 LONG time a child, and still a child, when years Had painted manhood on my cheek, was I ; For yet I lived like one not born to die ; A thriftless prodigal of smiles and tears, No hope I needed, and I knew no fears. But sleep, though sweet, is only sleep,...  Poems - Page 9by Hartley Coleridge - 1833 - 157 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Hugh Walker - English literature - 1910 - 1082 pages
...wisely depicted his character. His own beautiful sonnet is as full of insight as of poetry : — " Long time a child, and still a child, when years Had...to die ; A thriftless prodigal of smiles and tears, 1 Life of Tennyson, i. 154. No hope I needed, and I knew no fears. But sleep, though sweet, is only... | |
 | Hugh Walker, Janie Roxburgh Walker - English literature - 1913 - 1116 pages
...more wisely depicted his character. His own beautiiul sonnet is as full of insight as of poetry : — "Long time a child, and still a child, when years...to die ; A thriftless prodigal of smiles and tears, 1 Lift of Tennyson, i. 154. No hope 1 needed, and I knew no fears. But sleep, thongh sweet, is only... | |
 | Harry Graham - Biography & Autobiography - 1913 - 342 pages
...truthfully to write of himself that he was " still a child when years had painted manhood on his cheek." " For yet I lived like one not born to die, A thriftless...and tears, No hope I needed, and I knew no fears. . . . Nor child, nor man, Nor youth, nor sage, I find my head is grey, For I have lost the race I never... | |
 | Hugh Walker - English literature - 1913 - 1114 pages
...lived like one not born to die; A thriftless prodigal of smiles and tears, 1 Li/e of Tennyson, i. 154. No hope I needed, and I knew no fears. But sleep, though sweet, is ouly sleep, and waking. I waked to sleep no more, at once o'ertaking The vanguard of my age, with all... | |
 | American poetry - 1918 - 2030 pages
...a seeming length, Proportioned to their sweetness,' Thomas Campbell [1777-1844] "LONG TIME A CHILD" LONG time a child, and still a child, when years Had painted manhood on my check, was I, — For yet I lived like one not born to die; A thriftless prodigal of smiles and tears,... | |
 | Hugh Walker - English literature - 1921 - 1108 pages
...wisely depicted his character. His own beautiiul sonnet is as full of insight as of poetry : — "I-ong time a child, and still a child, when years Had painted...to die ; A thriftless prodigal of smiles and tears, 1 Lift of Tennyson, i. 154. No hope I needed, and I knew no fears. But sleep, though sweet, is only... | |
 | Sister Mary Joseph Pomeroy - 1927 - 136 pages
...that needed manashing until the end." n Hartley himself says in one of his sonnets, already quoted, Long time a child, and still a child, when years Had painted manhood on my cheek, was I, — And still I am a child, tho' I be old. 12 It is not surprising, then, to learn from those who still... | |
 | Harry Kemp - English poetry - 1927 - 482 pages
...pastures—upward pushed the plow— Straight in the coffin they point upward now! LONG TIME A CHILD Long time a child, and still a child, when years Had painted manhood on my cheeks, Was I,— For yet I lived like one not born to die; A thriftless prodigal of smiles and tears,... | |
 | Hugh Walker - English literature - 1964 - 1084 pages
...wisely depicted his character. His own beautiful sonnet is as full of insight as of poetry : — " Long time a child, and still a child, when years Had...to die ; A thriftless prodigal of smiles and tears, 1 Life of Tennyson, i. 154. No hope I needed, and I knew no fears. But sleep, though sweet, is only... | |
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