 t is coming fast, When thou shalt fade like me : — Like me through varying seasons range, And past enjoyments mourn ; — The fairest, sweetest spring shall change To winter in its turn. In infancy, my vernal prime, When life itself was new, Amusement...  The West Indies, and Other Poems - Page 119by James Montgomery - 1814 - 160 pagesFull view - About this book
 | James Montgomery - 1860 - 372 pages
...forsake' the sky ; Thy brother, in that dreadful day, Shall live and never die. THE OLD MAN'S SONG. SHALL Man of frail fruition boast ? Shall life be counted...When, youth ! I bloom'd like thee ! A time will come, — 't is coming fast, When thou shalt fade like me : — Like me through varying seasons range. And... | |
 | James Montgomery - 1861 - 444 pages
...forsake the sky ; Thy brother, in that dreadful day, Shall live and never die. THE OLD MAN'S SONG. SHALL man of frail fruition boast ? Shall life be counted...that time is past, — When, youth ! I bloom'd like thec ! A time will come, — 'tis coming fast, — When thou shalt fade like me : — Like me through... | |
 | James Montgomery - 1865 - 382 pages
...forsake the sky ; Thy brother, in that dreadful day, Shall live and never die. THE OLD MAN'S SONG. SHALL Man of frail fruition boast ? Shall life be counted...When, youth ! I bloom'd like thee ! A time will come, — 't is coming fast, When thou shalt fade like me : — Like me through varying seasons range, And... | |
 | 1865 - 380 pages
...forsake the sky ; Thy brother, in that dreadful day, Shall live and never die. THE OLD MAN'S SONG. SHALL Man of frail fruition boast ? Shall life be counted...When, youth ! I bloom'd like thee ! A time will come, — 't is coming fast, When thou shalt fade like me : — Like me through varying seasons range, And... | |
 | James Montgomery - 1879 - 572 pages
...the sky ; Thy brother, in that dreadful day, Shall live, and never die ! THE OLD MAN'S SONG. SHALL man of frail fruition boast? Shall life be counted...was a time — that time is past — When, Youth ! I bloomed like thce A time will come — 'tis coming fast, When thou shalt fade like me: — Like me... | |
 | James Montgomery - 1881 - 618 pages
...the sky ; Thy brother, in that dreadful day, Shall live, and never die ! THE OLD MAN'S SONG. SHALL man of frail fruition boast? Shall life be counted...was a time— that time is past — When, Youth .' I bloomed like time A time will come— 'tis coming fast, When thou shalt fade like me:— Like me through... | |
 | James Montgomery - 1881 - 535 pages
...the sky ; Thy brother, in that dreadful day, Shall live, and never die ! THE OLD MAN'S SONG. SHAM. man of frail fruition boast ? Shall life be counted...dear—- Oft but a moment, and, at most, A momentary year 1 There was a time — that time is past — When, Youth ! I bloom'd like thee ; A time will come —... | |
 | John Clark Ridpath - 1898 - 564 pages
...world began, Of him affords no other trace Than this — There lived a man 1 THE OLD MAN S SONG. Shall man of frail fruition boast? Shall life be counted...was a time — that time is past — When, youth, I bloomed like thee ; A time will come — 'tis coming fast — When thou shalt fade like me : Like me,... | |
 | John Clark Ridpath - 1903 - 548 pages
...world began, Of him affords no other trace Than this — There lived a man I THE OLD MAN S SONG. Shall man of frail fruition boast ? Shall life be counted...was a time — that time is past—- When, youth, I bloomed like thee ; A time w1ll come — 'tis coming fastWhen thou shalt fade like me : Like me, through... | |
 | Harry Thurston Peck - 1901 - 396 pages
...world began, Of him affords no other trace Than this — There lived a man I THB OLD MAN'S SONG. SHALL man of frail fruition boast ? Shall life be counted...momentary year ? There was a time — that time is pastWhen, youth, I bloomed like thee ; A time will come — 't is coming fast When thou shalt fade... | |
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