 | 1903 - 606 pages
...line. Landor's famous epitaph upon himself remains one of the few excellent pieces in this kind : — ' I strove with none for none was worth my strife ; Nature I lov'd and, next to Nature, Art ; I warm'd both hands before the fire of life, It sinks, and I am ready... | |
 | England - 1854 - 800 pages
...stand printed by themselves, in capital letters, on the first leaf, as on a memorial tablet — •" I strove with none, for none was worth my strife ; Nature I loved, and, next to nature, art: I •warmed both bauds before the fire of life ; It sinks, and I am ready to depart." The verse is good... | |
 | 1876 - 818 pages
...strove with none, for none were worth my strifa ; Nature I loved, and after Nature, Art. I wurin'd both hands before the fire of life ; It sinks, and I am ready to depart :'' in which the absence of all reference to religious faith— except the words " ready to depart... | |
 | Electronic journals - 1881 - 704 pages
...I strove with none, for none was worth my strife f Mature 1 loved, and after Nature, Art ; I warmed both hands before the fire of life ; It sinks, and I am ready to depart." ALPHA. " Trust not for freedom to the Franks — They have a king who buys and sell«." Byron's spirit-stirring... | |
 | Walter Savage Landor - 1853 - 598 pages
...STROVE WITH NONE, FOR NONE WAS WORTH MY STRIPE ; NATURE I LOVED, AND, NEXT TO NATURE, ART; I WARMED BOTH HANDS BEFORE THE FIRE OF LIFE; IT SINKS, AND I AM READY TO DEPART. PKEFACE. INFERIOR in execution to those I have already set before the public will perhaps these Imaginary... | |
 | Abel Stevens, James Floy - Periodicals - 1854 - 588 pages
...from Byron to Sir Walter Scott and Southéy, writes thus of his own present position : — " I utrove with none, for none was worth my strife ; Nature I loved, and next to nature, art: I warm'd both hands before the fire of life ; It Pinks, and 1 am ready to depart4 Alexander Smith soon... | |
 | Abel Stevens, James Floy - Periodicals - 1854 - 584 pages
...strove with none, for none was worth my striio ; Nature 1 loveii. and ne.vt to nature, art: I warm'd both hands before the fire of life; It sinks, and I am ready to depart" Alexander Smith soon issues a third volume of his poetical effusions. Montgomery, the Quaker poet,... | |
 | American essays - 1883 - 884 pages
...Lander's fine last word upon himself, — "I strove with none, for none was worth my strife ; Nature 1 loved, and, next to Nature, Art. I wanned both hands before the lire of life ; It sinks, and I am ready to depart,'' — and the soft song of the disembodied spirit... | |
 | 1895 - 722 pages
...be forgiven if I see a kinship indeed with one, and that Landor. "I strove with none, for none were worth my strife; Nature I loved, and, next to nature, art ; I warmed both hands before the fire of life ; It sinks, and I am ready to depart.1' The lines might have... | |
 | George Augustus Sala, Edmund Yates - English periodicals - 1891 - 602 pages
...strove with none, for none was worth the strife, Nature I loved, and next to Nature — Art. I warmed both hands before the fire of life, It sinks, and I am ready to depart." " AH yes, we all eat and drink more than what is good for us : these are sins of the time for which,... | |
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I STROVE with none, for none was worth my strife; Nature I loved, and next to Nature, Art; I warmed both hands before the fire of life; It sinks, and I am ready to depart. 
