 | Charlotte Fiske Bates - American poetry - 1832 - 1022 pages
...Father William replied, I remembered that youth would fly fast, And abused not my health and my vigor at first, That I never might need them at last. You...cried, And pleasures with youth pass away, And yet yon lament not the days that are gone, Now tell nie the reason, 1 pray. In the days of my youth, Father... | |
 | Samuel BLACKBURN - 1833 - 254 pages
...youth," Father William replied, " I remember'd that youth would fly fast, And abus'd not my health and my vigour at first, That I never might need them at last."...days that are gone, Now tell me the reason, I pray." " In the days of my youth," Father William replied, " I remember'd that youth could not last, I thought... | |
 | Andrew Thomson - Readers - 1835 - 302 pages
...abus'd not my health and my vigour at first, , That I never might need them at last." .;." r " You are old, father William," the young man cried, "And...that are gone, ,, Now tell me the reason, I pray." •" In the days of my youth," father William replied, . " I remember'd that youth could not last ;... | |
 | Children - 1840 - 118 pages
...youth, Father William reply'd, I remember'd that youth would fly fast, And abus'd not my health and my vigour at first, That I never might need them at last. You are old, Father William, the young man he said. And pleasures with you pass away ; And yet you lament not the days that are gone — Now... | |
 | Joshua Leavitt - Readers - 1836 - 164 pages
...atjirst, That I never might need them at last," 3. " You are old father William," the young man c: " And pleasures with youth pass away, And yet you lament...days that are gone ; Now tell me the reason, I pray." 4. " In the days of my youth," father William rep " I remembered that youth could not last .• I thought... | |
 | Thomas Bilby - Children's songs - 1836 - 154 pages
...youth," father William replied, " I remember'd that youth would fly fast, And abns'd not my health and my vigour at first, That I never might need them at last." " You are old, father William," the young man said, " And pleasures with you pass away ; And yet, you lament not the days that are gone, Now... | |
 | Ireland commissioners of nat. educ - 1836 - 188 pages
...fly fast; . • ;.• ! .• And abused not my health and my vigour at first, That I never mightneed them at last." "You are old, father William," the...young man cried, " And pleasures with youth pass away ; And•yet you lament not• the days that are gone ; ,ii,.•) , .j Now tell me.•the reason, I... | |
 | William Holmes McGuffey - Rare books - 1836 - 180 pages
...are old, Father William, Theophilus said, And pleasures, with youth pass away ; And yet you repent not the days that are gone ; — ^ . Now tell me the reason, I pray. 4. When I was a youth, Father William replied, I remembered that youth could not last ; I thought of... | |
 | Joseph Payne - 1839 - 302 pages
...youth," Father William replied, " I remember'd that youth would fly fast, And abused not my health and my vigour at first, That I never might need them at last."...days that are gone, Now tell me the reason, I pray?" " In the days of my youth," Father William replied, " I remember'd that youth could not last ; I thought... | |
 | William Chambers, Robert Chambers - Conduct of life - 1839 - 204 pages
...father William replied, " I remembered that youth would fly fast ; And abused not my health and my vigour at first, That I never might need them at last."...days that are gone — Now tell me the reason, I pray ?" " In the days of my youth," father William replied, " I remembered that youth would not last ; I... | |
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And pleasures with youth pass away; And yet you lament not the days that are gone; Now tell me the reason, I pray." 
