 Amidst these humble bowers to lay me down; To husband out life's taper at the close, And keep the flame from wasting by repose.  Elegant Extracts - Side 198redigert av - 1809Uten tilgangsbegrensning - Om denne boken
 | John Hall - 1845 - 354 sider
...has given my share' — 45 I still had hopes', my latest hours to crown', Amidst these humble bowers to lay me down' ; To husband out life's taper at the close', And keep the flame from wasting by repos£ : I still had hopes,' (for pride attends us still',) 50 Amidst the swains to show my book-learned... | |
 | James Waddel Alexander - 1847 - 300 sider
...arrangements of Providence, and you will not fail to see better days. XXXIII. THE VILLAGE REVISITED. " I still had hopes, for pride attends us still, Amidst...Around my fire an evening group to draw, And tell of all I felt, and all I saw. And as a hare, whom hounds and horns pursue, Pants to the place from... | |
 | John Forster - 1848 - 744 sider
...bowers to lay me down ; To husband out life's taper at the elose, And keep the tiame from wasting, by repose. I still had hopes, for pride attends us still,...Around my fire an evening group to draw, And tell of all I felt, and all I saw ; And, as a hare, whom hounds and horns pursue, Pants to the place from... | |
 | English poetry - 1848 - 468 sider
...— and God has giv'n my share — I still had hopes my latest hours to crown, Amidst these humble bow'rs to lay me down ; To husband out life's taper at the close, And keep the flame from wasting by repose : I still had hopes, for pride attends us still, Amidst the swains to show my book-learn'd... | |
 | John Forster - 1848 - 740 sider
...God has giveu ray share . . I still had hopes, my latest hours to crown, Amidst these humble bowel's to lay me down ; To husband out life's taper at the close, And keep the flame from wasting, by repose. I still had hopes, for pride attends us still, Amidst the swains to show my book-learn'd... | |
 | John Forster - 1848 - 734 sider
...God has given my share . . l still had hopes, my latest hours to crown, Amidst these humble bowers to lay me down ; To husband out life's taper at the close, And keep the flame from wasting, by repose. I still had hopes, for pride attends us still, Amidst the swains to show my book-learu'd... | |
 | Richard Green Parker - 1849 - 466 sider
...and God has given my share — I still had hopes, my latest hours to crown, Amid these humble bowers to lay me down; To husband out life's taper at the close, And keep the flame from wasting by repose ; 35 I still had hopes, — for pride attends us still, — Amid the swains to show my book-learned... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith, Sir James Prior - 1850 - 558 sider
...lay me down ; To husband out life's taper at the close, And keep the flame from wasting by repose :J I still had hopes, for pride attends us still, Amidst...Around my fire an evening group to draw, And tell of all I felt, and all I saw ; And, as a hare whom hounds and horns pursue, Pants to the place from... | |
 | Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - 1850 - 554 sider
...and God has given my share — I still had hopes my latest hours to crown, Amid these humble bowers to lay me down ; To husband out life's taper at the close, And keep the flame from wasting, by repose. I still had hopes — for pride attends us still — Amid the swains to show my book-learn'd... | |
 | Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - 1850 - 566 sider
...and God has given my share — I still had hopes my latest hours to crown, Amid these humble bowers to lay me down ; To husband out life's taper at the close, And keep the flame from wasting, by repose. I still had hopes — for pride attends us still — Amid the swains to show my book-learn'd... | |
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