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" THE MEN OF OLD. I KNOW not that the men of old Were better than men now, Of heart more kind, of hand more bold, Of more ingenuous brow : I heed not those who pine for force A ghost of Time to raise, As if they thus could check the course Of these appointed... "
The first (-third, fifth, sixth) reading book, by T. Crampton and T. Turner - Page 124
edited by - 1858
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Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 44

1838 - 884 pages
...and aspire, — Our hearts must die, except they breathe The air of fresh Desire. THE MEN OF OLn. " 1 know not that the men of old Were better than men...they thus could check the course Of these appointed dayt. " Still is it true, and over true, That I delight to close This book of life self-wise and new,...
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The British and Foreign Review: Or, European Quarterly Journal, Volume 7

1838 - 722 pages
...any rate, let us do justice, such justice as the following poem would teach us : " The Men of Old. " I know not that the men of old Were better than men...pine for force A ghost of Time to raise. As if they thw could check the course Of these appointed days. " Still is it true, and over true. That I delight...
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Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 44

1838 - 938 pages
...fill a sheet how pleasant to have recourse again to such a man as Milnes! Thus — THE MEN OF OLD. " 1 know not that the men of old Were better than men...those who pine for force A ghost of Time to raise, At if they thus could check the course Of these appointed dayt. " Still is it true, and over true,...
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The Museum of Foreign Literature, Science, and Art, Volume 34

Robert Walsh, Eliakim Littell, John Jay Smith - 1838 - 604 pages
...fill a sheet how pleasant to have recourse again to such a man as Milnes! Thus — THE MEN OF OLD. "1 know not that the men of old Were better than men...more kind, of hand more bold, Of more ingenuous brow: 1 heed not those who pine for force A ghost of Time to raise. As if they thus could check the course...
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Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 7

1838 - 876 pages
...again to such a man. as Milnes ! Thus — THE MEN OF OLD. " I know not that the men of old Were belter than men now, Of heart more kind, of hand more bold, Of more ingenius brow : I heeil not those who pine for force A ghost of time to rai*e, As if they thus could...
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The British and Foreign Review: Or, European Quarterly Journal, Volume 7

1838 - 732 pages
...any rate, let us do justice, such justice as the following poem would teach us : " The Men tf Old. " I know not that the men of old Were better than men now, Ofhcart more kind, of hand more bold, Of more ingenuous brow : I heed not those who pine for force...
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The Critical and Miscellaneous Writings of Sir Edward Lytton, Volume 1

Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton - 1841 - 370 pages
...to similar exercises of the imagination.* We will commence our extracts with, — "THE MEN OF OLD, " I know not that the men of old Were better than men...of Time to raise, As if they thus could check the coarse Of these appointed days. " Still is it true, and over true, That I delight to close This book...
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Critical and Miscellaneous Essays, Volume 2

John Wilson - 1842 - 380 pages
...fill a sheet how pleasant to have recourse again to such a man as Milnes ! Thus — THE MEN OP OLD. " I know not that the men of old Were better than men...hand more bold, Of more ingenuous brow : I heed not thoee who pine for force A ghost of Time to raise, As if they thus could check the course Of these...
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Critical and Miscellaneous Essays, Volume 2

John Wilson - 1842 - 384 pages
...fill a sheet how pleasant to have recourse again to such a man as Milnes ! Thus— THE MEN OF OLD. " I know not that the men of old Were better than men now, Of heart more kind, of hand more hold, Of more ingenuous brow: I heed not those who pine for force A ghost of Time to raise, Of these...
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Poems of Many Years

Richard Monckton Milnes (Baron Houghton) - 1844 - 300 pages
...is wide, — these things are small, — If they be nothing, what is there at all ] THE MEN OF OLD. I KNOW not that the men of old Were better than men...could check the course Of these appointed days. Still it is true, and over true, That I delight to close This book of life self-wise and new, And let my...
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