 | Jacob Halls Drew - 1834 - 556 pages
...with me is past, and I shall never attempt it. When I relinquish my present occupation, I intend ' To husband out life's taper at the close, And keep the flame from wasting, by repose.' " Alas ! that his opinion, that he should not live to see the accomplishment of the suggested undertaking,... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1835 - 362 pages
...past to pain. In all my wanderings round this world of care, In all my griefs — and God has given my share — I still had hopes, my latest hours to crown,...attends us still — Amidst the swains to shew my book-learn "d skill, Around my fire an evening group to draw, And tell of all I felt, and all I saw;... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1837 - 472 pages
...past to pain. In all my wanderings round this world of care, In all my griefs—and GOD has given my share— I still had hopes, my latest hours to crown,...hopes, for pride attends us still, Amidst the swains to show my book-learn'd skill, Around my fire an evening group to draw, And tell of all I felt, and all... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - English literature - 1837 - 534 pages
...all my wanderings round this world of care, In all my griefs — and God has given my share — (1' I still had hopes my latest hours to crown, Amidst...the close, And keep the flame from wasting by repose : (2) I still had hopes, for pride attends us still, Amidst the swains to show my book-learn'd skill,... | |
 | 1837 - 646 pages
...lines : — " In all my wanderings round this world of care, In all my griefs — and God has given my share — I still had hopes my latest hours to crown, Amidst these humble bowers to lay me down ; * Essay on the Poetry of Gray. To husband out life's taper at the close, And keep the flame from... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith, Sir James Prior - 1837 - 538 pages
...me down ; To husband out life's taper at the close, And keep the flame from wasting by repose : (2' I still had hopes, for pride attends us still, Amidst the swains to show my book-learn'd skill, Around my fire an evening group to draw, And tell of all I felt, and all... | |
 | Theology - 1838 - 808 pages
...In all my griefs, — and God has given my share, 1 still had hopes, my latest hour to crown, Amid these humble bowers to lay me down ; To husband out...hopes, for pride attends us still, Amidst the swains to show my book-learned skill, Around my fire an evening group to draw, And tell of all I felt, and alii... | |
 | Thomas Miller - Great Britain - 1838 - 894 pages
...CHAPTER IX. In all my wanderings round this world of care, In all my griefs — and God has given my share — I still had hopes, my latest hours to crown, Amidst these humble bowers to lay me down : **•*•• And, as a hare, whom hounds and horns pursue, Pants to the place from whence at first... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1839 - 242 pages
...past to pain. In all my wanderings round this world of care, In all my griefs — and God has given my share — I still had hopes my latest hours to crown,...hopes, for pride attends us still, Amidst the swains to show my book-learn'd skill, Around my fire an evening group to draw, And tell of all I felt, and all... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - Medicine in literature - 1839 - 360 pages
...my griefs — and God has given my share — * Calm desires'] ' Gentle thoughts, and calm desires !' I still had hopes my latest hours to crown, Amidst...hopes, for pride attends us still, Amidst the swains to show my book-learn'd skill, Around my fire an evening group to draw, And tell of all I felt, and all... | |
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In all my wanderings round this world of care, In all my griefs — and GOD has given my share — I still had hopes, my latest hours to crown, Amidst these humble bowers to lay me down ; To husband out life's taper at the close, And keep the flame from... 
