O'er his white locks and bury them in snow, When, roused by rage and muttering in the morn. He mends the broken hedge with icy thorn : — " Why do I live, when I desire to be " At once from life and life's long labour free ? " Like leaves in spring,... Poems - Сторінка 10автори: George Crabbe - 1808 - 235 стор.Повний перегляд - Докладніше про цю книгу
| John William Cunliffe, James Francis Augustin Pyre, Karl Young - 1911 - 1196 стор.
...thorn : — ' Why do I live, when I desire to be 206 At once. from life and life's long labor free? Like leaves in spring, the young are blown away, Without the sorrows of a slow decay; I, like yon withered leaf, remain behind, 210 Nipped by the frost, and shivering in the wind; There it abides till... | |
| 1912 - 572 стор.
...are blown away, Without the sorrows of a slow decay; I, like yon withered leaf, remain behind, Nipped by the frost, and shivering in the wind; There it abides till younger buds come on As I, now all my fellow-swains are gone; Then from the rising generation thrust, It falls, like me, unnoticed to the... | |
| Percy Adams Hutchinson - 1912 - 572 стор.
...with icy thorn: — "Why do I live, when I desire to be At once from life and life's long labour free? Like leaves in spring, the young are blown away, Without the sorrows of a slow decay; I, like yon withered leaf, remain behind, Nipped by the frost, and shivering in the wind; There it abides till... | |
| George Crabbe - 1914 - 664 стор.
...icy thorn: — ' Why do I live, when I desire to be At once from life and life's long labour free ? Like leaves in spring, the young are blown away, Without...decay ; I, like yon wither'd leaf, remain behind, Nipp'd by the frost, and shivering in the wind ; There it abides till younger buds come on, As I, now... | |
| George Crabbe - 1914 - 634 стор.
...icy thorn : — ' Why do I live, when I desire to be At once from life and life's long labour free? " leaves in spring, the young are blown away, Without...of a slow decay ; I, like yon wither'd leaf, remain behi .d, Nipp'd by the frost, and shivering in the wind ; There it abides till younger buds come on,... | |
| Ernest Bernbaum - 1918 - 422 стор.
...are blown away, Without the sorrows of a slow decay; I, like yon withered leaf, remain behind, Nipped by the frost, and shivering in the wind; There it abides till younger buds come on As I, now all my fellow-swains are gone; Then from the rising generation thrust, It falls, like me, unnoticed to the... | |
| Ernest Bernbaum - 1918 - 436 стор.
...with icy thorn: — 'Why do I live, when I desire to be At once from life and life's long labour free? Like leaves in spring, the young are blown away, Without the sorrows of a slow decay; I, like yon withered leaf, remain behind, Nipped by the frost, and shivering in the wind; There it abides till... | |
| Oliver Elton - 1920 - 484 стор.
...example, perorates most disastrously, like somebody in Dryden's heroic plays : I, like yon wither' d leaf, remain behind, Nipt by the frost, and shivering...abides till younger buds, come on ; As I, now all my fellow-swains are gone. Then, from the rising generation thrust, It falls, like me, unnoticed in the... | |
| Oliver Elton - 1920 - 492 стор.
...His old shepherd, for example, perorates most disastrously, like somebody in Dryden's heroic plays : I, like yon wither'd leaf, remain behind, Nipt by...shivering in the wind ; There it abides till younger buck come on ; A* I, now all my fellow-swains are gone. Then, from the rising generation thrust, It... | |
| Oliver Elton - 1920 - 482 стор.
...example, perorates most disastrously, like somebody in Dryden's heroic plays : I, like yon wither'',! leaf, remain behind, Nipt by the frost, and shivering in the wind ; There it abides till younger buck come on ; As I, now all my fellow-swains are gone. Then, from the rising generation thrust, It... | |
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