 | Hannah Flagg Gould - 1927 - 328 pages
...truth discern, who knew but learning's lore." And still more in these religious lines: — /^'"^ " Now chiefly is my natal hour, And only now my prime...will not doubt the love untold, Which not my worth or want hath bought. Which wooed me young, and wooes me old, And to this evening hath me brought."... | |
 | 1862 - 796 pages
...discern, who knew but learning's lore." And still more in these religious lines: — " Now chiefly u my natal hour, And only now my prime of life; I will not doubt the love untold, Which not my worth or want hath bought, Which wooed me young, and wooes me old, And to this evening hath me brought."... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1866 - 818 pages
...oldest made visible to our senses." Presently this strain of thought rises to the ex pression of verse : "Now chiefly is my natal hour, And only now my prime...untold, Which not my worth nor want hath bought, Which woo'd me young and woos me old, And to this evening me hath brought." Worthy to be quoted also are... | |
 | Henry David Thoreau - 1873 - 430 pages
...foundations of the world are laid, and I have not the least doubt that it will stand a good while. Now chiefly is my natal hour, And only now my prime of life. I will not donbt the love untold, Which not my worth nor want hath bought, Which wooed me young and wooes me old,... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1874 - 600 pages
...eyes before ; I moments live, who lived but years, And truth discern, who knew but learning's lore. Now chiefly is my natal hour, And only now my prime of life, Of manhood's strength it is the flower, 'Tis peace's end, and war's beginning strife. [t comes in summer's... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1875 - 560 pages
...ALENANDER. 237 I moments live, who lived but years, Ami iruth discern, who knew but learning's lore. Now chiefly is my natal hour, And only now my prime of life, Of manhood's strength it is the flower, 'T is peace's end, and war's beginning strife. It comes in... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1875 - 584 pages
...rnseasoning time, insulting Лимe, And vexing day with its presuming face. I will not doubt the love uutold Which not my worth nor want hath bought, Which wooed me young, and wooed me old, And to this evening hath me brought. THOREAU. THE POET. THOU hast learned the woes of... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1876 - 562 pages
...F. ALEXANDER. I moments live, who lived hut years, And truth discern, who knew but learning's lore. Now chiefly is my natal hour, And only now my prime of life, Of manhood's strength it is the flower, 'T is peace's end, and war's beginning strife. It comes in... | |
 | William James Linton - 1878 - 466 pages
...wall, or some chance place, Unseasoning time, insulting June, And vexing day with its presuming face. I will not doubt the love untold Which not my worth nor want hath bought, Which woo'd me young, and woo'd me old, And to this evening hath me brought. UPON THE BEACH. MY life is like... | |
 | Mary Wilder Tileston - 1881 - 138 pages
...gently gathered at its birth, And loved, and born again. WILLIAM BRIGHTY RANDS. FROM "INSPIRATION." T WILL not doubt the love untold, •*• Which not...worth nor want hath bought, Which wooed me young and woos me old, And to this evening hath me brought. HENRY D. THORBAU. "CONSIDER THE LILIES, HOW THEY... | |
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I hearing get, who had but ears, And sight, who had but eyes before; I moments live, who lived but years, And truth discern, who knew but learning's lore. 
