Shaped by himself with newly-learned art ; A wedding or a festival, A mourning or a funeral ; And this hath now his heart, And unto this he frames his song : Then will he fit his tongue To dialogues of business, love, or strife ; But it will not be long... Little Classics - Page 60edited by - 1875Full view - About this book
| Samuel Carter Hall - English poetry - 1838 - 348 pages
...mourning or a funeral ; And this hath now his heart. And unto this he frames his song : Then will he fit his tongue To dialogues of business, love, or strife...; As if his whole vocation Were endless imitation. Thou, whose exterior semblance doth belie Thy soul's immensity ; Thou best philosopher, who yet dost... | |
| William Martin - Readers - 1838 - 368 pages
...mourning or a funeral, And this hath now his heart, And unto this he frames his song : Then will he fit his tongue To dialogues of business, love, or strife...humorous stage With all the persons down to palsied age ; And life brings with her in her equipage, As if his whole vocation Were endless imitation. VII. Thou... | |
| 1838 - 588 pages
...will he fit his tongue To dialogues of business, love, or strife; But it will not belong Ere this bo thrown aside, And, with new joy and pride, The little...As if his whole vocation Were endless imitation.' The boy comes, ' trailing clouds of glory.' He is the bearer of a spirit newly lighted by his Maker.... | |
| Samuel Carter Hall - English poetry - 1838 - 412 pages
...mourning or a funeral ; And this hath now his heart, And unto this he frames his song : Then will he fit his tongue To dialogues of business, love, or strife...thrown aside, And with new joy and pride The little aetor cons another part, — Filling from time to time his ' humorous stage' With all the persons,... | |
| Charles Fenno Hoffman, Timothy Flint, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew - American periodicals - 1838 - 590 pages
...song : Then will he fit his tongue To dialogues of business, love, or strife; But it will not belong Ere this be thrown aside, And, with new joy and pride,...little actor cons another part, Filling from time to lime his ' humorous stage,' With all the persons down to palsied age, That life hrings with her in... | |
| Samuel Carter Hall - English poetry - 1838 - 336 pages
...mourning or a funeral ; And this hath now his heart, And unto this he frames his song : Then will he fit his tongue To dialogues of business, love, or strife ; But it will not he long Ere this be thrown aside, And with new joy and pride The little actor cons another part, —... | |
| Jones Very - History - 1839 - 202 pages
...mourning or a funeral ; And this hath now his heart, And unto this he frames his song ; Then will he fit his tongue To dialogues of business, love, or strife,...As if his whole vocation Were endless imitation." In this activity of mind, then, in this childlike superiority to the objects by which it was attracted,... | |
| Childhood - 1841 - 384 pages
...mourning or a funeral; And this hath now his heart, And unto this he frames his song : Then will he fit his tongue To dialogues of business, love, or strife...; As if his whole vocation Were endless imitation. TIII. Thou whose exterior semblance doth belie Thy soul's immensity; Thou best philosopher, who yet... | |
| American poetry - 1842 - 504 pages
...mourning or a funeral ; And this hath now his heart, And unto this he frames his song : Then will he fit his tongue To dialogues of business, love, or strife...; As if his whole vocation Were endless imitation. Thou best Philosopher, who yet dost keep Thy heritage, thou eye among the blind, That, deaf and silent,... | |
| George Moody - Education - 1843 - 444 pages
...just so far are they likely to become little actors— " Filling from time to time their humourous stage, With all the persons down to palsied age, That life brings with her in her equipage." Thus contracting all the impatience of realities which we dread, while at the same time " They provoke... | |
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