 | 1838 - 884 sidor
...and aspire, — Our hearts must die, except they breathe The air of fresh Desire. THE MEN OF OLn. " 1 know not that the men of old Were better than men...they thus could check the course Of these appointed dayt. " Still is it true, and over true, That I delight to close This book of life self-wise and new,... | |
 | 1838 - 722 sidor
...any rate, let us do justice, such justice as the following poem would teach us : " The Men of Old. " I know not that the men of old Were better than men...pine for force A ghost of Time to raise. As if they thw could check the course Of these appointed days. " Still is it true, and over true. That I delight... | |
 | 1838 - 938 sidor
...fill a sheet how pleasant to have recourse again to such a man as Milnes! Thus — THE MEN OF OLD. " 1 know not that the men of old Were better than men...those who pine for force A ghost of Time to raise, At if they thus could check the course Of these appointed dayt. " Still is it true, and over true,... | |
 | Robert Walsh, Eliakim Littell, John Jay Smith - 1838 - 604 sidor
...fill a sheet how pleasant to have recourse again to such a man as Milnes! Thus — THE MEN OF OLD. "1 know not that the men of old Were better than men...more kind, of hand more bold, Of more ingenuous brow: 1 heed not those who pine for force A ghost of Time to raise. As if they thus could check the course... | |
 | 1838 - 876 sidor
...again to such a man. as Milnes ! Thus — THE MEN OF OLD. " I know not that the men of old Were belter than men now, Of heart more kind, of hand more bold, Of more ingenius brow : I heeil not those who pine for force A ghost of time to rai*e, As if they thus could... | |
 | 1838 - 732 sidor
...any rate, let us do justice, such justice as the following poem would teach us : " The Men tf Old. " I know not that the men of old Were better than men now, Ofhcart more kind, of hand more bold, Of more ingenuous brow : I heed not those who pine for force... | |
 | Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton - 1841 - 370 sidor
...to similar exercises of the imagination.* We will commence our extracts with, — "THE MEN OF OLD, " I know not that the men of old Were better than men...of Time to raise, As if they thus could check the coarse Of these appointed days. " Still is it true, and over true, That I delight to close This book... | |
 | John Wilson - 1842 - 380 sidor
...fill a sheet how pleasant to have recourse again to such a man as Milnes ! Thus — THE MEN OP OLD. " I know not that the men of old Were better than men...hand more bold, Of more ingenuous brow : I heed not thoee who pine for force A ghost of Time to raise, As if they thus could check the course Of these... | |
 | John Wilson - 1842 - 384 sidor
...fill a sheet how pleasant to have recourse again to such a man as Milnes ! Thus— THE MEN OF OLD. " I know not that the men of old Were better than men now, Of heart more kind, of hand more hold, Of more ingenuous brow: I heed not those who pine for force A ghost of Time to raise, Of these... | |
 | Richard Monckton Milnes (Baron Houghton) - 1844 - 300 sidor
...is wide, — these things are small, — If they be nothing, what is there at all ] THE MEN OF OLD. I KNOW not that the men of old Were better than men...could check the course Of these appointed days. Still it is true, and over true, That I delight to close This book of life self-wise and new, And let my... | |
| |
THE MEN OF OLD. I KNOW not that the men of old Were better than men now, Of heart more kind, of hand more bold, Of more ingenuous brow : I heed not those who pine for force A ghost of Time to raise, As if they thus could check the course Of these appointed... 
