 | Books - 1799 - 618 pages
...second stanza of which runs thus : " My helmet now shall make an hive for bees, And lover's song» shall turn to holy psalms, A man at arms must now...knees, And feed on prayers, that are old age's alms. And so from court to cottage I depart, My saint is sure of mine unspotted heart." There is a curious... | |
 | 1799 - 614 pages
...helmet now shall make an hive for bees, . And lover's songs shall turn to holy psalms, A man at anus must now sit on his knees, And feed on prayers, that are old age's alms. And so from court to cottage I depart, My saint is sure of mine unspotted heart." There is a curious... | |
 | English poets - 1801 - 382 pages
...Beauty, and strength, and youth, flow'rs fading been, Duty, faith, love, are roots, and ever green. A man at arms must now sit on his knees, And feed on pray'rs that are old age'g alms, And so from court to cottage I depart ; My saint is sure of my unspotted... | |
 | George Ellis - English poetry - 1803 - 468 pages
...Beauty, and strength, and youth, flowers fading been, Duty, faith, love, are roots, and ever green. A man at arms must now sit on his knees, And feed on prayers, that are old age's alms. And so from court to cottage I depart ; My saint is sure of mine unspotted heart. And when I sadly... | |
 | Henry Headley - English poetry - 1810 - 236 pages
...supposed to h.ave been composed by the Earl of Essex, a thought of the same kind occurs : My helmet note shall make a hive for bees, And lovers' songs shall turn to holy psalms, &c. See Vol. 11I. Evans's Ballads. The writer of the same song, whoever he was, might have been indebted... | |
 | George Ellis - English poetry - 1811 - 482 pages
...Beauty,andstrength,andyouth,nowersfadingbeen, Duty, faith, love, are roots, and ever green. My helmet now shall make an hive for bees, And lovers' songs shall turn to holy...knees, And feed on prayers, that are old age's alms. And so from court to cottage I depart ; My saint is sure of mine unspotted heart. And when I sadly... | |
 | George Ellis - English poetry - 1811 - 472 pages
...increasing. Beauty, and strength, andyouth,flowersfadingbeen, Duty, faith, love, are roots, and ever green. A man at arms must now sit on his knees, And feed on prayers, that are old age's alms. And so from court to cottage I depart ; My saint is sure of mine unspotted heart. And when I sadly... | |
 | Lucy Aikin - Great Britain - 1818 - 544 pages
...flowers fading been; Duty, faith and love, are roots and evergreen. 260 CEKEJWONIES ON THAT OCCASION. My helmet now shall make a hive for bees ; And lovers...man at arms must now sit on his knees, And feed on pray'rs that are old age's alms. And so from court to cottage I depart ; My saint is sure of mine unspotted... | |
 | Picture gallery - 1824 - 234 pages
...Duty, faith, and love, are roots and evergreen. ' My helmet now shall make a hive for bees, And lover's songs shall turn to holy psalms ; A man at arms must...knees, And feed on prayers that are old age's alms; And so, from court to cottage I depart, My saint is sure of mine unspotted heart. 41 And when I sadly... | |
 | George Wentworth - English poetry - 1824 - 378 pages
...spurned ; My helmet now shall make a hive for bees ; And lover's songs shall turn to holy psalmes ; A man at arms must now sit on his knees, And feed on prayers that are old-age's alines. And so from Court to cottage 1 depart ; My Saint is sure of my unspotted heart ;... | |
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And lovers' songs shall turn to holy psalms : A man at arms must now sit on his knees, And feed on prayers that are old age's alms. And so from court to cottage I depart : My saint is sure of mine unspotted heart. 
