 And the scene, where his melody charm'd me before, Resounds with his sweet-flowing ditty no more. My fugitive years are all hasting away, And I must ere long lie as lowly as they, With a turf on my breast, and a stone at my head, Ere another such grove...  Poems - Page 210by William Cowper - 1817Full view - About this book
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...fugitive years are all hasting away, And I must ere long be as lowly as they, With a turf on my breast, and a stone at my head, Ere another such grove shall arise in its stead. 'T is a sight to engage me if anything can, T« muse on the perishing pleasures of man ; Though his... | |
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...fugitive years are all hasting away, And I must ere long lie as lowly as they, With a turf on my breast, and a stone at my head, Ere another such grove shall...on the perishing pleasures of man ; Though his life be a dream, his enjoyments, I see, Have a being less durable even than he.* IDEM LATINE REDDITUM. cecidit... | |
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...fugitive years are all hasting away, And I must ere long lie as lowly as they, With a turf on my breast, and a stone at my head, Ere another such grove shall...on the perishing pleasures of man ; Though his life be a dream, his enjoyments, I see, Have a being less durable even than he.* IDEM LATINE REDDITUM. POPULE.Z... | |
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...fugitive years are all hasting away, And I must ere long lie as lowly as they, With a turf on my breast, and a stone at my head, Ere another such grove shall...on the perishing pleasures of man ; Though his life be a dream, his enjoyments, I see, Have a being less durable even than he.* * Cowper afterwards altered... | |
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...fugitive years are all hasting away, And I must ere long lie as lowly as they, With a turf on my breast and a stone at my head, Ere another such grove shall arise in its stead." We shall perhaps be as much affected if we consider the converse of this, and contemplate a tree whose... | |
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...fugitive years are all hasting away, And I must ere long lie as lowly as they, With a turf on my breast and a stone at my head, Ere another such grove shall arise in its stead." We shall perhaps be as much affected if we consider the converse of this, and contemplate a tree whose... | |
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...fugitive years are all hasting away, And I must ere long lie as lowly as they, With a turf on my breast, and a stone at my head, Ere another such grove shall...on the perishing pleasures of man ; Though his life be a dream, his enjoyments, I see, Have a being less durable even than he '. ' Cowper afterwards altered... | |
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...fugitive years are all hasting away, And I must ere long lie as lowly as they, With a turf on my breast, and a stone at my head, Ere another such grove shall...engage me, if any thing can, To muse on the perishing nature of man; • « Tho' his life be a dream, his enjoyments, I see, » l Have a being less durable... | |
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