| Cyclopaedia - 1853 - 772 pages
...though we sleep, or wake, or roam, or ride, Aye fleeth the time; it will no man abide. — Chaucer. Time doth transfix the flourish set on youth, And...truth, And nothing stands but for his scythe to mow. Shakspere. Even such is time, that takes on trust Our youth, our joys, our all we have, And pays us... | |
| Cyclopaedia, Henry Gardiner Adams - 1854 - 762 pages
...crown'd, Crooked eclipses 'gainst his glory fight, And time that gave, doth now his gift confound. Time doth transfix the flourish set on youth, And...truth. And nothing stands but for his scythe to mow. Shakspere. Misshapen time, copesmate of ugly night; Swifi subtle post, carrier of grisly care; Eater... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1855 - 280 pages
...crowned, Crooked eclipses 'gainst his glory fight, And time that gave, doth now his gift confound. Time doth transfix the flourish set on youth, And...stand, Praising thy worth, despite his cruel hand. 61 Is it thy will, thy image should keep open My heavy eyelids to the weary night? Dost thou desire... | |
| William Shakespeare, Henry Howard Earl of Surrey, George Gilfillan - 1856 - 364 pages
...crown'd, Crooked eclipses 'gainst his glory fight, And Time, that gave, doth now his gift confound. Time doth transfix the flourish set on youth, And...stand, Praising thy worth, despite his cruel hand. 1 ' Whe'r : ' whether.—2 ' Main of light : ' the ocean of the sun. LXI. Is it thy will thy image... | |
| John Timbs - Aphorisms and apothegms - 1856 - 374 pages
...being crown'd Crooked eclipses 'gainst his glory fight, And time that gave, doth now his gift confound. Time doth transfix the flourish set on youth, And...truth, And nothing stands but for his scythe to mow. Shakspeafe. CCCCLXV. Good breeding is the result of much good sense, some good nature, and a little... | |
| Aphorisms and apothegms - 1856 - 372 pages
...being crown'd Crooked eclipses 'gainst his glory fight, And time that gave, doth now his gift confound. Time doth transfix the flourish set on youth, And...truth, And nothing stands but for his scythe to mow. Shakspeare. CCCCLXV. Good breeding is the result of much good sense, some good nature, and a little... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1856 - 424 pages
...crown'd, Crooked eclipses 'gainst his glory fight, And Time, that pave, doth now his gift confound. Time doth transfix the flourish set on youth, And delves the parallels in beauty's brow ; I'Yeds on the rarities of nature's truth, And nothing stands but for his scythe to mow. And yet,... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1857 - 336 pages
...'gainst his glory fight ; And time that gave, doth now his gift confound. Time doth transfix the florish set on youth, And delves the parallels in beauty's...stand, Praising thy worth, despite his cruel hand. LXI. Is it thy will, thy image should keep open My heavy eyelids to the weary night ? Dost thou desire... | |
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