LONG time a child, and still a child, when years Had painted manhood on my cheek, was I ; For yet I lived like one not born to die ; A thriftless prodigal of smiles and tears, No hope I needed, and I knew no fears. But sleep, though sweet, is only sleep,... Poems - 9. oldalszerző: Hartley Coleridge - 1833 - 157 oldalTeljes nézet - Információ erről a könyvről
| 1841 - 736 oldal
...Perfect in each gigantic lineament, Otho look'd face to face on Charlemagne. Sonnet. By Hartly Coleridge. Long time a child, and still a child, when years Had...No hope I needed, and I knew no fears. But sleep, tbough sweet, is only sleep, and waking, 1 wak'd to sleep no more; — at once o'ertaking The vanguard... | |
| 1841 - 846 oldal
...Perfect in each gigantic lineament, Otho look'd face to face on Charlemagne. Sonnet. By Hartly Coleridge. Long time a child, and still a child, when years Had...thriftless prodigal of smiles and tears ; No hope 1 needed, and 1 knew no fears. But sleep, though sweet, is only sleep, and waking, I wak'd to sleep... | |
| Richard H. Horne - 1844 - 382 oldal
...suffered the best of his life to slip away from him unused. Sonnet IX. pathetically expresses this. " Long time a child, and still a child, when years Had...cheek, was I ; For yet I lived like one not born to d» ; A thriftless prodigal of smiles and tears, No hope I needed, and I knew no fears. But sleep,... | |
| Richard H. Horne - 1844 - 392 oldal
...him unused. Sonnet IX. pathetically expresses this. " Long time a child, and still a child, when yean Had painted manhood on my cheek, was I ; For yet I lived like one not born to diej A thriftless prodigal of smiles and tears, Wo hope I needed, and I knew no fears. I!ut sli:op,... | |
| william harrison ainsworth - 1856 - 524 oldal
...despondingly, self-upbraidingly speaks, in one of those exquisite sonnets by which he being dead yet speaketh : Long time a child, and still a child, when years Had painted manhood on my cheeks, was I ; For yet I lived like one not born to die ; A thriftless prodigal of smiles and tears,... | |
| Charles Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith - 1860 - 672 oldal
...perfectly apposite to the spirit and letter of our theme, ALWAYS A CHILD, that we must quote it entire : Long time a child, and still a child, when years Had...was I, — For yet I lived like one not born to die ; À thriftless prodigal of smiles and tears, No hope I needed, and I knew no fears. But sleep, though... | |
| 1885 - 494 oldal
...altogether refused to be convinced that the original owner of the book was not s0 christened. ~~ ^ A Sonnet. time a child, and still a child, when years Had painted...lived like one not born to die; A thriftless prodigal ol smiles and tears, No hope I needed, and I knew no fears. Rut sleep, though sweet, IE only sleep... | |
| Francis Jacox - 1871 - 358 oldal
...perfectly apposite to the spirit and letter of our theme, ALWAYS A CHILD, that we must quote it entire : Long time a child, and still a child when years Had painted manhood on my cheek, was I, — _ For yet I lived like one not born to die ; A thriftless prodigal of smiles and tears, No hope... | |
| John Dennis - 1876 - 466 oldal
...mastery of form. The following sonnet, descriptive of a life that he deemed wasted, is deeply pathetic: " Long time a child, and still a child, when years Had painted manhood cm my cheek, was I ; For yet I lived like one not born to die : A thriftless prodigal of smiles and... | |
| Epes Sargent - 1881 - 1000 oldal
...peculiar to themselves, even in an age which has abounded in that form of composition. STILL I AM A CHILD. floor. Eagerly I wished the morrow wakiug, I waked to sleep no more, at once o'ertaking The vanguard of my age, with all arrears Of duty... | |
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