Blue-stocking Hall, Volumen2

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Henry Colburn, 1827 - 258 páginas

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Página 319 - I have lived long enough : my way of life Is fallen into the sear, the yellow leaf; And that which should accompany old age, As honor, love, obedience, troops of friends, I must not look to have; but, in their stead, Curses, not loud, but deep, mouth-honor, breath, Which the poor heart would fain deny, and dare not.
Página 174 - On polish'd stone before his palace gate : With unguents smooth the lucid marble shone, Where ancient Neleus sat, a rustic throne ; But he descending to the' infernal shade, Sage Nestor fill'd it, and the sceptre sway'd. His sons around him mild obeisance pay, And duteous take the orders of the day. first Echephron and...
Página 175 - Or fate's deceived, and heaven decrees in vain, Or where they find this stone the Scots shall reign," This stone, indeed, was regarded as the palladium of Scotland.

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