Seven years thou wert lent to me, and I thee pay, Exacted by thy fate, on the just day. O, could I lose all father, now! For why Will man lament the state he should envy? To have so soon 'scaped world's and flesh's rage, And, if no other misery, yet age!... The Monthly Anthology, and Boston Review - Página 312editado por - 1808Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
| 1861 - 236 páginas
...FIRST SON. FAREWELL, thou child of my right hand, and joy ; My sin Was too much hope of thee, loved boy : Seven years thou wert lent to me, and I thee...lose all father now ! for why "Will man lament the state he should envy ? To have so soon 'scaped world's and flesh's rage, And if no other misery, yet... | |
| Mrs. A. T. Thomson - 1862 - 346 páginas
...my first Son,' beginning thus, are quaint but touching : — ' Farewell, thou child of my right hand and joy, My sin was too much hope of thee, lov'd boy. Seven years thou were lent to me, and I thee pay Exacted by thy fate on the just day.' Not that even that loss softened... | |
| Emily Taylor - 1864 - 210 páginas
...thou child of my right hand, and joy ; My sin was too much hope of thee, loved boy. Seven years were lent to me, and I thee pay, Exacted by thy fate on the just day. Oh, could I lose all father, now ! For why Will man lament the state he should envy 1 — To have so... | |
| Metrical epitaphs - 1868 - 266 páginas
...Martial's epigram, in his elegy on the death of his first son : FAREWELL ! the child of my right hand and joy ; My sin was too much hope of thee, lov'd...lose all father now ! for why Will man lament the state he should envy ? To have so soon 'scaped world's and flesh's rage, And if no other misery, yet... | |
| Henry Philip Dodd - 1870 - 652 páginas
...HIS FIRST-BORN SOX (Ep.4.ri). Farewell, thou child of my right hand and joy ; My sin was too mucli hope of thee, lov'd boy ; Seven years thou wert lent to me, and 1 thee pay, Exacted by thy fate on the just day. 0, could I lose all father now ! For why Will man... | |
| John James Tayler - 1872 - 364 páginas
...right hand, and joy, My sin was too much hope of thee, loved boy : Some twenty years thou wert lent me, and I thee pay, Exacted by thy fate, on the just...lose all father, now ! For why Will man lament the state he should envy ? To have so soon 'scaped world's and flesh's rage, And, if no other misery, yet... | |
| John James Taylor - 1872 - 364 páginas
...joy, My sin was too much hope of thcc, loved boy : Some twenty years thou wert lent me, and I thec pay, Exacted by thy fate, on the just day. O, could...lose all father, now ! For why Will man lament the state he should envy ? To have so soon 'scaped world's and flesh's rage, And, if no other misery, yet... | |
| Henry Philip Dodd - 1875 - 748 páginas
...we'll keep the shrine. EPITAPH ON HIS F1SST-BOBN SON (Ep.45). Farewell, thou child of my right hand and joy; My sin was too much hope of thee, lov'd boy;...I lose all father now! For why Will man lament the state he should envy ? To have so soon 'scap'd world's and flesh's rage, And, if no other misery, yet... | |
| Ben Jonson, William Gifford - 1875 - 510 páginas
...made him executor, might be heir. XLV. ON MY FIRST SON. ARE WELL, thou child of my right hand, and . My sin was too much hope of thee, lov'd boy : Seven...I thee pay, Exacted by thy fate, on the just day. 9 Farewell, thou child of my right hand, and joy, .] The expression here must be explained : thou child... | |
| Ben Jonson, William Gifford - 1875 - 510 páginas
...him executor, might be heir. XLV. ON MY FIRST SON. FAREWELL, thou child of my right hand, and joy ; 9 My sin was too much hope of thee, lov'd boy : Seven...I thee pay, Exacted by thy fate, on the just day. 9 Farewell, thou child of my right hand, and joy. .] The expression here must be explained : thou child... | |
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