 | Charles Butler - 1821 - 636 pages
...forsake ! " My thoughtless youth was wing'd with vain desires, " My manhood, long misled by wand'ring fires, " Follow'd false lights; and when their glimpse was gone " My pride struck out new sparkles of my own. " Such was I, — such by nature still I am ; " Be thine the glory and be mine the shame, "... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 316 pages
...to forsake ! My thoughtless youth was wing'd with vain desires, My manhood, long misled by wandering fires, Follow'd false lights, and, when their glimpse...now my task : my doubts are done ; What more could fright my faith than Three in One ? Can I believe eternal God could lie Disguised in mortal mould and... | |
 | James Boswell - 1822 - 506 pages
...forsake. " My thoughtless youth was wing'd with vain desires ; " My manhood long misled by wand'ring fires, " Follow'd false lights ; and when their glimpse...and be mine the shame. " Good life be now my task : ray doubts are done ; " What more could shock my faith than Three in One ? " In drawing Dryden's... | |
 | 1822 - 314 pages
...to forsake ! My thoughtless youth was wing'd with vain desires, My manhood, long misled by wandering fires, Follow'd false lights, and, when their glimpse...gone, My pride struck out new sparkles of her own. Such'was I, such by nature still I am; Be thine the glory, and be mine the shame. Good life be now... | |
 | Charles Butler - 1822 - 544 pages
...forsake ! " My thoughtless youth was wing'd with vain desires ; " My manhood, long misled by wand'ring fires, " Follow'd false lights; and when their glimpse was gone " My pride struck out new sparkles of my own. " Such VMS I, — such by nature still I am ; " Be thine the glory and be mine the shame, "... | |
 | Charles Butler - 1822 - 538 pages
...forsake! " My thoughtless youth was wing'd with vain desires; " My manhood, long misled by wand'ring fires, " Follow'd false lights; and when their glimpse was gone " My pride struck out new sparkles of my own. " Such too* I,—such by nature still I am; " Be thine the glory and be mine the shame, •... | |
 | Charles Butler - 1822 - 546 pages
...lights; and when their glimpse was gonfc " My pride itruck out new sparkles of my own. " Such IIXK I, — such by nature still I am ; " Be thine the glory and. he mine the shame, . ._ . " Good life be now my task,— my doubts are done ! — Two fables of exquisite... | |
 | James Boswell - 1823 - 440 pages
...to forsake. My thoughtless youth was wing'd with vain desires ; My manhood long misled by wandering fires, Follow'd false lights; and when their glimpse...such by nature still I am ; Be thine the glory, and bo mine the shame. Good life be now my task: my doubts are done; What more could shock my faith than... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1824 - 1062 pages
...manhood, long misled by wandering fires, [gone, Follow'd false lights : and, when their glimpse was k" ! ! fright my faith, than three in one ? Can I believe eternal God could lie Disguis'd in mortal mould... | |
 | James Boswell - 1824 - 482 pages
...to forsake. My thoughtless youth was wing'd with vain desires ; My manhood long misled by wand'ring fires, Follow'd false lights ; and when their glimpse...sparkles of her own. Such was I, such by nature still 1 am ; Be thine the glory, and be mine the shame. Good life be now my task : my doubts are done ; What... | |
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My thoughtless youth was wing'd with vain desires; My manhood, long misled by wandering fires, Follow'd false lights; and when their glimpse was gone, My pride struck out new sparkles of her own. Such was I, such by nature still I am; Be thine the glory,... 
