 | Henry Vaughan - 1847 - 316 pages
...fpirit fees That fhady City of Palme trees. But ah ! my foul with too much ftay Is drunk, and ftaggers in the way ! Some men a forward motion love, But I by backward fteps would move ; And when this duft falls to the urn, In that ftate I came return. f Ome, come !... | |
 | Henry Vaughan - 1847 - 318 pages
...fpirit fees That fhady City of Palme trees. But ah ! my foul .with too much ftay Is drunk, and ftaggers in the way ! Some men a forward motion love, But I by backward fteps would move ; And when this diift falls to the urn, In that ftate I came return. f Ome, come !... | |
 | 1850 - 544 pages
...throws its own colour over all his poetry, and gives its characteristic and peculiar moral value. ' Some men a forward motion love, But I by backward steps would move ; — ' says Jlenry Vaughan, an old poet, who shows a singular affinity of thought on this subject... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1853 - 604 pages
...glorious train ; From whence the enlightened spirit sees That shady city of palm-trees ; But, oh ! my soul, with too much stay, Is drunk, and staggers in the way. J Some men a forward motion love, But I by backward steps would move ; And when this dust falls to... | |
 | Henry Vaughan - 1858 - 326 pages
...fpirit fees That mady City of Palme trees. But ah ! my foul with too much ftay Is drunk, and ftaggers in the way ! Some men a forward motion love, But I by backward fteps would move ; And, when this duft falls to the urn, In that ftate I came, return. f [Abfence.]... | |
 | 1890 - 366 pages
...I left my glorious train ; From whence th' enlighten'd spirit sees That shady City of Palm trees ! But ah ! my soul with too much stay Is drunk, and...steps would move ; And when this dust falls to the urp, In that state I came, return. H. Vaughan LXXVI TO MR. LAWRENCE Lawrence, of virtuous father virtuous... | |
 | Emily Taylor - 1864 - 210 pages
...first I left my glorious train ! From whence th' enlighten'd spirit sees That shady city of palm trees. But ah ! my soul with too much stay Is drunk, and...And when this dust falls to the urn, In that state which I came, return. HENRY VAUGHAN. DEATH'S CONQUEST. |HE glories of our birth and state Are shadows,... | |
 | 1866 - 628 pages
...plaine Where first I left my glorious traine, From whence th' enlighten'd spirit sees That stately city of palm-trees ; But ah ! my soul with too much...men a forward motion love, But I by backward steps must move ; And when this dust fulls to the urne, In that state whence 1 came returue. It would seem... | |
 | Richard Chenevix Trench (abp. of Dublin) - 1868 - 458 pages
...reach that plain Where first I left my glorious train ; From whence the enlightened spirit sees 25 That shady City of palm-trees. But ah ! my soul with...forward motion love, But I by backward steps would move ; 30 And when this dust falls to the urn, In that state I came return. Henry Vaughan. cxxix A DROP... | |
 | David Thomas - 1868 - 404 pages
...more reach that plain Where first I left my glorious train ; From whence the enlightened spirit seos That shady city of palm-trees ! But, ah ! my soul...in the way. Some men a forward motion love, But I hy backward steps would move ; And wheu this dust falls to the urn, In that state I came, return."... | |
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O how I long to travel back, And tread again that ancient track ! That I might once more reach that plain, Where first I left my glorious train; From whence the enlightened spirit sees That shady city of palm trees. But ah ! my soul with too much stay... 
