 When joys have lost their bloom and breath, And life itself is vapid, Why, as we reach the Falls of death, Feel we its tide more rapid? It may be strange — yet who would change, Time's course to slower speeding; When one by one our friends have gone,...  Heart Songs: A Book for the Gift-season - Page 38edited by - 1856 - 144 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1869 - 810 pages
...shafts lly thicker, Ye stars, that measure life to man, Why seem your courses quicker ? When joys have lost their bloom and breath, And life itself is vapid,...Heaven gives our years of fading strength Indemnifying fleetneas ; And those of youth a seeming length Proportion'd to their sweetness. On Linden, when the... | |
 | 1869 - 444 pages
...joys have lost their bloom and breath And life itself is vapid, Why, as we reach the Falls of Death, It may be strange — yet who would change Time's...our friends have gone And left our bosoms bleeding 1 Heaven gives our years of fading strength Indemnifying fleetness ; And those of youth, a seeming... | |
 | Epigrammatists - 1870 - 654 pages
...chiefly in portrait*. He died in 1731. Campbell, in " A Thought suggested by the New Year," says : It may be strange — yet who would change Time's...course to slower speeding ; When one by one our friends Imve gone, And left our bosoms bleeding? Boysc has an epigram addressed " To Mr. Aikman, on a Piece... | |
 | Henry Philip Dodd - 1870 - 652 pages
...in portraits. He died in 1731. Campbell, in " A Thought suggested by the New Year," says : It may bo strange — yet who would change Time's course to slower speeding ; When one by one our friend* have gone, And loft our bosoms bleeding ? Boyse has an epigram addressed " To Mr. Aikman, on... | |
 | George Rhett Cathcart - 1871 - 200 pages
...shafts fly thicker, Ye stars, that measure life to man, Why seem your courses quicker ? Why, as we near the Falls of Death, Feel we its tide more rapid ?...Heaven gives our years of fading strength Indemnifying fleetuess ; • And those of youth a seeming length. Proportioned to their sweetness. Ex. 107. —... | |
 | Ontario. Council of Public Instruction - 1871 - 506 pages
...shafts fly thicker, Ye Stars, that measure life to man, Why seem your courses quicker ? When joys have lost their bloom and breath And life itself is vapid,...reach the Falls of Death, Feel we its tide more rapid ? Time's course to slower speeding, When one by one our friends have gone It may be strange— yet... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1871 - 968 pages
...shafts fly thicker, Ye stars, that measure life to man, Why seem your courses quicker ? When joys have hast cleft my heart in twain ! HAM. 0, near the Falls of Death, Feel we its tide more rapid ! It may be strange, — yet who would change... | |
 | Book - 1872 - 326 pages
...shafts fly thicker, Ye stars, that measure life to man, Why seem your courses quicker ? When joys have lost their bloom and breath, And life itself is vapid,...reach the Falls of Death, Feel we its tide more rapid ? Jt may be strange — yet who would change Time's course to slower speeding, When one by one our... | |
 | 1872 - 232 pages
...shafts fly thicker, Ye stars, that measure life to man, Why seem your courses quicker ? When joys have lost their bloom and breath, And life itself is vapid, Why, as we near the Falls of Death, Feel we its tide more rapid ? It may be strange, — yet who would change... | |
 | William Darrah - 1874 - 220 pages
...Ye stars, that measure hie to man, Why teem your courses quicker ? Franky's Dream. 59 When joys have lost their bloom and breath And life itself is vapid,...the falls of death, Feel we its tide more rapid. It maybe strange — yet who would change Time's course to slower speeding; When one by one our friends... | |
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