 | 1806 - 560 lehte
...the table to-morrow. And when I at last must throw off this frail cov'ring I've worn for threescore years and ten, On the brink of the grave I'll not seek to keep hov'ring, 457 RETIREMENT. AN EPISTLE. TO THE REV. DR. HURD. BY THE LATE REV. R. POTTER. WHEN on the stage Bays... | |
 | George Ashburner - 1807 - 238 lehte
...table to-morrow. And when I at last 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 fi) Spin aci" ajj'ii;j ) But my face in the glass I'll serenely survey,... | |
 | James Plumptre - 1811 - 486 lehte
...is not bad: And when T at last mast throw off this frail covering. Which I've worn for throe-score years and ten ; On the brink of the grave I'll not seek to keep hovering, Nor ray thread wish to spin o'er again ; But my face in the glass I'll serenely surrey, And... | |
 | 1819 - 394 lehte
...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 to spin o'er again : But my face in the glass I'll serenely survey, And... | |
 | George Dixon - 1842 - 134 lehte
...to-morrow. And when I at last must throw off this fail covering, Which Iv'e worn for 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 : But my face in the glass I'll serenely survey, And... | |
 | Court-partial - 1844 - 680 lehte
...every person in the cantonment. CHAPTER XII. " And when at the last I throw off this frail 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... | |
 | Quaver - 1844 - 552 lehte
...table to-morrow. But when I at last 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... | |
 | British minstrel - 1848 - 480 lehte
...table to-morrow. But when I at last 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... | |
 | 1853 - 456 lehte
...table to-morrow. And when I atlast must throw off this frail cov'ring, Which I've worn for threescore years and ten. On the 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,... | |
 | Joseph Edwards Carpenter - 1858 - 292 lehte
...to-morrow. And when I, at last, 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 the glass I'll serenely survey, Antl,... | |
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I'll not seek to keep hovering, Nor my thread wish to spin o'er again : But my face in the glass I'll serenely survey, And with smiles count each wrinkle and furrow ; As this old worn-out stuff, which is thread-bare today, May become everlasting to-morrow. 
