 Years following years, steal something every day, At last they steal us from ourselves away; In one our frolics, one amusements end, In one a mistress drops, in one a friend...  The National Review - Стр. 391редактор(ы): - 1856Полный просмотр - Подробнее о книге
 | Annie Brassey - 1879 - Страниц: 570
...hopes and fears, for us, the now old year, 1876. CHAPTER XVII. HONOLULU — DEPARTURE FOR JAPAN. Yean following years, steal something every day ; At last they steal us from ourselves away. Monday, January 1st, 1877. — At midnight we were awakened by our ship's bell, and that of the 'Fantdme,'... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1881 - Страниц: 572
...or peer alive, Sure I should want the care of ten Mouroes,4 If I would scribble rather than repose. Years following years, steal something every day ;...amusements end, In one a mistress drops, in one a friend : This subtle thief of life, this paltry time, What will it leave me, if it snateh my rhyme ? If ev'ry... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1881 - Страниц: 196
...Monroes, 70 If I would scribble, rather than repose. Years foil' wing years, steal something ev'ry day, At last they steal us from ourselves away; In...amusements end, In one a mistress drops, in one a friend : This subtle thief of life, this paltry time, What will it leave me, if it snatch my rhime ? If ev'ry... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1881 - Страниц: 176
...ten Monroes, 70 If I would scribble, rather than repose. Years foil'wing years, steal something ev'ry day, At last they steal us from ourselves away; In...amusements end, In one a mistress drops, in one a friend: This subtle thief of life, this paltry time, What will it leave me, if it snatch my rhime ? If ev'ry... | |
 | Henry George Bohn - 1881 - Страниц: 738
...Jumping o'er time, Turning the accomplishments of many years Into an hour-glass. ijh. Hen. VI 1, Chorus. Years following years, steal something every day ; At last they steal us from ourselves away. Pope, Imit. ofHor. 2. n. 72. Years steal Fire from the mind, as vigour from the limb ; And life's enchanted... | |
 | Old favourites, Matilda Sharpe - 1881 - Страниц: 438
...flow of soul. For I, who hold sage Homer's rule the best, Welcome the coming, speed the going guest. Years following years steal something every day, At last they steal us from ourselves away. From the EPILOGUE TO THE SATIRES. 'Tis all from Horace, Horace long before ye Said, Tories called him... | |
 | Henry George Bohn - 1883 - Страниц: 782
...Turning the accomplishment of many years Into an hourglass. 5893 flhaks. : Henry V. Act 1. Chorus. Years following years, steal something every day; At last they steal us from ourselves away. 5894 Pope : Satire vi. Line 72. Years steal Fire from the mind, as vigor from the limb ; And life's... | |
 | Familiar quotations - 1883 - Страниц: 942
...in disguise." On a Certain Line of Jfr. Br , Author of a Copy of Verses called the British Beauties. Years following years steal something every day ; At last they steal us from ourselves away. Satiret, EpMtt, and Met of Horace. £pMe ii. Book it. Line 72. The vulgar boil, the learned roast an... | |
 | baroness Annie Allnutt Brassey - 1884 - Страниц: 514
...for us, the now old year, 1876. CHAPTER XVII. HONOLULU — DEPARTURE FOR JAPAN. Yiart following yean, steal something every day; At last they steal us from ourselves away. Monday, January \st, 1877. — At midnight we were awakened by our ship's bell, and that of the 'Fantdme,'... | |
 | Samuel Rogers - 1887 - Страниц: 452
...(verses which Lord Holland is so fond of hearing me repeat) are as good as any in Horace himself; U " Years following years, steal something every day,...the best line Pope ever wrote is in his Imitation of tJie First Satire of tlie Second Book of Horace; " Bare the mean heart that lurks beneath a star."... | |
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