 | Chaplet - 1805 - 238 pages
...liereclin'd, And eoimt the silent moments as they pa?.* : The wiriged moments, whose unstaying speea No art can stop, or in their course arrest, Whose...flight shall shortly count me with the dead. And lay nie down in peace with them that rest. Oii morning dreamis, presage approaching fate, And morning dreams,... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1807 - 338 pages
...joys of life with health are flown. Starting and shiv'ring in th' unconstant wind, Meagre and pale, the ghost of what I was, Beneath some blasted tree I lie reclin'd, And count the silent moments ;n they pass. The winged moments, whose unstaying speed No art can stop, or in their course arrest... | |
 | Robert Southey - English poetry - 1807 - 472 pages
...joys of life with health are flow'n. Starting and shivering in th' inconstant wind, Meagre and pale, the ghost of what I was, Beneath some blasted tree I lie reclined, And count the silent moments as they pass : The winged moments, whose unstaying speed No... | |
 | Christiane Derobert-Ratel - Aix-en-Provence (France) - 1809 - 590 pages
...that brought him to the grave. " Starting and shiv'ring in the. unconstant wind, Meagre, and pale, the ghost of what I was, Beneath some blasted tree...whose unstaying speed No art can stop, or in their coarse arrest; Whose flight shall shortly count me with the dead, And lay me down in peace with them... | |
 | James Kennedy (of Glasgow.) - Poetry - 1810 - 450 pages
...joys of life with health are flown. " STARTING and shivering in th* inconstant wind, Meagre and pale, the ghost of what I was, Beneath some blasted tree I lie reclin'd, And count the moments as they silent pass : " THE winged moments, whose unstaying speed No art can stop, or in their... | |
 | Poetical selections - 1811 - 324 pages
...joys of life with health are flown. Starting and shiv'ring inth' inconstant wind, Meagre and pale, the ghost of what I was, Beneath some blasted tree...reclin'd, And count the silent moments as they pass; Thi? winged moments, whose unstaying speed No art can stop, or in their conrse arrest; Whose flight... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - Authors, English - 1819 - 498 pages
...joys of life with health are flown. Starting and shiv'ring in th' inconstant wind, Meagre and pale, the ghost of what I was, Beneath some blasted tree...arrest; Whose flight shall shortly count me with the dea'l, And lay me down in peace with them that rest. Oft morning dreams presage approaching fate ;... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - Authors, English - 1819 - 482 pages
...joys of life with health are flown. Starting and shiv'ring in th' inconstant wind, Meagre and pale, the ghost of what I was, Beneath some blasted tree...silent moments as they pass : The winged moments, whose mislaying speed No art can stop, or in their course arrest ; Whose flight shall shortly count me with... | |
 | Elizabeth Chase - 1821 - 248 pages
...joys of life with health are ilown. Starting and shiv'ringin th' inconstant wind, Meagre and pale, the ghost of what I was, ..:•• Beneath some blasted...they pass : The winged moments, whose unstaying speed Nor art can stop, or in their course arrest; Whose flight shall shortly couut me with the dead, And... | |
 | Joseph] [Robertson, Sholto Percy - English poetry - 1822 - 400 pages
...joys of life with health are flown: Starting and shiv'ring in th' inconstant wind, Meagre and pale, the ghost of what I was, Beneath some blasted tree...silent moments as they pass. The winged moments, whose nnstaying speed No art can stop, or in their course arrest ; Whose flight shall shortly count me with... | |
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Now spring returns : but not to me returns The vernal joy my better years have known ; Dim in my breast life's dying taper burns, And all the joys of life with health are flown. Starting and shiv'ring in th... 
