And that which should accompany old age, As honour, love, obedience, troops of friends, I must not look to have ; but, in their stead, Curses, not loud but deep, mouth-honour, breath, Which the poor heart would fain deny, and dare not. The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson - Page 442by Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1904Full view - About this book
| J. Coote - 1817 - 378 pages
...offspring—perusing the story of their happy live* long into the future—and promising themselves " That which should accompany old age, As honour, love, obedience, troops of friends." All these things we may well imagine to have been the subject matter of their converse. And now, three... | |
| 1818 - 422 pages
...TOSSPOT. To the Old Moon Raker. " Thy May of life " Is fall'n into the sear : the yellow leaf " And that which should accompany old age, " As honour, love, obedience, troops of friends," THOU " must not look to have, hut in their stead " Curses" both " loud and deep !" This is what you... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1819 - 560 pages
...now. I have liv'd long enough : my way of life Is fall'n into the sear, the yellow leaf: And tnat, which should accompany old age, As honour, love, obedience, troops of friends, I must not look to have ; but, in their stead, Curses, not loud, but deep, mouth-honour, breath, Which... | |
| George Crabbe - 1820 - 272 pages
...I. Scene 1. I have lived long enough; my May of life Is fall'n into the sear, the yellow leaf; And that which should accompany old age, As honour, love, obedience, troops of friends, 1 must not look to have. Macbeth, Act V. Scene 3. TALE XIX. THE CONVERT. SOME to our Hero have a hero's... | |
| Richard Lovell Edgeworth - 1821 - 488 pages
...indefatiga ' I have liv'd long enough, my way of life ' Is fallen into the sear and yellow leaf; * And that which should accompany old age, • As honour, love, obedience, troops of friends,* I have. " My sister R , who is here, has read your Memoirs of the Abbt Kdgeworth with interest and... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1821 - 516 pages
...leaf: • The physician. ; t Sink. J Base fellow. » An appellation of contempt. . ]} Dry. • And that which should accompany old age," As honour, love, obedience, troops of friends, I must not look to have ; but, in their stead, Curses, not loud, but deep, mouth-honour, breath, Which... | |
| 1823 - 432 pages
...and kindlier sort are manifest in his beautiful lamentations over the value and loss of all " ^-^— which should accompany old age, As honour, love, obedience, troops of friends." The instability, irresolution, and timidity of Macbeth were finely pourtrayed by Mr. MACRF.ADY. That... | |
| 1853 - 640 pages
...say, — " I have lived long enough : my way of life Is fallen into the sere, the yellow leaf : And that which should accompany old age, As honour, love, obedience, troops of friends, I must not look to have ; but, in their stead, Curses, not loud but deep, mouth-honour, breath, Which... | |
| 1822 - 424 pages
...CHAP. XII. . I have lived long enough : my way of life '] Is fall'u into the sear, the yellow leaf: And that which should accompany old age, As honour, love, obedience, troops of friends I must not look to have ; but, in their stead, Curses, not loud, but deep, mouth honour, breath, Which... | |
| British essayists - 1823 - 788 pages
...lady Bridget and lady Frances ! — Their way of life Is fallen into the sear, the yellow leaf, And that which should accompany old age, As honour, love, obedience, troops of friends, They must not look to have. " Surely, Mr. Fitz-Adam, the preventing such misfortunes might very well... | |
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