 | William Cowper - 1835 - 620 pages
...My fugitive years are all hasting away, And I must ere long lie as lowly as they, With a turf on my breast, and a stone at my head, Ere another such grove shall arise in its stead. 'Tis a sight to engage me, if any thing can, To muse on the perishing pleasures of man ; Though his... | |
 | Edward Mammatt - Art - 1835 - 472 pages
...My fugitive years are all hasting away, And I must ere long lie as lowly as they, With a turf on my breast and a stone at my head, Ere another such grove shall arise in its stead." We shall perhaps be as much affected if we consider the converse of this, and contemplate a tree whose... | |
 | Edward Mammatt - Art - 1835 - 470 pages
...My fugitive years are all hasting away, And I must ere long lie as lowly as they, With a turf on my breast and a stone at my head, Ere another such grove shall arise in its stead." We shall perhaps be as much affected if we consider the converse of this, and contemplate a tree whose... | |
 | William Cowper - 1837 - 420 pages
...My fugitive years are all hasting away, And I must ere long lie as lowly as they, With a turf on my breast, and a stone at my head, Ere another such grove shall arise in its stead. 'Tis a sight to engage me, if any thing can, To muse on the perishing pleasures of man ; Though his... | |
 | Jonathan Barber - Oratory - 1836 - 404 pages
...My fugitive years are all hasting away, And I must ere long lie as lowly as they, With a turf on my breast, and a stone at my head, Ere another such grove shall arise in its stead. 'Tis a sight to engage me, if any thing can, To muse on the perishing nature of man; • « Tho' his... | |
 | William Cowper - 1837 - 436 pages
...My fugitive years are all hasting away, And I must ere long lie as lowly as they, With a turf on my breast, and a stone at my head, Ere another such grove shall arise in its stead. 'Tis a sight to engage me, if any thing can, To muse on the perishing pleasures of man ; Though his... | |
 | William Cowper - 1837 - 534 pages
...My fugitive years are all hasting away, And I must ere long lie as lowly as they, With a turf on my breast, and a stone at my head, Ere another such grove shall arise in its stead. "Tis a sight to engage me, if any thing can, To muse on the perishing pleasures of man ; Though his... | |
 | William Cowper - 1839 - 554 pages
...My fugitive years are all hasting away, And I must ere long lie as lowly as they, With a turf on my breast, and a stone at my head, Ere another such grove...stead. The change both my heart and my fancy employs, I refleet on the frailty of man and his joys ; Short-lived as we are, yet our pleasures, we see, Have... | |
 | Caroline Sheridan Norton - English literature - 1841 - 322 pages
...My fugitive years are all hasting away, And I must ere long lie as lowly as they, With a turf on my breast, and a stone at my head, Ere another such grove shall arise in its stead. THE CREOLE GIRL; Oft. THE PHYSICIAN'S STORY. Elle nail de ce monde, ou les plus belles choses Ont le pire... | |
 | William Cowper - 1841 - 260 pages
...My fugitive years are all hasting away, And I must ere long lie as lowly as they, With a turf on my breast, and a stone at my head, Ere another such grove shall arise in its stead *Tis a sight to engage me, vf any thing can, To muse on the perishing pleasures of man ; 19 • Though... | |
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And the scene, where his melody charm'd me before, Resounds with his sweet-flowing ditty no more. My fugitive years are all hasting away, And I must ere long lie as lowly as they, With a turf on my breast, and a stone at my head, Ere another such grove... 
