 | William Shakespeare - 1867 - 372 pages
...forwards do contend. Nativity, once in the main of light, Crawls to maturity, wherewith being crown'd, Crooked eclipses gainst his glory fight, And Time,...stand, Praising thy worth, despite his cruel hand. Is it thy will thy image should keep open My heavy eyelids to the weary night ? Dost thou desire my... | |
 | Francis Turner Palgrave - English poetry - 1867 - 360 pages
...contend. And Time that gave, doth now his gift confound. Crooked eclipses 'gainst his glory fight, Time doth transfix the flourish set on youth, And...stand Praising Thy worth, despite his cruel hand. W. Shakespeare Farewell! thou art too dear for my possessing, And like enough thou know'st thy estimate... | |
 | Henry George Bohn - Quotations - 1867 - 752 pages
...changing place with that which goes before ; In sequent toil all forwards do contend. Sh. Son. 60. Time doth transfix the flourish set on youth, And...truth, And nothing stands but for his scythe to mow. Si. Son, 60. O, how shall summer's honey breath hold out Against the wreckful siege of battering days,... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1868 - 578 pages
...forwards do contend. Nativity, once in the main of light, Crawls to maturity, wherewith being crown'd, Crooked eclipses 'gainst his glory fight, And Time,...stand, Praising thy worth, despite his cruel hand. — s0. Of these eleven stanzas nine are consecutive in the original, being numbered 100 to 108. The... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1868 - 570 pages
...his glory fight, And Time, that gave, doth now his gift confound. Time doth transfix the flourish get on youth, And delves the parallels in beauty's brow...stand, Praising thy worth, despite his cruel hand. —60. Of these eleven stanzas nine are consecutive in the original, being numbered 100 to 108. The... | |
 | Class-book - Literature - 1869 - 344 pages
...forwards do contend. Nativity, once in the main of light, Crawls to maturity, wherewith being crown'd, Crooked eclipses 'gainst his glory fight, And Time,...stand, Praising thy worth, despite his cruel hand. No longer mourn for me when I am dead Than you shall hear the surly sullen bell Give warning to the... | |
 | John T. Watson - Quotations - 1869 - 524 pages
...serve up his soup in a basket. 1. 1- Kin HUNT — From the Italian. THOUGHT. — (See MIND.) TIME. Time doth transfix the flourish set on youth, And...truth, And nothing stands but for his scythe to mow. SilAKM'K ' »g. The greatest schemes that human wit can forge, Or bold ambition dares to put in practice,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1870 - 740 pages
...forwards do contend. Nativity once in the main of light, Crawls to maturity, wherewith being crowned, Crooked eclipses 'gainst his glory fight, And time...hope, my verse shall stand, Praising thy worth despite bis cruel band. LXI. Is it thy will thy image should keep open My heavy eyelids to the weary night... | |
 | Civil service - 1871 - 264 pages
...transfix the flourish set on youth And delves the parallels in beauty's brow ; Feeds on the vanities of nature's truth, And nothing stands but for his...stand, Praising thy worth, despite his cruel hand. The Examination in GREEK is of the same character as the Examination in LATIN, FRENCH. Time allowed,... | |
 | Book - Birthdays - 1872 - 326 pages
...forwards do contend. Nativity once in the main of light* Crawls to maturity, wherewith being crown'd, Crooked eclipses 'gainst his glory fight, And Time...truth, And nothing stands but for his scythe to mow. In another sonnet Shakespeare exquisitely images his own last days, as he imagines them. That time... | |
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gainst his glory fight, And Time that gave doth now his gift confound. Time doth transfix the flourish set on youth And delves the parallels in beauty's brow, Feeds on the rarities of nature's truth, And nothing stands but for his scythe to mow; And yet... 
