 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
 | William Cowper - 1836 - 526 pages
...fugitive years are 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. The change both my heart and my fancy employs ; I reflect on the frailty of man and his joys ; Short-lived... | |
 | William Cowper - 1835 - 360 pages
...fugitive years are hasting away. And I must ere long lie as lowly as they, With a turf on nay breast and a stone at my head, Ere another such grove shall arise in its stead. The change both my heart and my fancy employs ; I reflect on the frailty of man and his joys ; Short-lived... | |
 | William Cowper - 1837 - 534 pages
...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-S... | |
 | William Cowper - 1837 - 436 pages
...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 '. 1 Cowper afterwards altered... | |
 | William Cowper - 1839 - 554 pages
...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. The change both my heart and my fancy employs, I refleet on the frailty of man and his joys ; Short-lived... | |
 | Caroline Sheridan Norton - English poetry - 1841 - 368 pages
...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. " 'Tis a sight to engage me, if anything can, To muse on the perishing pleasures of man ; Tho' his life be a dream, his enjoyments,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1841 - 260 pages
...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 *Tis a sight to engage me, vf any thing can, To muse on the perishing pleasures of man ; 19 • Though his life be a. dream, his... | |
 | Caroline Sheridan Norton - English literature - 1841 - 322 pages
...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. THE CREOLE GIRL; Oft. THE PHYSICIAN'S STORY. Elle nail de ce monde, ou les plus belles choses Ont le... | |
 | Joseph Payne - 1845 - 490 pages
...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. The change both my heart and my fancy employs ; I reflect on the frailty of man and his joys ; Short-lived... | |
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...charm'd me before Resounds with his sweet-flowing ditty no more. ''"Tis a sight to engage me, if anything can, To muse on the perishing pleasures of man ; Though his life be a dream, his enjoyments, I see, Hare • being less durable even than he." THE CREOLE GIRL; OR,... | |
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