 How soon hath Time, the subtle thief of youth, Stolen on his wing my three-and-twentieth year! My hasting days fly on with full career, But my late spring no bud or blossom shew'th.  A Treasury of English Sonnets - Page 72edited by - 1880 - 470 pagesFull view - About this book
 | John Milton, Charles Symmons - 1806 - 602 pages
...of youth, Stolne on his wing my three and twentieth yeere! My hasting days fly on with full careere; But my late spring no bud or blossom shew'th. Perhaps my semblance might deceave the truth, That I to manhood am arrived so neere, And inward ripenesse doth much lesse appear.... | |
 | Biography - 1806 - 224 pages
...three-and-twenticth yeare ! My hasting days fly on with full careere, But my late spring no bud or blossom sheweth. Perhaps my semblance might deceive the truth, That I to manhood am airiv'd so neare, And inward ripeness doth much lesse appear, That some more tymely happie spirit indu'th;... | |
 | John Milton - 1807 - 434 pages
...twenty-three. How soon hath Time, the subtle thief of youth, Stoln on his wing my three and twentieth year ! My hasting days fly on with full career, But my late spring no bud or blossom sbew'th. Perbaps my semblance might deceive the truth, That 1 to manhood am arriv'd so near, And inward... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 560 pages
...AGE OF 23. How soon hath Time, the subtle thief of youth, Stol'n on his Wing my three and twentieth year My hasting days fly on with full career, But...semblance might deceive the truth, That I to manhood am arriv'd so near; And inward ripeness doth much less appear, That some more timely-happy spirits endu'tb.... | |
 | John Milton - 1810 - 540 pages
...age of 23. How soon hath Time, the subtle thief of youth, Stoln on his wing my three and twentieth year! My hasting days fly on with full career, But...semblance might deceive the truth, That I to manhood am arriv'd so near; And inward ripeness doth much less appear, That some more timely-happy spirits endu'th.... | |
 | William Hayley - Poets, English - 1810 - 472 pages
...of:" SONNET. How soon hath time, the subtle thief of youth, Stol'n on his wing my three and twentieth year! My hasting days fly on with full career, But...semblance might deceive the truth, That I to manhood am arriv'd so near, And inward ripeness doth much less appear, That some more timely happy spirits indu'th.... | |
 | William Hayley - Poets, English - 1810 - 418 pages
...bud or blossom shew'th. Perhaps my semblance might deceive the truth, That I to manhood am arriv'd so near; And inward ripeness doth much less appear, That some more timely-happy spirits endu'th. Yet be it less or more, or soon or slow, It shall be still in strictest measure even To that... | |
 | Charles Symmons - 1810 - 684 pages
...because they come in not altogether unfitly, made up in a Petrarchian stanza, which I told you of. " How soon hath time, the subtle thief of youth, Stolen on his wing my three and twentieth year! My hasting days fly on with full career ; But my late spring no bud or blossom... | |
 | John Milton - 1813 - 270 pages
...bud or blossom shew th. Perhaps my semblance might-deceive the truth, That I to manhood am arriv'd so near; And inward ripeness doth much less appear, That some more timely-happy spirits mdu th. Vet be it less or more, or soon or slow, It shall be still in strictest measure even To that... | |
 | English poetry - 1814 - 286 pages
...Time, the subtile Thief of Youth Stolen on his wing my three and twentieth Year ! My hasting days flie on with full career; But my late Spring no bud or...semblance might deceive the truth: That I to manhood am arrivd so near And inward ripeness doth much less appear Than som more timely happy spirits indu'th... | |
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