 HOW soon hath Time, the subtle thief of youth, Stolen on his wing my three-and-twentieth year! My hasting days fly on with full career, But my late spring no bud or blossom shew'th.  OBITER DICTA - 9. oldalszerző: AUGUSTINE BIRRELL - 1891Teljes nézet - Információ erről a könyvről
 | 1856 - 666 oldal
...shows to us the high and solemn principles by which he resolved to regulate his life. How soon has Time, the subtle thief of youth, Stolen on his wing my three-and-twentieth year ! My hastening days fly on with full career, But my late spring no bud or blossom showeth, • —... | |
 | Walter Macon Lowrie - 1850 - 528 oldal
...shall be hereafter, nor how long. I often feel, when I look back, as Milton did on the same occasion. " My hasting days fly on with full career, But my late spring no bud ar blossom showeth." But let them fly— " If I have grace to use them so, As ever in my great taskmaster's... | |
 | Marmion Wilard Savage - 1852 - 300 oldal
...twenty-three:" " How soon hath Time, the subtle thief of youth, Stol'n on his wing my three and twentieth year ! My hasting days fly on with full career, But my late spring no bud or blossom shew'th. Perhaps my semblance might deceive the truth, That I to manhood am arrived so near; And inward ripeness... | |
 | Marmion Wilme Savage - 1852 - 468 oldal
...:" "How soon hath Time, the subtle thief of youth, Stol'n on his wing my three and twentieth year! My hasting days fly on with full career, But my late spring no bud or blossom shew'tb. Perhaps my semblance might deceive the truth, That I to manhood am arrived so near ; And inward... | |
 | John Milton - 1852 - 424 oldal
...parte men duro, Ove Amor mise l'insanabil ago. VII. ON HIS BEINO AKKI V HI) TO THE AGE OF TWENTY-THKEK. How soon hath Time, the subtle thief of youth, Stolen on his wing my three-and-twentieth year ! My hasting days fly on with full career, Perhaps my semblance .might deceive the truth, That I to... | |
 | 1852 - 142 oldal
...train, While shouting nations gaze. BEAT-TIB. TWENTY-THREE. ON ARRIVING AT THE AGE OF TWENTY-THREE. How soon hath Time, the subtle thief of youth, Stolen on his wing my Ihree-and-iwentieth year I My hasting days fly on with full career, But my late spring no bud or blossom... | |
 | Edwin Paxton Hood - 1852 - 256 oldal
...upon life, — upon his own life, — upon the shaping forth of his own duties and his character. " How soon hath Time, the subtle thief of youth, Stolen on his whig my three-and-twentieth year f My hasting days fly on with full career, But my late spring no bud... | |
 | John Milton - 1853 - 372 oldal
...TWENTYTHREE. How soon hath Time, the subtle thief of youth, Stoln on his wing my three and twentieth year ! My hasting days fly on with full career, But my late spring no bud or blossom shew'th. 1 Cowper has very elegantly translated these sonnets. Perhaps my semblance might deceive the truth,... | |
 | John Milton - 1853 - 380 oldal
...TWENTTTHREE. How soon hath Time, the subtle thief of youth, Stoln on his \ving my three and twentieth year ! My hasting days fly on with full career, But my late spring no bud or blossom shew'th. Perhaps my semblance might deceive the truth, That I to manhood am arriv'd so near ; And inward ripeness... | |
 | Mrs. J. S. F. Lunt - 1853 - 144 oldal
...TWENTY-THREE. How soon hath Time, the subtle thief of youth, Stolen on hid wing my thrae-and-twentieth year ! My hasting days fly on with full career, But my late spring no bud or blossom showeth, Perhaps my semblance might deceive ilie truth, That I to manhood am arrived so near; And inward... | |
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