 | Quaver - 1844 - Страниц: 552
...must throw off this frail covering, Which I've worn for threescore years and ten, On the brink of the grave I'll not seek to keep hovering, Nor my thread wish to spin o'er again ; But my face in a glass I'll serenely survey, And with smiles count each wrmkle and furrow, As this old worn-out stuff... | |
 | Court-partial - 1844 - Страниц: 680
...covering, Which I've worn for three score years and ten, On the brink of the grave 111 ne'er seek to be hovering, Nor my thread wish to spin o'er again, But my face in the glass, I'll serenely survey, And smile o'er each wrinkle and furrow, For this old worn-out frame, which is mortal to-day, Shall become... | |
 | 1844 - Страниц: 328
...frail cou i"g» i Which I've worn for three score yean and On the brink of the grave I'll not seek to i hovering, Nor my thread wish to spin o'er again ; But my face in a glass I'll serenely survey, And with smiles count each wrinkle and fnrro*, As this old worn-out stuff... | |
 | British minstrel - 1848 - Страниц: 480
...must throw off this frail covering, Which I've worn for threescore years and ten, On the brink of the grave I'll not seek to keep hovering, Nor my thread wish to spin o'er again; But my face in a glass I'll serenely survey, And with smiles count each wrinkle and furrow, As this old worn-out stuff... | |
 | 1853 - Страниц: 456
...brink of the grave I'll not seek to keephov« 'ring, Nor my thread wish to spin o'er again : But ray face in the glass I'll serenely survey, And with smiles count each wrinkle and furrow ; As this old worn-out stuff, which is threadbare today, May become everlasting to-morrow. WHERE, WHERE IS MY... | |
 | Joseph Edwards Carpenter - 1858 - Страниц: 292
...throw off this frail covering, - Which I've worn for threescore years and ten ; On the brink of the grave I'll not seek to keep hovering, Nor my thread...again ; But my face in the glass I'll serenely survey, Antl, with smiles, count each wrinkle and furrow ; As this old worn-out stuff, which is threadbare... | |
 | Talbot Greene - 1860 - Страниц: 284
...must throw off this frail covering, Which I've worn years three-score and ten, On the brink of the grave I'll not seek to keep hovering, Nor my thread wish to spin o'er again; AMERICAN NIGHTS' ENTERTAINMENTS. 87 But my lace in the glass I'll serenely survey, And with smiles... | |
 | 1861 - Страниц: 144
...must throw off this frail covering-, Which I've worn for years threescore and ten, On the brink of the grave I'll not seek to keep hovering, Nor my thread...count each wrinkle and furrow As this worn-out old Btuff, which is threadbare to-day, May become everlasting to-morrow. THE OLD ENGLISH GENTLEMAN. I'LL... | |
 | Thomas Shorter - 1861 - Страниц: 438
...covering Which I've worn for threescore years and ten, On the brink of the grave I'll not seek to be hovering, Nor my thread wish to spin o'er again :...with smiles count each wrinkle and furrow ; As this old worn-out stuff, which is threadbare to-day, May become everlasting to-morrow. COLLINS. GOD prosper... | |
 | Edwin Waugh - 1861 - Страниц: 280
...must throw off this frail covering, Which I've worn for three-score years and ten, On the brink of the grave I'll not seek to keep hovering, Nor my thread...But my face in the glass I'll serenely survey, And counting each wrinkle and furrow, Hope this poor worn-out stuff, which is threadbare to-day, May become... | |
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I share what to-day may afford, And let them spread the table to-morrow. And when I at last must throw off this frail covering Which I've worn for three-score years and ten, On the brink of the grave I'll not seek to keep hovering, Nor my thread wish... 
