 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
 | John Symons - 1889 - Страниц: 208
...of departed time, and the old High Street still seems laden with the speaking dust of former days. " Years following years, steal something every day, At last they steal us from ourselves away." n Seeming devotion doth but guild the knave, That's neither faithful, honest, just, nor brave ; But... | |
 | Ernest Giles - 1889 - Страниц: 418
...every morning. And now comes Thursday, 25th December, Christmas Day, 1873. Ah, how the time flies! Years following years, steal something every day ; at last they steal us from ourselves away. What Horace says is, Eheu fugaces, anni labuntur postume, postume : — Years glide away, and are lost... | |
 | Henry Bruce - 1890 - Страниц: 356
...fools to get by heart." When we remember the contrast there is an infinite pathos about such lines: " 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 snatch my rhyme ?... | |
 | Alexander Pope, Sir Adolphus William Ward - 1893 - Страниц: 588
...Monroes4, 70 If I would scribble, rather than repose. Years follow'ng 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: 75 This subtle Thief of life, this paltry Time, What will it leave me, if it snatch my rhyme? If ev'ry... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1893 - Страниц: 566
...Monroes4, 70 If I would scribble, rather than repose. Years follow'ng 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: 75 This subtle Thief of life, this paltry Time, What will it leave me, if it snatch my rhyme? If ev'ry... | |
 | 1895 - Страниц: 416
...bid defiance to all other callings and business. LOCKE. YEARS following 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 rhyme ? If ev'ry... | |
 | Charles Dudley Warner - 1896 - Страниц: 496
...or peer alive, Sure I should want the care of ten Monroes, If I would scribble rather than repose. Years following years steal something every day, At...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 rhyme? If every... | |
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - 1896 - Страниц: 794
...a high purpose in the world of strife : Wait thou for Time ! LUCY HOOPER : " Time, Faith, Energy." Years, following years, steal something every day; At last they steal us from ourselves away. HORACE. The vicious count their years; virtuous, their acts. DR. S. JOHNSON. Through days of sorrow... | |
 | Charles Dudley Warner, Hamilton Wright Mabie, Lucia Isabella Gilbert Runkle, George H. Warner, Edward Cornelius Towne - 1897 - Страниц: 642
...or peer alive, Sure I should want the care of ten Monroes, If I would scribble rather than repose. Years following years steal something every day, At...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 rhyme? If every... | |
 | George Atherton Aitken - 1898 - Страниц: 476
...i. 27. What is becoming is honourable, and what is honourable is becoming. 260. Hon., 2 Ep. ii. 55. Years following years steal something every day, At last they steal us from ourselves away. — Pope. 261. Frag. Vet. Poet. Wedlock's an ill men eagerly embrace. 262. OVID, Trist. ii. 566. Adapted.... | |
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