 | Languages, Modern - 1907 - 508 pages
...my wanderings round this world of care, In all my griefs — and God has given my share — I still had hopes, my latest hours to crown, Amidst these humble bowers to lay me down ... 1 Über den 'milk-white thorn' vgl. Ritter, p. 103, Anm. 2. — Im übrigen verweise ich auf Ritter,... | |
 | Timothy Farrar - 1847 - 106 pages
...them not to consume away the life. It enabled him to preserve equanimity, calmness, resignation, " To husband out life's taper at the close, And keep the flame from wasting by repose." Becoming a fixed habit, it guarded him almost from the possibility of too great indulgence. It carried... | |
 | James Waddel Alexander - Labor - 1847 - 300 pages
...arrangements of Providence, and you will not fail to see better days. XXXIII. THE VILLAGE REVISITED. " I still had hopes, for pride attends us still, Amidst the swains to show my book-learn'd skill, Around my fire an evening group to draw, And tell of all I felt, and all I saw.... | |
 | John BECHERVAISE - Seafaring life - 1847 - 118 pages
...my wanderings round this world of care, In all my griefs — and God has given my share — I still had hopes, my latest hours to crown, Amidst these humble bowers to lay me down ; I still had hopes, my long vexations past, Here to return, and die at home at last. Goldsmith's Trmetter.... | |
 | John Forster - Authors, English - 1848 - 1294 pages
...my wanderings round this world of care, In all my griefs . . and God has given my share . . I still had hopes, my latest hours to crown, Amidst these...pride attends us still, Amidst the swains to show my book-leam'd skill ; Around my fire an evening group to draw, And tell of all I felt, and all 1 saw... | |
 | English poetry - 1848 - 468 pages
...and God has giv'n my share — I still had hopes my latest hours to crown, Amidst these humble bow'rs to lay me down ; To husband out life's taper at the...pride attends us still, Amidst the swains to show my book-learn'd skill, Around my fire an evening group to draw, And tell of all I felt, and all I saw... | |
 | John Forster - 1848 - 740 pages
...God has giveu ray share . . I still had hopes, my latest hours to crown, Amidst these humble bowel's to lay me down ; To husband out life's taper at the...pride attends us still, Amidst the swains to show my book-learn'd skill ; Around my fire an evening group to draw, And tell of all I felt, and all I saw... | |
 | Joachim Fernau - 1848 - 736 pages
...my wanderings round this world of care, In all my griefs . . and God has given my share . . 1 still had hopes, my latest hours to crown, Amidst these...to lay me down ; To husband out life's taper at the elose, And keep the flame from wasting, by repose. I still had hopes, for pride attends us still, Amidst... | |
 | John Forster - 1848 - 744 pages
...wanderings round this world of care, In all my griefs . . and God has given my share . . I still hatl hopes, my latest hours to crown, Amidst these humble...to lay me down ; To husband out life's taper at the elose, And keep the tiame from wasting, by repose. I still had hopes, for pride attends us still, Amidst... | |
 | Edwin Hubbell Chapin - Didactic literature, American - 1848 - 234 pages
...had hopes, my latest hours to crown, Amid these humble bowers to lay me down ; To husband out life s taper at the close, And keep the flame from wasting by repose ; 174 DUTIES OF YOUNG WOMEN. ***** Around my fire an evening group to draw, And tell of all I felt... | |
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In all my wanderings round this world of care, In all my griefs — and God has given my share — I still had hopes, my latest hours to crown, Amidst these humble bowers to lay me down; To husband out life's taper at the close, And keep the flame from... 
