 | Civil service - 1871 - 264 páginas
...that which goes before In sequent toil all forwards do contend, And Time that gave doth now his gifts confound ; Time doth transfix the flourish set on...delves the parallels in beauty's brow ; Feeds on the vanities of nature's truth, And nothing stands but for his scythe to mow ; And yet to times in hope,... | |
 | Book - 1872 - 326 páginas
...which goes before ; In sequent toil all forwards do contend. Nativity once in the main of light* Crawls to maturity, wherewith being crown'd, Crooked eclipses...truth, And nothing stands but for his scythe to mow. In another sonnet Shakespeare exquisitely images his own last days, as he imagines them. That time... | |
 | Treasury - 1872 - 166 páginas
...forwards do contend. Nativity, once in the main of light, Crawls to maturity, wherewith being crowned, Crooked eclipses 'gainst his glory fight, And Time,...truth, And nothing stands but for his scythe to mow. —SHAKESPEARE. JOHN ANDERSON, MY JO. JOHN ANDERSON, my jo, John, When we were first acquent; Your... | |
 | Samuel Wordsworth Bailey - 1874 - 732 páginas
...fourscore years, yet is their strength labour and sorrow ; for it is soon cut off, and we fly away. Time doth transfix the flourish set on youth, And...truth, And nothing stands but for his scythe to mow. Who knoweth the power of thine anger ? even according to thy fear, so is thy wrath. So teach us to... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1875 - 588 páginas
...do contend. Nativity ouce in the main of light Crawls to maturity, wherewith being crowned, ('rooked eclipses 'gainst his glory fight, And Time that gave,...doth now his gift confound. Time doth transfix the nourish set on youth, And delves the parallels in beauty's brow Feeds on the rarities of Nature's truth,... | |
 | Robert Aitkin Bertram - 1877 - 766 páginas
...which goes before, In sequent toil all forwards do contend. Nativity once in the main of light, Crawls ral strand ? Is it there, sweet mother, that better...Eye hath not seen it, my gentle boy ! Ear hath not thetflourish set on youth, And delves the parallels in beauty's brow : Feeds on the rarities of nature's... | |
 | Poets - 1877 - 300 páginas
...forwards do contend. Nativity, once in the main of light, Crawls to maturity, wherewith being crowned, Crooked eclipses 'gainst his glory fight, And Time,...doth now his gift confound. Time doth transfix the nourish set on youth, And delves the parallels on beauty's brow ; Feeds on the rarities of nature's... | |
 | Royal academy of arts - 166 páginas
...OVER THE CLAY " WH Hopkins. 987 — A DOUBTFUL DATE Seymour Lucas. 988 — VANITY Arthur Hughes. " Time doth transfix the flourish set on youth And delves...the rarities of nature's truth, And nothing stands bat for his scythe to mow." Shakespeare s Sonnets. 989 — READING RABELAIS Sidney Holland. 99o —... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1879 - 274 páginas
...which goes before In sequent toil all forwards do contend. Nativity, once in the main of light, Crawls to maturity, wherewith being crown'd, Crooked eclipses...flourish set on youth And delves the parallels in beauty' s brow, Feeds on the rarities of nature's truth, And nothing stands but for his scythe to mow... | |
 | 1880 - 812 páginas
...forwards do contend. Nativity once in the main of light, Crawls to maturity, wherewith being crowned, Crooked eclipses 'gainst his glory fight, And Time...rarities of nature's truth, And nothing stands but for bis scythe to And yet, to times in hope, my verse shall stand, Praising thy worth, despite his cruel... | |
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Like as the waves make towards the pebbled shore, So do our minutes hasten to their end; Each changing place with that which goes before, In sequent toil all forwards do contend. Nativity, once in the main of light, Crawls to maturity, wherewith being... 
