 | Charlotte Fiske Bates - 1832 - 1022 pages
...rebuilds thy span, Nor lets the type grow pale with age That first spoke peace to man. THE RIVEli OF LIFE. THE more we live, more brief appear Our life's succeeding stages: A clay to childhood seems a year, And years like passing ages. The gladsome current of our youth, Ere... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - 1837 - 332 pages
...show it ; But for perfect worship leave Dora to her poet. . 224 . A THOUGHT SUGGESTED BY THE NEW YEAR. THE more we live, more brief appear Our life's succeeding...measure life to man, Why seem your courses quicker 1 When joys have lost their bloom and breath, And life itself is vapid, Why, as we reach the Falls... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - 1837 - 360 pages
...harmonic, To look in M — y C 's eyes, And try to be Platonic. A THOUGHT SUGGESTED BY THE NEW YEAR. THE more we live, more brief appear Our life's succeeding...The gladsome current of our youth, Ere passion yet disorder-, Steals, lingering like a river smooth Along its grassy borders. But, as the care-worn cheek... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - 1840 - 376 pages
...canvas show it ; But for perfect worship leave Dora to her poet. A THOUGHT SUGGESTED BY THE NEW YEAR. THE more we live, more brief appear Our life's succeeding...like passing ages. The gladsome current of our youth, Eire passion yet disorders, Steals, lingering like a river smooth Along its grassy borders. But, as... | |
 | Ann Jane - 1869 - 302 pages
...to be thinned and silvered. We are, every one, growing older — may we all be noaring eternal joy ! The more we live, more brief appear Our life's succeeding stages ; A dny to childhood seems a year, A year like passing ages. When joys have lost their early charm, And... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - 1849 - 276 pages
...For if the world hath loved thee not, Its absence may he borne. A THOUGHT SUGGESTED BY THE NEW YEAK. THE more we live, more brief appear Our life's succeeding...measure life to man, Why seem your courses quicker 1 When joys have lost their bloom and breath, And life itself is vapid, Why, as we reach the Falls... | |
 | 1837 - 218 pages
...or hasty word, Go — call hun to thy heart again ! Let Pride no more be heard. BV THOMAS CAMPBELL. THE more we live, more brief appear Our life's succeeding...current of our youth, Ere passion yet disorders, Steals, ling'ring, l,ke a river smooll. Along iis grassy borders, But, as the care-worn check grown wan, Aud... | |
 | Society for promoting Christian knowledge - 1855 - 620 pages
...sight and dim-: interference. YOUTH AND AGE. THE more we live, more brief appear Our life's successive stages ; A day to childhood seems a year, And years...the care-worn cheek grows wan, And Sorrow's shafts grow thicker, Ye stars that measure life to man, Why seem your courses quicker 1 When joys have lost... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - 1853 - 284 pages
...flame, Named their faction — I blot not my page with its name. A THOUGHT SUGGESTED BY THE NEW YEAR. THE more we live, more brief appear Our life's succeeding...cheek grows wan, And sorrow's shafts fly thicker, Te stars, that measure life to man, Why seem your courses quicker? When joys have lost their bloom... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - 1854 - 400 pages
...faltering lips expires ; Resume it, younger bards, and nobler lyres ! A THOUGHT SUGGESTED BY THE NEW YEAR. THE more we live, more brief appear Our life's succeeding...shafts fly thicker, Ye stars, that measure life to man, When joys have lost their bloom and breath, And life itself is vapid, Why, as we reach the Falls of... | |
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The more we live, more brief appear Our life's succeeding stages : A day to childhood seems a year, And years like passing ages. The gladsome current of our youth, Ere passion yet disorders, Steals lingering like a river smooth Along its grassy borders.... 
