 TERMINUS. IT is time to be old, To take in sail : — The god of bounds, Who sets to seas a shore, Came to me in his fatal rounds, And said : ' No more ! No farther shoot Thy broad ambitious branches, and thy root.  The Stoddard Library: Eliot-Gladstone - Page 55by John Lawson Stoddard - 1913Full view - About this book
 | Curtis Hidden Page - American literature - 1905 - 740 pages
...than live to-day; If who can read them comes at last He will spell in the sculpture, ' Stay.' 1866. TERMINUS* IT is time to be old, To take in sail: —...Fancy departs: no more invent; Contract thy firmament 10 To compass of a tent. There 's not enough for this and that, Make thy option which of two; Economize... | |
 | Curtis Hidden Page - American literature - 1905 - 738 pages
...live to-day; If who can read them comes at last He will spell in the sculpture, ' Stay.' TERMINUS i IT is time to be old, To take in sail: — The god...Fancy departs: no more invent; Contract thy firmament ю To compass of a tent. There 's not enough for this and that, Make thy option which of two; Economize... | |
 | James Brady Smiley - American literature - 1905 - 348 pages
...Emerson the degree of LL.D. In Terminus we realize that the work of this master mind was almost done. " It is time to be old. To take in sail : The god of...shoot Thy broad ambitious branches, and thy root." Europe, which they had taken after their house had been destroyed by fire, they found their home restored... | |
 | CURTIS HIDDE PAGE - 1905 - 746 pages
...from a long stay in the Western States, I met my father in New York just starting for his usual winThe god of bounds, Who sets to seas a shore, Came to me...Fancy departs: no more invent; Contract thy firmament ю To compass of a tent. There 's not enough for this and that, Make thy option which of two; Economize... | |
 | John Torrey Morse - Massachusetts - 1905 - 482 pages
...unremitting kindness and forbearance to have remained your president on such a precarious footing. It is time to be old, To take in sail; — The god...to me in his fatal rounds, And said : —' No More !' " 4 On October 20, 1845, Colonel Lee was married to Elizabeth Perkins Cabot, a daughter of Samuel... | |
 | James Brady Smiley - American literature - 1905 - 354 pages
...Emerson the degree of LL.D. In Terminus we realize that the work of this master mind was almost done. " It is time to be old, To take in sail: The god of...shore, Came to me in his fatal rounds, And said : " No move ! No farther shoot Thy broad ambitious branches, and thy root." Europe, which they had taken after... | |
 | Curtis Hidden Page - American poetry - 1905 - 730 pages
...from a long stay in the Western States, I met my father in New York just starting for his usual winThe god of bounds, Who sets to seas a shore, Came to me...farther shoot Thy broad ambitious branches, and thy rootFancy departs: no more invent; Contract thy firmament 10 To compass of a tent. There 's not enough... | |
 | Francis St. John Thackeray - Mapledurham (England) - 1907 - 272 pages
...Tree and they sang Carols. How thankful I am to have children so kind to children as mine are! 1906 The God of bounds Who sets to seas a shore, Came to me in his fatal rounds And said ' No more.' EMERSON, Terminus. January $th. We have a new pony-cart, which is a great comfort. A terrible wild... | |
 | Grace Norton - 1908 - 258 pages
...propre force et fortune, peut seconder l'ouvrier et le devancer outre son invention et cognoissance. It is time to be old, To take in sail: — The god...farther shoot Thy broad ambitious branches, and thy root : Contract thy firmament To compass of a tent.' Terminus. MONTAIGNE, Lime I, 39 (38). La solitude me... | |
 | Hugh Black - Presbyterian Church - 1908 - 324 pages
...unnatural and unexpected in age, for example, being ready and perhaps eager to go when the summons comes. It is time to be old, To take in sail: — The god of bounds Who sets to sea a shore, Came to me in his fatal rounds, And said, No more! St. Paul, who had filled up his glorious... | |
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