 Seven years thou wert lent to me, and I thee pay, Exacted by thy fate, on the just day. Oh, could I lose all father, now ! for why, Will man lament the state he should envy ? To have so soon 'scaped world's, and flesh's rage, And, if no other misery,...  The Monthly Anthology, and Boston Review - Page 301redigeeritud poolt - 1808Full view - About this book
 | Ben Jonson, William Gifford - 1875 - 510 lehte
...him executor, might be heir. XLV. ON MY FIRST SON. FAREWELL, thou child of my right hand, and joy ; 9 My sin was too much hope of thee, lov'd boy : Seven...I thee pay, Exacted by thy fate, on the just day. 9 Farewell, thou child of my right hand, and joy. .] The expression here must be explained : thou child... | |
 | Ben Jonson, William Gifford - 1875 - 558 lehte
...plague in London alone. See vol. viii. p. 167, for the Lines which Jonson wrote on this occasion — " Farewell, thou child of my right hand, and joy ; My sin was too much hope of thee, loved boy : Seven years thou wert lent to me, and I thee pay " then [have] had their ears cut and noses.... | |
 | Ben Jonson, William Gifford - 1875 - 560 lehte
...plague in London alone. See vol. viii. p. 167, for the Lines which Jonson wrote on this occasion— " Farewell, thou child of my right hand, and joy ; My sin was too much hope of thee, loved boy : Seven years thou wert lent to me, and I thee pay " As he was seven years old in 1603, he... | |
 | Henry Philip Dodd - 1875 - 768 lehte
...here they cim't combine, For the saint, we'll keep the shrine. EPITAPH ON SIS F1BST-SOBN SON (Ep.45). Farewell, thou child of my right hand and joy ; My sin was too much hope of theo, lov'd boy ; Seven years thou wert lent to me, and I thee pay, Exacted by thy fate on the just... | |
 | Robert Greene - 1876 - 576 lehte
...thither should make swift repair, When he made him executor, might be heir. XLV. ON MY FIRST SON.* Farewell, thou child of my right hand, and joy; My sin was too much hope of thee, loved boy; Seven years thou wert lent to me, and I thee pay, Exacted by thy fate, on the just day.... | |
 | Robert Greene, Christopher Marlowe, Ben Jonson - 1878 - 576 lehte
...thither should make swift repair, When he made him executor, might be heir. XLV. ON MY FIRST SON.* Farewell, thou child of my right hand, and joy ; My sin was too much hope of thee, loved boy; Seven years thou wert lent to me, and I thee pay, Exacted by thy fate, on the just day.... | |
 | William Shakespeare, Ben Jonson - 1879 - 844 lehte
...thither should make swift repair, When he made him executor, might be heir. XLV. OX MY FIRST SON.2* Farewell, thou child of my right hand, and joy ; My sin was too much hope of thee, loved boy ; 25 The younger son of Lord Burleigli. *• The following remarkable circumstance relating... | |
 | Old favourites, Matilda Sharpe - 1881 - 438 lehte
...it back to me ; Since when, it grows, and smells, I swear, Not of itself, but thee. ON MY FIRST SON. Farewell ! thou child of my right hand, and joy ; My sin was too much hope of thee, loved boy ; Seven years thou wert lent to me, and I thee pay, Exacted by thy fate, on the just day.... | |
 | Ben Jonson, John Addington Symonds - 1886 - 430 lehte
...too much hope of thee, lov'd boy : FABEWELL, thon child of my right hand, and joy ; Seven years them wert lent to me, and I thee pay, Exacted by thy fate,...just day. O, could I lose all father, now ! for why, To have so soon 'scaped world's, and flush's rage, Will man lament the state he should envy ? And,... | |
 | Ben Jonson - 1890 - 344 lehte
...remain, This grave partakes the fleshly birth ; Which cover lightly, gentle earth ! ON MY FIRST SON. FAREWELL, thou child of my right hand, and joy ; My...I thee pay, Exacted by thy fate, on the just day. Oh, could I lose all father, now ! for why, Will man lament the state he should envy ? To have so soon... | |
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