, both straight and strong, But now I am feeble and bent. " A dream, a dream — it is all a dream ! A strange sad dream, good sooth ;...heart is full of youth. " Eye hath not seen, tongue bath not told, And ear hath not heard it sung, How buoyant and bold, though it seem to grow old, Is... | |
| Martin Farquhar Tupper - 1856 - 514 pages
...Since I was a boy, both straight and strong. Yet now am I feeble and bent. A dream, a dream, — it is all a dream ! A strange, sad dream, good sooth...youth : Eye hath not seen, tongue hath not told, And car hath not heard it sung, How buoyant and bold, though it seem to grow old, For ever young, — though... | |
| Martin Farquhar Tupper - 1857 - 508 pages
...Since I was a boy, both straight and strong. Yet now am I feeble and bent. A dream, a dream, — it is all a dream ! A strange, sad dream, good sooth...How buoyant and bold, though it seem to grow old, For ever young, — though life's old age Hath every nerve unstrung : The heart, the heart is a heritage... | |
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