 IT is time to be old, To take in sail : — The god of bounds, Who sets to seas a shore, Came to me in his fatal rounds, And said : ' No more ! No farther shoot Thy broad ambitious branches, and thy root.  May-day, and Other Pieces - Seite 140von Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1867 - 205 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | 1867 - 782 Seiten
...and as for Dave, he and I have struck ile. I 'm going out to look at our property now." TERMINUS. IT is time to be old, To take in sail : — The god of...to me in his fatal rounds, And said, " No more ! No further spread Thy broad ambitious branches, and thy root ; Fancy departs : no more invent, Contract... | |
 | 1867 - 782 Seiten
...and as for Dave, he and I have struck ile. I 'm going out to look at our property now." TERMINUS. IT is time to be old, To take in sail : — The god of...to me in his fatal rounds, And said, " No more ! No further spread Thy broad ambitious branches, and thy root ; Fancy departs : no more invent, Contract... | |
 | Gilbert Haven, Thomas Russell - 1872 - 282 Seiten
...latter case, been Apollo also. He descended from his deck, and accepted fate. He confessed that " It was time to be old, To take in sail : The god of bounds, Who sets to seas a shore, Came to him in bis fated rounds, And said ' No more ! ' " He turned his vessel's prow towards the harbour of... | |
 | American poems, William Michael Rossetti - 1873 - 556 Seiten
...not thirst again ; No darkness stains its equal gleam, And ages drop in it like rain. TERMINUS. IT is time to be old, To take in sail : — The god of...invent; Contract thy firmament To compass of a tent. There's not enough for this and that; Make thy option which of two. Economize the failing river; Not... | |
 | Gilbert Haven, Thomas Russell - 1873 - 476 Seiten
...latter case, been Apollo also. He descended from his deck, and accepted fate. He confessed that " It was time to be old, To take in sail : The god of bounds, Who sets to seas a shore, Came to him in his fated rounds, And said, ' No more I ' " He turned his vessel's prow towards the harbor of... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1876 - 516 Seiten
...the tragic bard to say How drear the part I held in one, How lame the other limped away. TERMINUS. IT is time to be old, To take in sail : — The god of...his fatal rounds, And said : ' No more ! No farther shoot Thy broad ambitious branches, and thy root, Fancy departs : no more invent, Contract thy firmament... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1876 - 234 Seiten
...the tragic bard to say How drear the part I held in one, How lame the other limped away. TEEMINUS. IT is time to be old, To take in sail : — The god of...in his fatal rounds, And said: 'No more! No farther shoot Thy broad ambitious branches, and thy root, Fancy departs : no more invent, Contract thy firmament... | |
 | American poems - 1878 - 536 Seiten
...shall not thirst again; No darkness stains its equal gleam, And ages drop in it like rain. TERMINUS. IT is time to be old, To take in sail : — The god of...invent; Contract thy firmament To compass of a tent. There's not enough for this and that; Make thy option which of two. Economize the failing river; Not... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1881 - 224 Seiten
...reckon it a slight To the high cheer I found. Oblivion here thy wisdom is, Thy thrift, the sleep uf cares ; For a proud idleness like this Crowns all...farther spread Thy broad ambitious branches, and thy roott Fancy departs : no more invent, Contract thy firmament To compass of a tent. There 's not enough... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1883 - 344 Seiten
...thrift, the sleep of cares ; For a proud idleness like this Crowns all thy mean affairs. TEEMINUS. IT is time to be old, To take in sail : — The god of...invent, Contract thy firmament To compass of a tent. There's not enough for this and that, Make thy option which of two ; Economise the failing river, Not... | |
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