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
| David Masson - 1859 - 714 oldal
.... ' How soon hath Time, the subtle thief of youth, Stol'n on his wing my threc-and-twentieth year! My hasting days fly on with full career, But my late spring no bud or blossom shcw'th. Perhaps my semblance might deceive the truth That I to manhood am arrived so near; And inward... | |
| John Milton, Thomas Keightley - 1859 - 492 oldal
...No Marehioness, but now a Queen. SONNET I.* [VII.] On bis being arrived to the age of twentg-three. How soon hath Time, the subtle thief of youth, Stolen on his wing my three-and-twentieth year ! 63. That fair, ete. Baehel, whose name signifies ewe, who kept the floek of her father Lalmn, the... | |
| François-René vicomte de Chateaubriand - 1861 - 816 oldal
...Time, thé subtle thief of youth, Stol'n on his wing my three and twentieth yearl My hasting days il y on with full career, But my late spring no bud or blossom shew'tb. « Combien vite le temps, adroit voleur de la jeunesse, a dérobé sur son aile mes vingt-trois... | |
| John Milton - 1860 - 134 oldal
...AGE OF 23. How soon hath Time, the subtle thief of youth, Stol'n on his wing my three and twentieth year I 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... | |
| 1875 - 582 oldal
...itself, it is manifest from the letter in which the sonnet was inclosed when it was first composed. " How soon hath Time, the subtle thief of youth, Stolen on his wing my three-andtwentieth year ! My hasting days fly on with full career, But my late spring no bud or blossom show'th. Perhaps my... | |
| Evenings - 1860 - 386 oldal
...she inclined, I waked, she fled, and day brought back my night. ON ATTAINING HIS TWENTY-THIRD TEAR. 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 nor blossom showeth. Perhaps my... | |
| 1875 - 734 oldal
...manifest from the letter in which the sonnet was inclosed when it was first composed. " How soon bath Time, the subtle thief of youth, Stolen on his wing my three-andtwentieth year ! My hasting days fly on with full career, But my late spring no bud or blossom , show'th. Perhaps... | |
| John Milton, James Montgomery - 1861 - 548 oldal
...delle muse : Sol troverete in tal parte men duro, TU. ON HIS BEING AMOVED TO THB AGE OP TWENTY-THKEB. 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 showeth. Perhaps my semblance... | |
| John Tulloch - 1861 - 536 oldal
...encloses the well-known beautiful sonnet " On his being arrived at the age of twenty-three : " — " How soon hath Time, the subtle thief of youth, Stolen on his wing my three-aml-twentieth year ! My hasting days fly on with full career, But my late spring no bud or blossom... | |
| John [prose Milton (selected]) - 1862 - 396 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 may deceive the truth, That I to manhood am arrived so near; And inward ripeness... | |
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