 | Henry Watterson - 1919 - 634 lehte
...when at the close I throw off this frail cov'ring Which I've worn for three-score years and ten — On the brink of the grave I'll not seek to keep hov'ring...survey, And with smiles count each wrinkle and furrow — That this worn-out old stuff which is thread-bare to-day Shall become everlasting to-morrow. THE... | |
 | Henry Watterson - 1919 - 334 lehte
...when at the close I throw off this frail cov'ring Which I've worn for three-score years tad ten — On the brink of the grave I'll not seek to keep hov'ring A7or my thread wish to spin o'er again. But my face in the glass I'll serenely survey, And with smiles... | |
 | Iolo Aneurin Williams - 1923 - 528 lehte
...when I, at last, must throw off this frail cov'ring, Which I've worn for three score years and ten, On the brink of the grave I'll not seek to keep hov'ring,...smiles count each wrinkle and furrow, As this old worn out stuff, which is threadbare To-day, May become Everlasting To-morrow. Mrs. ANNE HUNTER, nie... | |
 | Oswald Doughty - 1924 - 222 lehte
...And when I at last 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 keep hov'ring,...threadbare to-day, May become everlasting to-morrow." The last of these " wishes " is A Wish by Samuel Rogers, probably the best known of all, but not to... | |
 | Stephen Douglas Williams - 1925 - 300 lehte
...have 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...survey, And with smiles count each wrinkle and furrow; For this old worn-out stuff, which is threadbare today, May become everlasting tomorrow." We now turn... | |
 | Sir John Collings Squire - 1927 - 496 lehte
...when I, at last, must throw off this frail cov'ring, Which I've worn for three score years and ten, On the brink of the grave I'll not seek to keep hov'ring,...threadbare To-day, May become Everlasting To-morrow. HENRY LUTTRELL (l765?-l85l) Burnham Beeches A BARD, dear Muse, unapt to sing, Your friendly aid beseeches,... | |
 | John Churton Collins - 1896 - 502 lehte
...And when I at last must throw off this frail covVing, Which I've worn for three score years and ten, On the brink of the grave I'll not seek to keep hov'ring...threadbare To-day, May become everlasting To-morrow. ecn DEATH IN LIFE j. COLLINS. As those we love decay, we die in part, Tie after tie is sever ' d from... | |
 | Sir John Collings Squire - 1927 - 492 lehte
...when I, at last, must throw off this frail cov'ring, Which I've worn for three score years and ten, On the brink of the grave I'll not seek to keep hov'ring,...threadbare To-day, May become Everlasting To-morrow. HENRY LUTTRELL (I765?-l85i) Burnham Beeches A BARD, dear Muse, unapt to sing, Your friendly aid beseeches,... | |
 | Henry Allon - 1870 - 712 lehte
...On the brink of the crave I'll not seek to keep hovering ; Nor my thread wish to spin o'er «gen : But my face in the glass I'll serenely survey, And with smiles count each wrinkle and furrow, As the poor worn-out stuff, which is threadbare to-d»y, May become everlasting to-morrow.' Another English... | |
 | Henry Allon - 1870 - 602 lehte
...ten, On the brink of the grave I'll not seek to keep hovering ; Nor my thread wish to spin o'er agen : But my face in the glass I'll serenely survey, And with smiles count each wrinkle and furrow, As the poor worn-out stuff, which is threadbare to-day, May become everlasting to-morrow.' Another English... | |
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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 threadbare Today, May become Everlasting Tomorrow. 
