 gainst age, and age at youth hath spurn'd : But spurn'd in vain, youth waneth by increasing ; Beauty, strength, and youth, flowers fading been ; Duty, faith, and love, are roots and evergreen. My helmet now shall make a hive for bees ; And lovers...  Mornings in Spring: Or, Retrospections, Biographical, Critical, and Historical - Page 110by Nathan Drake - 1828Full view - About this book
 | Isaac Jack Reeve - 1866 - 332 pages
...occasion presented the following verses to her majesty : MY golden locks time hath to silver turned ; (Oh time too swift, and swiftness never ceasing!) My youth 'gainst age, and age at youth have spurned, — But spurned in vain — youth waineth by increasing. Beauty, strength, and youth,... | |
 | Lucy Aikin - 1872 - 566 pages
...performer accompanied the strain with the following song : — My golden locks time hath to silver turn'd, (Oh time too swift, and swiftness never ceasing,)...at youth hath spurn'd : But spurn'd in vain, youth wancth by increasing ; Beauty, strength, and youth, flowers fading been ; Duty, faith, and love, are... | |
 | Charles Dickens - English literature - 1874 - 636 pages
...acceptance, and the royal choir sang Sfr Heury's farewell : — My golden looks Time hath to silver turned, (Oh Time too swift, and swiftness never ceasing), My youth 'gainst age, and age at youth have spurned, Bit spurned in vaie ; yonth waneth hy inereasing. Beauty, strength, and yonth, flowers... | |
 | William Henry Burr - 1886 - 110 pages
...following verses,, personating the aged man-at-arms : " My golden locks hath time to silver turned, (O Time too swift, and swiftness never ceasing!) My youth 'gainst age, and age at youth hath spurned, But spumed in vain ; youth waneth by increasing. Beauty and strength, and youth flowers fading... | |
 | George Peele - 1888 - 462 pages
...and admirable : " My golden locks time hath to siluer turned ; (Oh time too swift, and swiftnes neuer ceasing !) My youth 'gainst age, and age at youth hath spurnd, But spurnd in vaine ; youth walneth by encreasing : Beauty, strength, and youth, flowers fading beene ; Duety, faith,... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - English literature - 1889 - 514 pages
...first two, the rather that Thackeray was fond of them : " My golden locks Time hath to silver turned (O Time too swift, and swiftness never ceasing), My youth 'gainst age, and age at youth hath spurned, But spurned in vain; youth waneth by increasing. Beauty, strength, and youth, flowers fading... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - English drama - 1892 - 158 pages
...swift, and swiftness never ceasing), My youth 'gainst age, and age at youth hath spurned, But spurned in vain; youth waneth by increasing. Beauty, strength,...fading been; Duty, faith, and love, are roots, and ever green. " My helmet now shall make an hive for bees, And lover's songs shall turn to holy psalms;... | |
 | Henry Mills Alden, Frederick Lewis Allen, Lee Foster Hartman, Thomas Bucklin Wells - Literature - 1892 - 988 pages
...first two. the rather that Thackeray was fond of them: " My golden locks Time hath to silver turned (O Time too swift, and swiftness never ceasing), My youth 'gainst age, and age at youth hath spurned, But spurned in vain; youth waneth by increasing. Beauty, strength, and youth, flowers fading... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - 1892 - 156 pages
...two, the rather that Thackeray was fond of them: — " My golden locks Time hath to silver turned (O Time too swift, and swiftness never ceasing), My youth 'gainst age, and age at youth hath spurned, But spurned in vain; youth waneth by increasing. Beauty, strength, and youth, flowers fading... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - American literature - 1892 - 380 pages
...two, the rather that Thackeray was fond of them: — " My golden locks Time hath to silver turned ((i Time too swift, and swiftness never ceasing), My youth 'gainst age, and age at youth hath spurned, But spurned in vain; youth waneth by increasing. Iteauty, strength, and youth, flowers fading... | |
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