 | 1806 - 224 pages
...bud or blossom sheweth. Perhaps my semblance might deceive the truth, That I to manhood am airiv'd so neare, And inward ripeness doth much lesse appear, That some more tymely happie spirit indu'th; Yet be it less or more, or soon or slow ; It shall be still in strictest measure even To that same... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 560 pages
...twentieth year My hasting days fly on with full career, But my late spring no bud or blossom shew'th. Perhaps my semblance might deceive the truth, That I to manhood am arriv'd so near; And inward ripeness doth much less appear, That some more timely-happy spirits endu'tb. Yet be... | |
 | John Milton - 1810 - 540 pages
...twentieth year! My hasting days fly on with full career, But my late spring no bud or blossom shew'th. Perhaps my semblance might deceive the truth, That I to manhood am arriv'd so near; And inward ripeness doth much less appear, That some more timely-happy spirits endu'th. Yet be... | |
 | William Hayley - 1810 - 418 pages
...twentieth year! My hasting days fly on with full career, But my late spring no bud or blossom shew'th. Perhaps my semblance might deceive the truth, That I to manhood am arriv'd so near; And inward ripeness doth much less appear, That some more timely-happy spirits endu'th. Yet be... | |
 | Charles Symmons - 1810 - 684 pages
...twentieth year! My hasting days fly on with full career ; But my late spring no bud or blossom shew'th. Perhaps my semblance might deceive the truth, That I to manhood am arrived so near, And inward ripeness doth much less appear, That some more timely-happy spirits indu'th.... | |
 | 1814 - 286 pages
...twentieth Year ! My hasting days flie on with full career; But my late Spring no bud or blossom shew'th. Perhaps my semblance might deceive the truth: That I to manhood am arrivd so near And inward ripeness doth much less appear Than som more timely happy spirits indu'th Yet, be it... | |
 | Ezekiel Sanford - 1819 - 366 pages
...twentieth year ! My hasting days fly on with full career, But my late spring no bud or blossom shew'th. Perhaps my semblance might deceive the truth, That I to manhood am arriv'd so near ; And inward ripeness doth much less appear, That some more timely-happy spirits endu'th. Yet... | |
 | 1820 - 224 pages
...twentieth year ! My hasting days fly on with full careere, But my late spring no bud or blossom shcweth. Perhaps my semblance might deceive the truth, That...neare, And inward ripeness doth much lesse appear, _ ' That some more tymely happte spirit indu'th j Yet be it less or more, or soon or slow ; It shall... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 272 pages
...three-and-twentiethyear! My hasting days fly on with full career, But my late spring no bud or blossom show'th. Perhaps my semblance might deceive the truth, That I to manhood am arrived so near ; And inward ripeness doth much less appear, That some more timely-happy spirits endu'th.... | |
 | Richard Alfred Davenport - 1823 - 470 pages
...twentieth year ! My hasting days fly on with full career, But my late spring no bud or blossom shew'th. Perhaps my semblance might deceive the truth That I to manhood am arrived so near ; And inward ripeness doth much less appear, That some more timely-happy spirits endueth.... | |
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How soon hath Time, the subtle thief of youth, Stolen on his wing my three-and-twentieth year! My hasting days fly on with full career, But my late spring no bud or blossom shew'th. 
