 His golden locks time hath to silver turned; O time too swift, O swiftness never ceasing ! His youth 'gainst time and age hath ever spurned, But spurned in vain; youth waneth by increasing: Beauty, strength, youth are flowers but fading seen; Duty, faith,...  The Newcomes: Memoirs of a Most Respectable Family - Page 343by William Makepeace Thackeray - 1855 - 375 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Electronic journals - 1886 - 574 pages
...:— His golden locks time hath to silver turned ; O time too ewift, 0 swiftness never ceasing ! His youth 'gainst time and age hath ever spurned, But spurned in vain : youth waneth by encreasing.'1 ' The Newcomes,' p. 650, People's EU. RH ~ Beplfrtf. ENGLISH TRANSLATION OP THE 'DECAMERON.'... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - Domestic fiction - 1855 - 442 pages
...— " His golden looks time hath to silver turned ; O time too swift, O swiftness never ceasing ! His youth 'gainst time and age hath ever spurned, But spurned in vain ; youth waneth by enereasing. Beauty, strength, youth, are flowers but fading seen. Duty, faith, love, are roots, and... | |
 | Electronic journals - 1856 - 730 pages
...Man-at-Arms. " His golden locks time hath to silver turned ; 0 time too swift, 0 swiftness never ceasing ! His youth 'gainst time and age hath ever spurned, But spurned in vain ; youth waneth by increasing. Beauty, strength, youth, are flowers but fading seen; Duty, faith, love, are roots, and... | |
 | Great Britain - 1857 - 588 pages
...behind the labouring oar — The laggard soul expires without a name. — Dante. INNBE AND OUTEB. — Beauty, strength, youth, are flowers, but fading seen ; Duty, faith, love, are roots, and ever green. — JS. Peele. EABNESTNESS. — Better far Pursue a frivolous trade by serious means, Than a sublime... | |
 | William Bodham Donne - Drama - 1858 - 270 pages
...MAN-AT-ABMS. " His golden locks time hath to silver turned ; O time too swift, O swiftness never ceasing ! His youth 'gainst time and age hath ever spurned, But spurned in vain ; youth waneth by enoreasing. Beauty, strength, youth, are flowers but fading seen : Duty, faith, lore, are roots, and... | |
 | William Bodham Donne - Amusements - 1863 - 274 pages
...MAN-AT-ABMS. " His golden locks time hath to silver turned ; O time too swift, O swiftness never ceasing ! His youth 'gainst time and age hath ever spurned, But spurned in vain ; youth wancth by encreasing. Beauty, strength, youth, are flowers but fading seen : Duty, faith, love, are... | |
 | Hubert Ashton Holden - 1864 - 692 pages
...his youth 'gainst time and age hath ever spurn 'd, but spurn'd in vain; youth waneth by increasing: beauty, strength, youth are flowers but fading seen,...green. His helmet now shall make a hive for bees and lover's sonnets turn'd to holy psalms; a man at arms must now serve on his knees, and feed on prayers,... | |
 | Gleanings, A M V - 1873 - 116 pages
...happiness, idleness is always misery, 94. Our sufferings come from God ; our sadness from ourselves. 95. Beauty, Strength, Youth, are flowers but fading seen ; Duty, Faith, Love, are roots, and ever green. 96. Woman hears grief, although no word be spoken ; She soothes, without a word, the heart that's broken.... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1874 - 790 pages
...— " His golden locks Time hath to silver turned ; O Time too swift, O swiftness never ceasing ! His youth 'gainst time and age hath ever spurned, But spurned in vain ; youth waneth by increasing. Beauty, strength, youth, are flowers but fading seen. Duty, faith, love, are roots, and... | |
 | Religion - 1892 - 550 pages
...: ' His golden locks time hath to silver turned ; O time too swift, O swiftness never ceasing ! His youth 'gainst time and age hath ever spurned, But spurned in vain ; youth waneth by increasing : Beauty, strength, youth, are flowers but fading seen : Duty, faith, love, are roots, and... | |
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