 I laughed, and danced, and talked, and sung : And, proud of health, of freedom vain, Dreamed not of sorrow, care, or pain ; Concluding, in those hours of glee, That all the world was made for me. But when the hour of trial came, When sickness shook this...  The Literary panorama - Page 5931818Full view - About this book
 | Leisure - 1852 - 950 pages
...Dreamed not of sorrow, care, nor pain ; Concluding, in those hours of glee, That all the world wns made for me. But when the hour of trial came, When...trembling frame, When folly's gay pursuits were o'er, And I could dance and sing no more, It then occurred how sad 'twould he, Were this world only made for... | |
 | Society for promoting Christian knowledge - 1852 - 652 pages
...care, or pain. Concluding in those hours of glee, That all the world was made for me. But when the days of trial came, When sickness shook this trembling frame When folly's gay pursuits were o'er, And I could dance and sing no more, It then occurred how sad 'twould be Were this world only made for me... | |
 | James Montgomery - 1854 - 366 pages
...health, of freedom vain, Dreamt not of sorrow, care, or pain, Concluding in those hours of glee That all the world was made for me. " But when the hour...trial came, When sickness shook this trembling frame, AVhen Folly's gay pursuits were o'er, And I could dance and sing no more, It then occurred how sad... | |
 | Cyclopaedia, Henry Gardiner Adams - 1854 - 762 pages
...freedom vain, Dreamed not of sorrow, care, nor pain: Oh! then in those light hours of glee, I thought the world was made for me. But when the hour of trial came, And sickness shook my feeble frame, And folly's gay pursuits where o'er, And I could sing and dance... | |
 | William M. Thayer - Conduct of life - 1859 - 372 pages
...health, of freedom vain, Dreamed not of sorrow, care, or pain; Concluding in these hours of glee, That all the world was made for me ; But when the hour...trembling frame, When folly's gay pursuits were o'er, And I could dance and sing no more, It then occurred how sad 't would be, •Were this world only made... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - Electronic journals - 1860 - 858 pages
...health, of freedom vain, Dreamed not of sorrow, care, or pain : Concluding, in those hours of glee, That all the world was made for me. " But when the hour...sickness shook this trembling frame, When folly's gar pursuits were o'er, And I could sing uiid dance no more, It then occurred, how sad 'twould be Were... | |
 | Archibald Hamilton Bryce - 1862 - 344 pages
...attributed to her, which are more touching than better poetry:— Concluding, in those hours of glue, That all the world was made for me. " But when the hour...trembling frame, When folly's gay pursuits were o'er, And I could sing and dance no moro,— It then occurred, how sad 'twould be Were this world only made for... | |
 | Life - 1862 - 228 pages
...health, of freedom vain, Dreamed not of sorrow, care, or pain ; Concluding in these hours of glee, That all the world was made for me ; But when the hour...trembling frame, When folly's gay pursuits were o'er, And I could dance and sing no more, It then occurred how sad 't would be, Were this world only made for... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - Great Britain - 1862 - 264 pages
...health, of freedom vain, Dreamed not of sorrow, care, or pain; Concluding, in those hours of glee, That all the world was made for me. " But when the hour of trial came, When sickness shook this tremhling frame, When folly's gay pursuits were o'er, And I could sing and dance no more, It then occurred,... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1909 - 882 pages
...health, of freedom vain, Dreamed not of sorrow, care, or pain ; Concluding, in those hours of glee, That all the world was made for me. But when the hour of...trembling frame, When folly's gay pursuits were o'er, And I could sing and dance no more, It then occurred, how sad 'twould be Were this world only made for... | |
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