 Locks of pure brown, display'd th' encroaching white ; " The blood once fervid now to cool began, " And Time's strong pressure to subdue the man : * I rode or walk'd as I was wont before, " But now the bounding spirit was no more ; " A moderate pace would...  Ormington, or Cecil, a peer [signed N. or M.]. - Side 252av Catherine Grace F. Gore - 1842Uten tilgangsbegrensning - Om denne boken
 | Lord Francis Jeffrey Jeffrey - 1873 - 798 sider
...them into view nine or ten, or, at all events, six or seven years too early. " Six yenrs had pass' (I, and forty ere the six, When Time began to play his...tricks ! The locks once comely in a virgin's sight, [white ; Locks of pure brown, dispUy'd lh' encroaching The blood once fervid now to cool began, And... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1876 - 599 sider
...cling. OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES. THE APPROACH OF AGE. FROM "TALES OF THE HALL." Six years had passed, and forty ere the six, When Time began to play his...once comely in a virgin's sight, Locks of pure brown, displayed the encroaching white ; The blood, once fervid, now to cool began, And Time's strong pressure... | |
 | Charles Walton Sanders - 1876 - 622 sider
...defiod, In fact, a noble passion, misnamed prid? GRADUAL APPROACHES OF AGE. X. Six years had passed, and forty ere the six, When time began to play his...comely in a virgin's sight, — Locks of pure brown, displayed the encroaching white; The blood, once fervid, now to cool began, And Time's strong pressure... | |
 | Robert Chambers, Robert Carruthers - 1876 - 870 sider
...comfort, or a friend ! Gradual Approaches of Age. — From ' Tola of the Hall.' Six years had passed, and forty ere the six, When time began to play his...once comely in a virgin's sight, Locks of pure brown, displayed the encroaching white ; The blood, once fervid, now to cool began, And Time's strong pressure... | |
 | Robert Aitkin Bertram - 1877 - 766 sider
...obedience, troops of friends, I must not look to have. — Shakespeare. 103. AGE. Approach of Six years damantine chains shall Death be bound, And hell's...the good shepherd tends his fleecy care, Seeks fresh display'd the encroaching white ; The blood, once fervid, now to cool began, And Time's strong pressure... | |
 | Robert Cochrane (miscellaneous writer) - 1878 - 570 sider
...been justly celebrated; although well known, it cannot be too often praised : " Six years had post, ay be regretted, it cannot be a matter of surprise, tha W displayed the encroaching white; The blood, once fervid, now to cool began. And Time's strong pressure... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1879 - 428 sider
...Age. — From ' Tales of the HaU. ' Six years had passed, and forty ere tho six, \Vhen time bcg;in to play his usual tricks; The locks once comely in a virgin's sight, Locks of pure brown, displayed the encroaching white ; The blood, once fervid, now to coo! began, And Time's strong pressure... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1880 - 1124 sider
...cling. OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES. THE APPROACH OF AGE. FROM "TALES OF THE HALL." Six years had passed, Wilson Jame8)#2 displayed the encroaching white ; The blood, once fervid, now to cool began, And Time's strong pressure... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1880 - 824 sider
...Approacfux of Age. — From ' Tales of ike HaU.' Six years had passed, find forty rm the six, u hen time began to play his usual tricks ; The locks once comely in a virgin's sight, Locks of pure brown. display<*d the encroaching white ; The blood, once fervid, now "to coo! began, And Time's strong pressure... | |
 | George Crabbe - 1882 - 272 sider
...With gracious smile my mother gave assent, And let th' affair slip by with much content.' ' Six years had pass'd, and forty ere the six, When Time began to play his usual tricks : The locks once comely iu a virgin's sight, Locks of pure brown, display'd th' encroaching white ; The blood once fervid now... | |
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