 The fleeting course of fast-declining life : There heard we him with broke and hollow plaint Rue with himself his end approaching fast, And all for nought his wretched mind torment With sweet remembrance of his pleasures past. And fresh delights of lusty...  Select Beauties of Ancient English Poetry - Page 91by Henry Headley - 1810Full view - About this book
 | George Gilfillan - English poetry - 1860 - 392 pages
...untwined His vital thread, and ended with their knife The fleeting course of fast declining life : There heard we him with broke and hollow plaint. Rue...pleasures past. And fresh delights of lusty youth forewaste ; Recounting which, how would he sob and shriek, And to be young again of Jove beseek! But,... | |
 | George Gilfillan - English poetry - 1860 - 392 pages
...knife The fleeting course of fast declining life: There heard we him with broke and hollow plaint. Eue with himself his end approaching fast, And all for...pleasures past. And fresh delights of lusty youth forewaste ; Eecounting which, how would he sob and shriek, And to be young again of Jove beseek! But,... | |
 | George Gilfillan - English poetry - 1860 - 402 pages
...torment With sweet remembrance of his pleasures past. And fresh delights of lusty youth forewaste ; Recounting which, how would he sob and shriek, And to be young again of Jove beseek! That in such wither'd plight, and wretched pain, As eld, accompanied with her loathsome train, Had... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - English language - 1861 - 626 pages
...course of fast-declining life. There heard we him, with broke and hollow plaint, Rue with liimself his end approaching fast, And all for nought his wretched...pleasures past," And fresh delights of lusty youth forwast ;' Recounting which how would he sob and shriek, And to be young again of Jove beseek ! Utterly... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - English language - 1861 - 624 pages
...mind torment With sweet remembrance of his pleasures past, And fresh delights of lusty youth forwast;i Recounting which how would he sob and shriek, And to be young again of Jove beseek ! But, an i the cruel fates so fixed be That time forecast cannot return again, This one request of Jove yet... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - English language - 1861 - 636 pages
...broke and hollow plaint, Rne with himself his end approaching fast, And all for nought his wretehed mind torment With sweet remembrance of his pleasures past, And fresh delights of lusty youth forwast;' Recounting which how would he sob and shriek, And to be young again of Jove beseek ! But,... | |
 | William Francis Collier - 1862 - 678 pages
...knife The fleeting course of fast-declining life. There heard we him, with broke and hollow plaint, Hue with himself his end approaching fast. And all for...pleasures past, And fresh delights of lusty youth forewaste; [utterly wasted Recounting which, how would lie sob and shriek, And to be young again of... | |
 | William Francis Collier - American literature - 1862 - 550 pages
...knife The fleeting course of fast-declining life. There heard we him, with broke and hollow plaint, Eue with himself his end approaching fast, And all for...pleasures past, And fresh delights of lusty youth forewaite; [utterly wasted Recounting which, how would he sob and shriek, And to be young again of... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1863 - 788 pages
...had untwined His vital thread, and ended with their knife The fleeting course of fast declining life: There heard we him with broke and hollow plaint Rue...pleasures past, And fresh delights of lusty youth forewaste; Recounting which, how would he sob and shriek, And to be young again of Jove beseek I Crook-back'd... | |
 | Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1865 - 252 pages
...the Fates His vital thread, and ended with their knife The fleeting course of fast declining life : There heard we him with broke and hollow plaint Rue...pleasures past, And fresh delights of lusty youth forewaste ; wasted away Recounting which, how would he sob and shriek, And to be young again of Jove... | |
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