 Twist ye, twine ye! even so, Mingle shades of joy and woe, Hope, and fear, and peace, and strife, In the thread of human life. While the mystic twist is spinning. And the infant's life beginning, Dimly seen through twilight bending, Lo, what varied shapes...  Guy Mannering, Or, The Astrologer - Page 65by Walter Scott - 1815 - 358 pagesFull view - About this book
 | English literature - 1815 - 698 pages
...attending! " Passions wild, and follies vain, Pleasures soon exchanged for pain ; • • l5oubt,- artel jealousy, and fear, In the magic dance appear. " Now...translator, or rather our free imitator, had arranged those stanzas in his head, and while he was yet hammering out a rhyme for spindle, the task of the... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1829 - 362 pages
...the infant's life beginning, Dimly seen through twilight bending, Lo, what varied shapes attending ! Passions wild, and Follies vain, Pleasures soon exchanged...Twist ye, twine ye ! even so Mingle human bliss and wo. Ere our translator, or rather our free imitator, had arranged these stanzas in his head, and while... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1829 - 388 pages
...seen through twilight bending, Lo, what varied shapes attending ! Passions wild, and Follies Tain, Pleasures soon exchanged for pain ; Doubt, and Jealousy,...Twist ye, twine ye ! even so Mingle human bliss and wo. Ere our translator, or rather our free imitator, had arranged these stanzas in his head, and while... | |
 | George Barrell Cheever - American poetry - 1830 - 516 pages
...through twilight bending, Lo, what varied shapes attending ! Passions wild, and follies vain, Pleasure soon exchanged for pain ; Doubt, and jealousy, and...ye, twine ye ! even so, Mingle human bliss and woe. SONG OF MEG MERRILIES FOR THE PARTING SPIRIT. drawn sighs, that precede dissolution when the frame... | |
 | Walter Scott - English literature - 1833 - 880 pages
...mystic twist it spinning, And the infant's life beginning, Dimly seen through twilight bending, Lo, what varied shapes attending I Passions wild, and...wax, and now they dwindle, Whirling with the whirling ipindle. Twist ye, twine ye ! even so Mingle human bliss and wo. Ere our translator, or rather our... | |
 | Andrew Steinmetz - 1838 - 360 pages
...58. In walking down a fashionable street, how many men lie without speaking—and women too. 59. " Passions wild, and follies vain, Pleasures soon exchanged...pain; Doubt and jealousy and fear In the magic dance appear."—(Old tragedy.) This is the epitomy of life. CO. At this moment, a musquito has perched upon... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1841 - 376 pages
...the noble remains of Curlaverock castle, six or seven miles from Dumfries, and near to Lochar-moss. Passions wild, and Follies vain, Pleasures soon exchanged...Twist ye, twine ye ! even so Mingle human bliss and wo. Ere our translator, or rather our free imitator, had arranged these stanzas in his head, and while... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1841 - 710 pages
...Passions wild, and Follies vnm. t Pleasures soon exchanged for pain Doubt, and Jealousy, and Fear, Iť the magic dance appear. Now they wax, and now they dwindle, Whirling with the whirling spindle. Twin! ye, twine ye I even no Mingle human bliss and wo. Ere our translator, or rather our free imitator,... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1844 - 720 pages
...Passions wild, and Follies vain, t Pleasures soon exchanged for pain Doubt, ami Jealousy, and Pear, he eyes of our wealthier and emulous rivals by showing them such a treasure as this — ( epindlo. Twist ye, twine ye I (•' Mingle human blusand wo. Ere our translator, or rather our free... | |
 | Sir Walter Scott - 1846 - 850 pages
...infant,' ; life beginning. Dimly seen through twilight bending, Lo, what varied shapes attending ! Passions wild, and Follies vain, Pleasures soon exchanged...spindle. Twist ye, twine ye ! even so Mingle human bliss aud woe. Ere our translator, or rather our free imitator, had arranged these stanzas in his head, and... | |
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