 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
 | James Russell Lowell - English literature - 1892 - 368 pages
...two, the rather that Thackeray was fond of them : — " My golden locks Time hath to silver turned (0 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 - 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... | |
 | Henry Mills Alden, Frederick Lewis Allen, Lee Foster Hartman, Thomas Bucklin Wells - Literature - 1892 - 1142 pages
...first two, the rather that Thackeray was fond of them: " My golden locka Time hath to silver turned (0 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 - 1895 - 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 »t youth hath spurned, But spurned in vain ; youth waneth by increasing. Beauty, strength, and youth,... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - 1904 - 504 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... | |
 | Agnes Strickland - Great Britain - 1924 - 746 pages
...sung by a concealed performer : " My golden locks time hath to silver turned. Oh, time, too swilt, and swiftness never ceasing ! My youth 'gainst age, and age at youth both spurned, But spurned in vain ; youth waneth by increasing : Beauty and strength and youth, flowers... | |
 | Edward Bliss Reed - Ballads, English - 1925 - 404 pages
...excellent, and for his voice both commendable and admirable: "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... | |
 | Vera Meynell - English poetry - 1925 - 378 pages
...turn'd ; O Time too swift, O swiftness never ceasing ! My youth 'gainst age, and age 'gainst time, hath spurn'd, But spurn'd in vain; youth waneth by increasing : Beauty, strength, youth, are flowers but fading seen; Duty, faith, love, are roots, and ever green, My helmet now shall... | |
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