| Joseph Edwards Carpenter - 1866 - 236 Seiten
...pray." " In the days of my youth," Father William replied, " I remember'd that youth could not last; I thought of the future, whatever I did, That I never...grieve for the past." " You are old, Father William," tl*e young man cried, " And life must be hastening away: You are cheerful, and love to converse upon... | |
| James Stuart Laurie - 1866 - 202 Seiten
...? " " In the days of my youth," Father William replied, " I remember'd that youth could not last; I thought of the future, whatever I did, That I never might grieve for the past." " And pleasures with youth pass away, And yet you lament not the days that are gone ; " You are old,... | |
| Caroline Matilda Kirkland - 1868 - 710 Seiten
...!" " In the days of my youth," Father William replied, " I remembered that youth could not last; I thought of the future, whatever I did, That I never...love to converse upon death; Now tell me the reason, I pray 1" " I am cheerful, young man," Father William replied ; " Let the cause thy attention engage:... | |
| Children - 1868 - 494 Seiten
...pray." " In the days of my youth," Father William replied, " I remembered that youth could not last; I thought of the future, whatever I did, That I never...love to converse upon death Now tell me the reason, \ rath; " I am cheerful, young man," Father William replied, " Let the cause thy attention engage :... | |
| Scottish School-Book Association (Edinburgh) - 1868 - 152 Seiten
...pray." In the days of my youth," father William replied, " I remember'd | that life ' could not last; thought of the future, whatever I did, That I never...to converse ' upon death; Now tell me | the reason, I pray." " I am cheerful, young man," father William replied, " Let the cause | thy attention engage:... | |
| John Charles Curtis - 1869 - 150 Seiten
...I pray. In the days of my youth, Father William replied, I remember'd that youth could not last; I thought of the future, whatever I did, That I never...love to converse upon death! Now tell me the reason, I pray. I am cheerful, young man, Father William replied, Let the cause thy attention engage; In the... | |
| William Davis (B.A.) - 1869 - 200 Seiten
...pray." " In the days of my youth," Father William replied, " I remembered that youth could not last; I thought of the future, whatever I did, That I never...love to converse upon death, Now tell me the reason, I pray." I am cheerful, young man," Father William replied, "Let the cause thy attention engage : In... | |
| Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1869 - 810 Seiten
...not last; I thought of the future, whatever I did, "In the days of my youth," Father William replied, That I never might grieve for the past." "You are...love to converse upon death; Now tell me the reason, I pray." THE MAllCH TO MOSCOW. The Eiujwror Nap he would set off On a summer excursion to Moscow; The... | |
| Charles Bilton - 1869 - 168 Seiten
...? ' ' In the days of my youth,' Father William replied, ' I remember'd that youth could not last; I thought of the future, whatever I did, That I never...might grieve for the past.' ' You are old, Father William,'the youngman cried, ' And life must be hastening away; You are cheerful, and love to converse... | |
| Henry Noble Day - 1869 - 326 Seiten
...particularly in the first measure of the verses. The young man cried, " Father William, you are old and life must be hastening, away; you are cheerful and love to converse upon death ; now, I pray, tell me the reason." Father William replied, " Young man, I am cheerful; let the cause engage... | |
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