 | 1877 - 606 páginas
...playful ; hard work at either end of our existence seems to me out of place.' Wordsworth wrote 5 ' An old age serene and bright, And lovely as a Lapland night, Shall lead thee to the grave.' ' The old man's staff is the rapper at death's door ; ' and ' Gray hairs are death's blossoms.'... | |
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - 1878 - 788 páginas
...that time has Stronger by weakness, wiser men become As they draw near to their eternal home. WALLF.R. But an old age serene and bright And lovely as a Lapland night Shall lead thee to thy grave. WORDSWORTH. Tis greatly wise to know before we're told, The melancholy news that we grow old. YOUNG.... | |
 | Samuel Smiles Jerdan - 1878 - 286 páginas
...with unhappy reflections then. We will trust in Providence, and hope we may be spared to enjoy— " An old age serene and bright, And lovely as a Lapland night." SEVENTH AND LAST.—"SANS EVERYTHING." " Last scene of all, That ends this strange", eventful history,... | |
 | William [poetical works Wordsworth (selections]) - 1879 - 390 páginas
...thoughts and feelings shall not die, Nor leave thee, when grey hairs are nigh, A melancholy slave ; But an old age serene and bright, And lovely as a Lapland night, Shall lead thee to thy grave. To HARTLEY COLERIDGE, SIX YEARS OLD. O THOU ! whose fancies from afar are brought ; Who of thy words... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1879 - 362 páginas
...thoughts and feelings shall not die, Nor leave thee, when grey hairs are nigh, A melancholy slave ; But an old age serene and bright, And lovely as a Lapland night, To HARTLEY COLERIDGE, SIX YEARS OLD. O THOU ! whose fancies from afar are brought ; Who of thy words... | |
 | George William Curtis - 1879 - 80 páginas
...vener'a"bl"e p'oef'Da'ria, friend of Bryant's youth, at an age prolonged beyond fourscore and ten — " An old age, serene and bright, And lovely as a Lapland night " — the editor who published Thanatopsis sixtyone years ago, has seen its author join the innumerable... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1880 - 1124 páginas
...r.ood-by, proud world ! I 'm going home : Thou art not my friend, and I 'in not thine. Good-By. EUERSON. and Hulbert WORDSWORTH. AFTER DEATH. The wisest men are glad to die ; no fear (If death can touch a true philosopher.... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1880 - 330 páginas
...thoughts and feelings shall not die, Nor leave thee when gray hairs are nigh, A melancholy slave ; But an old age serene and bright, And lovely as a Lapland night. Shall lead thee to thy grave. LINES WRITTEN IN EARLY SPRING. I HEARD a thousand blended notes, While in a grove I sat reclined, In... | |
 | William [poetical works] Wordsworth - 1880 - 676 páginas
...thoughts and feelings shall not die. Nor leave thee when gray-hairs are nigh, A melancholy slave ; Kut an old age serene and bright, And lovely as a Lapland night, Shall lead thee to thy grave. LINES WRITTEN IN EARLY SPRING. I HEARD a thousand blended notes, While in a grove I sat reclined, In... | |
 | Smith C. Ferguson, Emory Adams Allen - 1880 - 686 páginas
...reflect with sorrow and astonishment on the frivolous competitions, factions, and debates of mankind." " Old age, serene and bright, And lovely as a Lapland night, Shall lead thee to thy grave." —WORDSWORTH. .fjgn. gHERE is a beauty in age. The morning of life may be glowing with the expectations... | |
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Shalt show us how divine a thing A Woman may be made. Thy thoughts and feelings shall not die, Nor leave thee, when grey hairs are nigh, A melancholy slave ; But an old age serene and bright, And lovely as a Lapland night, Shall lead thee to thy grave. 
