 | Charles Anderson Dana - 1890 - 976 Seiten
...languish longer ! Bring her to my arms on the first May night. GIOBOÏ MEBEDITH. CDnr Cone shall Cioe. ONE day I wrote her name upon the strand ; But came...she, that dost in vain assay A mortal thing so to immortalize ; For 1 myself shall like to this decay, And eke my name be wipe<l out likewise. Not so,... | |
 | Edmund Spenser - 1893 - 252 Seiten
...her name upon the ftrand,26 but came the waves and warned it away : again I wrote it with a fecond hand, but came the tide, and made my pains his prey. Vain man, faid me, that doft in vain aflay, a mortal thing fo to immortalize j27 for I myfelf (hall like28 to... | |
 | Edmund Spenser - 1893 - 250 Seiten
...her name upon the ftrand,26 but came the waves and warned it away : again I wrote it with a fecond hand, but came the tide, and made my pains his prey. Vain man, faid fhe, that doft in vain affay, a mortal thing fo to immortalize ;27 for I myfelf mall like28 to... | |
 | 1895 - 654 Seiten
...verse would suffice to carry down to after ages the name and praise of the lady so commemorated : — One day I wrote her name upon the strand ; But came the waves and washed it away : Agayne, I wrote it with a second hand ; But came the tyde, and made my paynes his pray. Vayne man,... | |
 | Charles Mackay - 1896 - 680 Seiten
...give most odorous smell, But her sweet odour did them all excel. THE POWER OF POETRY TO CONFER FAME. ONE day I wrote her name upon the strand, But came...came the tide, and made my pains his prey. Vain man 1 said she, that doth in vain assay A mortal thing so to immortalize, For I myself shall like to this... | |
 | 1896 - 1224 Seiten
...That is a thing to weep for, not the dead. c. ALEXANDER SMITH — City Poems. A Boy's Poem. Pt. III. And fend you with his wing. j. EMERSON — Boston Hymn. We grant no dukedoms to t ; Agayne I wrote it with a second hand, But came the tyde and made my paynes his prey. d. SPENSER—... | |
 | Charles Mackay - 1897 - 666 Seiten
...give most odorous smell, But her sweet odour did them all excel. THE POWER OF POETRY TO CONFER FAME. ONE day I wrote her name upon the strand, But came...made my pains his prey. Vain man ! said she, that doth in vain assay A mortal thing so to immortalize, For I myself shall like to this decay, And eke... | |
 | Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch - 1897 - 258 Seiten
...haste therefore, sweet Love, whilst it is prime, For none can call again the passed time. 1 Mate. King, ONE day I wrote her name upon the strand, But came...second hand, But came the tide and made my pains his __ VamTrrarrtsaid she), that dost in vain assay A mortal thing so to immortalise ; For I myself shall... | |
 | Sidney George Owen, John Swinnerton Phillimore - 1898 - 98 Seiten
...theirs for their style I'll read, his for his love.' W. SHAKESPEARE. BEAUTY IMMORTALIZED BY VERSE. One day I wrote her name upon the strand ; but came the waves and washèd it away: again I wrote it with a second hand, but came the tide and made my pains his prey.... | |
 | Edward Arber - 1899 - 334 Seiten
...tied. Strange thing, meseemed, to see a beast so wild, So goodly won, with her own will beguiled ! ONE day, I wrote her name upon the strand ; But came...She, ' that dost in vain assay, A mortal thing so to immortalize ! For I myself shall, like to this, decay; And eke my name be wiped out likewise ! ' '... | |
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One day I wrote her name upon the strand; But came the waves, and washed it away: Again, I wrote it with a second hand; But came the tide, and made my pains his prey. Vain man, said she, that dost in vain assay A mortal thing so to immortalize; For I... 
