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" Like as the waves make towards the pebbled shore, So do our minutes hasten to their end; Each changing place with that which goes before, In sequent toil all forwards do contend. Nativity, once in the main of light, Crawls to maturity, wherewith being... "
The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper: Including the Series ... - Page 50
by Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 766 pages
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The Wisdom and Genius of Shakespeare: Comprising Moral Philosophy ...

William Shakespeare - 1853 - 608 pages
...main of light, Crawls to maturity, wherewith being crown'd, Crooked eclipses 'gainst his glory fight, Time doth transfix the flourish set on youth, And...truth, And nothing stands but for his scythe to mow. Poems. 54. Time, itsfleetness. It is ten o'clock : Thus may we see, how the world wags : 'T is but...
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A cyclopædia of sacred poetical quotations, ed. by H.G. Adams

Cyclopaedia, Henry Gardiner Adams - 1854 - 762 pages
...which goes before, In sequent toil all forwards do contend. Nativity once in the main of light, Crawls to maturity, wherewith being crown'd, Crooked eclipses...truth. And nothing stands but for his scythe to mow. Shakspere. Misshapen time, copesmate of ugly night; Swifi subtle post, carrier of grisly care; Eater...
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Laconics: Or the Best Words of the Best Authors ...

John Timbs - Aphorisms and apothegms - 1856 - 374 pages
...which goes before, In sequent toil all forwards do contend. Nativity once in the main of light, Crawls to maturity, wherewith being crown'd Crooked eclipses...truth, And nothing stands but for his scythe to mow. Shakspeafe. CCCCLXV. Good breeding is the result of much good sense, some good nature, and a little...
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Laconics, Or, The Best Words of the Best Authors: In Three Volumes, Volume 2

Aphorisms and apothegms - 1856 - 372 pages
...which goes before, In sequent toil all forwards do contend. Nativity once in the main of light, Crawls to maturity, wherewith being crown'd Crooked eclipses...truth, And nothing stands but for his scythe to mow. Shakspeare. CCCCLXV. Good breeding is the result of much good sense, some good nature, and a little...
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The works of William Shakspere. Knight's Cabinet ed., with ..., Volume 11

William Shakespeare - 1856 - 424 pages
...to maturity, wherewith being crown'd, Crooked eclipses 'gainst his glory fight, And Time, that pave, doth now his gift confound. Time doth transfix the...on youth, And delves the parallels in beauty's brow ; I'Yeds on the rarities of nature's truth, And nothing stands but for his scythe to mow. And yet,...
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The Plays & Poems of Shakespeare: Venus & Adonis. The rape of Lucrece ...

William Shakespeare - 1857 - 336 pages
...goes before ; In sequent toil all forwards do contend. Nativity, once in the main * of light, Crawls to maturity, wherewith being crown'd, Crooked eclipses...doth now his gift confound. Time doth transfix the florish set on youth, And delves the parallels in beauty's brow ; Feeds on the rarities of nature's...
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The Sonnets of William Shakspere: Rearranged and Divided Into Four Parts ...

William Shakespeare - 1859 - 130 pages
...main of light,2 Crawls to maturity, wherewith being crown'd, Crooked eclipses 'gainst bis glory light, And Time, that gave, doth now his gift confound. Time...beauty's brow ; Feeds on the rarities of nature's truth, XXXVI. Let those who are in favour with their stars, Of public honour and proud titles boast, Whilst...
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Beautiful poetry, selected by the ed. of The Critic, Volume 6

Beautiful poetry - 1859 - 420 pages
...fight, Time doth transfix the flourish set in youth, And time that gave, doth now his gift confound. And delves the parallels in beauty's brow ; Feeds...truth, And nothing stands but for his scythe to mow. Praising thy worth, despite his cruel hand. And yet, to times in hope, my verse shall stand, YOUNG...
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The Plays of Shakespeare, Volume 3

William Shakespeare - 1860 - 838 pages
...forwards do contend. Nativity, once iu the main of light, Crawls to maturity, wherewith being crown' d, ANT. Forbear me. — \_Exit Messenger. There 'sa great...our contempt * doth often hurl from us, We wish it tho parallels in beauty's brow ; Feeds on tho rarities of nature's truth, And nothing stands but for...
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The Plays of Shakespeare with the Poems, Volume 3

William Shakespeare - 1860 - 834 pages
...which goes before, In sequent toil all forwards do contend. Nativity, once in the main of light, Crawls Csesar shall say this ; nourish set on youth, And delves the parallels in beauty's brow ; Feeds on the rarities of nature's...
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