 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...  Poems - Page 210by William Cowper - 1817Full view - About this book
 | Peter Bullions - English language - 1846 - 252 pages
...fugitive years are all hastening away, And I must ere Ion? 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. JVV te.— For additional exercises in parsing, ati7 simple correct writer may ba used by those who... | |
 | William Cowper - 1847 - 556 pages
...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 anything can, To muse on the perishing pleasures of man ; Though his life be a dream, his enjoyments,... | |
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1849 - 740 pages
...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...on the perishing pleasures of man ; Though his life be a dream, his enjoyments, I see, Have a being less durable even than he. * * Cowper afterwards altered... | |
 | Joseph Guy - 1849 - 118 pages
...must ere long lie as lowly as they, My fugitive years are all hasting away, 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 anything can, To muse on the perishing pleasures of man; Though his life be a dream, his enjoyments,... | |
 | Caroline Sheridan Norton - 1851 - 468 pages
...charm'd me before Resounds with his sweet-flowing ditty no more. "'Tis a sight to engage me, if anything can, To muse on the perishing pleasures of man ; Though his life be a dream, his enjoyments, I see, Have a being less durable even than he." THE CEEOLE GIRL; OR, THE... | |
 | William Cowper - 1850 - 516 pages
...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...on the perishing pleasures of man : Though his life be a dream, his enjoyments, I see, Have a being less durable even than he.* IDEM LA TINE REDDITUM.... | |
 | Peter Bullions - English language - 1850 - 238 pages
...charmed me hefore, Resounds with his sweet-flowing ditty no more. My fugitive years are all hastening away And I must ere long lie as lowly as they, With...head, Ere another such grove shall arise in its stead. JW(e. — For additional exercises in parsing, any simple correct writer may IH» used hy those who... | |
 | William Cowper - 1850 - 476 pages
...my head, Ere another sur.h grove shall nrisr. in its stead. "Tis a right to engage me, if anything can, To muse on the perishing pleasures of man ; Though his life be a dream, his enjoyments, I see, Have a being less durable even than he.* IDEM LATINE REDDITTJM.... | |
 | William Cowper - 1851 - 620 pages
...fugitive years are all hasting away, And I must ere long lie as lowly as they, With a turf on my breast, apocalypse displayed! The sacred book no longer suffers...plainness, art could never mend, What simplest minds can be a dream, his enjoyments, I see Have a being less durable even than he.* IDEM LATINE REDDITUM. POPULC... | |
 | William Cowper - 1851 - 624 pages
...away, And I must ere long lie as lowly as they, I With a turf on my breast, and a stone at my head, i , more unavoidable than the most mathematical conclusion,...friend Unwin I The first man for whom I conceived a be a dream, his enjoyments, I sec, Have a being less durable even than he.* IDEM LATINE REDDITUM. POPULJE... | |
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