| Izaak Walton - 1857 - 542 páginas
...appears to be a pious reflection on God's providence, and some passages of his life, in which he says, Whereas my birth and spirit rather took The way that takes the town ; Thou didst betray me to a lingering book, And wrapt me in a gown : I was entangled in a world of strife, Before I had the power... | |
| Samuel Brown - 1858 - 402 páginas
...parsons. How unaffectedly he refers to this transition in a passing stanza of his manifold poem ! ' Whereas my birth and spirit rather took The way that takes the town, Thou didst betray me to a lingering book, And wrap me in a gown.' Having taken deacon's orders at this time, he was made prebendary... | |
| Samuel Brown - 1858 - 396 páginas
...parsons. How unaffectedly he refers to this transition in a passing stanza of his manifold poem ! ' Whereas my birth and spirit rather took The way that takes the town, Thou didst betray me to a lingering book, And wrap me in a gown.' Having taken deacon's orders at this time, he was made prebendary... | |
| Anna Bartlett Warner - 1859 - 658 páginas
...without a fence or friend, I was blown through with every storm and wind. Whereas my birth and spirits rather took The way that takes the town ; Thou didst...gown. I was entangled in a world of strife, .Before I had the power to change my life. Now I am here, what thou wilt do with me None of my books will shew.... | |
| Margaret Fuller - 1860 - 486 páginas
...been mine could I have chosen. Lord H.—Yes ; I remember thy verse :— Whereas my birth and spirits rather took The way that takes the town ; Thou didst betray me to a lingering book, And wrap me in a gown. It was not my fault, George, that it so chanced. George H.—I... | |
| 1861 - 792 páginas
...looking on. Beneath are inscribed the following lines, from one of his poems on afflietion : — " Whereas my birth and spirit rather took The way that takes the town, Thou didst betray me to a lingering book, And wrap me in a gown : Yet, for I threaten'd oft the siege to raise, Jïot simpering... | |
| Charles Henry Cooper - 1861 - 492 páginas
...university. Herbert is represented in attendance on our Saviour, and underneath are the following lines : Whereas my birth and spirit rather took The way that takes the town ; Thou didst betray me to a lingering book, And wrap me in a gown. Yet, for I threatened oft the siege to raise, Not simpering... | |
| George Herbert - 1863 - 372 páginas
...I. Thus thinne and lean, without a fence or friend, I was blown through with ev'ry storm and winde. Whereas my birth and spirit rather took The way that takes the town ; • Month. t An old idiom still used in Scotland ; it is fonnd in Shakespere: — " Then ' began... | |
| 1863 - 528 páginas
...Looking back afterwards on those sunny days from his quiet parsonage at Bemerton, he says : — — ' my birth and spirit rather took The way that takes the town.' But it is not in the tone of vain regret. He thanks the guiding Providence which diverted him by his... | |
| Izaak Walton - 1864 - 438 páginas
...reflection on God's providence, and some passages of his life, in which he says, " WHEREAS my blrth and spirit rather took " The way that takes the town; " Thou didst betray me to a lingering book. " And wrap me in a gown. " I was entangled in a world of strife, " Before 1 had the... | |
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