 | Electronic journals - 1852 - 1170 pages
...to the Bill of Mortality for the parish of All Saints, Northampton, for 1787 : '* Read, ye that Tim, the awful truth With which I charge my page ; A worm is in the bud of youth, And at the root of age." I know not with whom the idea originated. The imagery is frequently used by Shakspeare, but with him... | |
 | William Cowper - 1853 - 522 pages
...foliage on, The gay, the thoughtlefs, have I feen, I pafs'd — and they were gone. Read, ye that run, the awful truth With which I charge my page ; A worm...health can health infure For yet an hour to come ; No medicine, though it oft can cure, Can always balk the tomb. And O ! that humble as my lot, And fcorn'd... | |
 | William Cowper - 1853 - 796 pages
...on, The gay, the thoughtless, have I seen, I pass'd — and they were gone. Read, ye that run, tho awful truth, With which I charge my page ; A worm is in the bud of youth, And at the root of age. No present health can health ensure For yet an hour to come ; No med'cine, though it oft can cure, Can... | |
 | John Latham - English poetry - 1853 - 304 pages
...gay, the thoughtless, have I seen ; I pass'd — and they were gone. Read, ye that run, the aweful truth With which I charge my page ! A worm is in the bud of youth, And at the root of age. No present health can health insure For yet an hour to come ; No med'cine, though it oft can cure, Can... | |
 | Joseph Foulkes Winks - 1853 - 786 pages
...destined to be your shroud." " Lord, grant that this awakening truth May eveiy heart engage ; A worm ie in the bud of youth, And at the root of age. No present health can health insure For yet an hour to come ; No med'cine, though it often cure, Can always... | |
 | William Cowper - Poetry - 1854 - 488 pages
...foliage on, The gay, the thoughtless, have I seen, I pass'd — and they were gone. 6 Read, ye that run, the awful truth With which I charge my page ! A worm is in the bud of youth, And at the root of age. 7 No present health can health ensure For yet an hour to come ; No medicine, though it oft can cure,... | |
 | William Cowper, Robert Southey - 1854 - 482 pages
...gay, the thoughtless, have I seen, I pass'd, — and they were gone. Read, ye that run, the aweful truth With which I charge my page ! A worm is in the bud of youth, And at the root of age. No present health can health insure For yet an hour, to come ; No medicine, though it oft can cure, Can... | |
 | William Cowper - 1854 - 806 pages
...seen, I pass'd—and they were gone. Read, ye that run, the awful truth, With which I charge my page j A worm is in the bud of youth, And at the root of age. No present health can health ensure For yet an hour to come ; No med'cine, though it oft can euro, Can... | |
 | William Cowper, Henry Stebbing - 1854 - 850 pages
...I seen, I pass'd— and they were gone. Head, ye that run, the awful truth, With which I charge iny page ; A worm is in the bud of youth, And at the root of age. • Composed for John Cox, parish clerK of Northampton No present health can health ensure if or yet... | |
 | William Cowper - 1855 - 582 pages
...foliage on, The gay, the thoughtless, have I seen, I pass'd — and they were gone. Read, ye that run, the awful truth With which I charge my page ; A -worm...is in the bud of youth, And at the root of age. No present health can health ensure For yet an hour to come ; No medicine, though it oft can cure, Can... | |
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I pass'd, — and they were gone. Read, ye that run, the awful truth With which I charge my page ! A worm is in the bud of youth, And at the root of age. 
