 MY prime of youth is but a frost of cares; My feast of joy is but a dish of pain; My crop of corn is but a field of tares; And all my good is but vain hope of gain; The day is fled, and yet I saw no sun; And now I live, and now my life is done!  London: Its Literary and Historical Curiosities - Page 194by Frederick Saunders - 1854 - 269 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Tobias Smollett - 1817 - 680 pages
...tares, And all my goodes is but vain hope of gain. The day is ned, and yet I saw no sun, And now 1 live, and now my life is done! " ' My spring is past,...; The fruit is dead, and yet the leaves are green, iVly youth is past, and yet I am but young, I saw the world, and yet I was not seen ; My thread is... | |
 | Samuel Greatheed, Daniel Parken, Theophilus Williams, Josiah Conder, Thomas Price, Jonathan Edwards Ryland, Edwin Paxton Hood - 1818 - 648 pages
...but a field of tares, And all my goodes is but vain hope of gain. The day is fled, and yet J saw no sun, And now I live, and now my life is done ! ' My...past, and yet I am but young, I saw the world, and yet I was not seen ; My thread is cut, and yet it is not spun, And now I live, and now my life is done... | |
 | Isaac Disraeli - 1823 - 354 pages
...but a field of tares, And all my goodes is but vain hope of gain The day is fled, and yet I saw no sun, And now I live, and now my life is done ! My...past, and yet I am but young, I saw the world, and yet I was not seen ; My thread is cut, and yet it is not spun, And now I live, and now my life is done... | |
 | George Wentworth - 1824 - 378 pages
...but a field of tares, And all my goodes is but vain hope of gain. The day it fled, and yet I saw no sun, And now I live, and now my life is done ! My...past, and yet I am but young, I saw the world, and yet I was not seen ; My thread is cut, and yet it is not spun, And now I live, and now my life is done... | |
 | Isaac Disraeli - 1834 - 394 pages
...hut a field of tares, And all my goodes is hut vain hope of gain. The day is fled, and yet I saw no sun, And now I live, and now my life is done ! My...past, and yet I am but young, I saw the world, and yet I was not seen ; My thread is cut, and yet it is not spun, And now I live, and now my life is done... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1834 - 680 pages
...but a field of tares, And all my goods is but vain hope of gala. The day is fled, and yet I saw no sun, And now I live, and now my life is done ! " My...past, and yet I am but young, I saw the world and yet I was not seen ; My thread is cut, and yet it is not spun. And now I live, and now my life is done... | |
 | Isaac Disraeli, Jsaac D'Jsraeli - 1835 - 524 pages
...but a field of tares, And all my goodea is but vain hope of gain ; The day is fled, and yet I saw no sun, And now I live, and now my life is done ! My...the leaves are green, My youth is .past, and yet I air but young, I saw the world, and yet I was not seen ; My thread is cut, and yet it is not spun,... | |
 | Isaac Disraeli - 1835 - 474 pages
...but a field of tares, And all my goodee is but vain hope of gain; The day is fled, and yet 1 saw no sun, And now I live, and now my life is done ! My...past, and yet it hath not sprung, The fruit is dead, ana yet the leaves are green, My youth is past, and yet I an* but young, I eaw the world, and yet I... | |
 | Musa, Thomas Oliphant (president of the Madrigal society) - 1837 - 520 pages
...vain hope of gain. The day is fled, and yet I saw no sun, And now I live, and now my life is done. The spring is past, and yet it hath not sprung ; The fruit is dead, and yet the leaves be green : My youth is gone, and yet I am but young; I saw the world, and yet I was not seen ; My thread... | |
 | 1838 - 654 pages
...tares, . And all my goodness is but vain hope of gain The day is fled, and yet I saw no sun. And now 1 live, and now my life is done. " My spring is past,...past, and yet I am but young, I saw the world, and yet I was not seen ; My thread is cut, and yet, it is not spun. And now I live, and now my life is... | |
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