 | Charles Henry Wilson - 1803 - 228 페이지
...I've worn for years threescore and ten ; On the brink of tfce grave I'll not seek to keep hovering, Nor my thread wish to spin o'er again : But my face...with smiles count each wrinkle and furrow ; As this worn-out old stuff which is threadbare to-day, May become everlasting to- morrow. CROSS PURPOSES. TOM... | |
 | Goldfinch - 1805 - 276 페이지
...frail cov'r>ng, Which I've worn for three score years and tea, On the brink of the grave I'll not'seck to keep hov'ring, Nor my thread wish to spin o'er...again : But my face in the glass I'll serenely survey, And,withsmiles,count each wrinkle and furrow, As this old worn-out stuff, which is threadbare to-day,... | |
 | John Collins - 1804 - 212 페이지
...when I, at last, must throw off this frail cov'ring, Which I've worn for three score years and ten, On the brink of the grave I'll not seek to keep hov'ring....my face in the glass I'll serenely survey, And with smijes count each wrinkle snd furrow, As this old worn out stuff, which is threadbare Today, May become... | |
 | 1806 - 560 페이지
...to-morrow. And when I at last must throw off this frail cov'ring I've worn for threescore years and ten, On the brink of the grave I'll not seek to keep hov'ring, 457 RETIREMENT. AN EPISTLE. TO THE REV. DR. HURD. BY THE LATE REV. R. POTTER. WHEN on the stage Bays... | |
 | George Ashburner - 1807 - 238 페이지
...the brink of the grave I'll not seek to keep hovering, Nor my thread wish fi) Spin aci" ajj'ii;j ) But my face in the glass I'll serenely survey, And...smiles. count each wrinkle and furrow, -As this old worn out stuff which is thread-bare to-day, May become everlasting to-morrow. MUSHA GRAH WHAT WILL... | |
 | James Plumptre - 1811 - 486 페이지
...worn for throe-score years and ten ; On the brink of the grave I'll not seek to keep hovering, Nor ray thread wish to spin o'er again ; But my face in the glass I'll serenely surrey, And with smiles count each wrinkle and furrow; As this old worn out stuff which is thread-bare... | |
 | 1819 - 394 페이지
...I've worn for three-score years and ten, On the brink of the grave I'll not seek to keep hovering. Nor my thread wish to spin o'er again : But my face...thread-bare to-day, May become everlasting to-morrow.* * [This song is here inserted from vol. i. of Mr. Plumptre's collectien : but the author I apprehend... | |
 | Roundelay - 1815 - 260 페이지
...And when I at last mnst throw offthisfrail cov'ring, Which I've worn for threescore years and ten, On the brink of the grave I'll not seek to keep hov'ring,...o'er again ! But my face in the glass I'll serenely sur\ey, And with smiles count each wrinkle and furrow, As this old worn-out stuff which is threadbare... | |
 | Scottish songs - 1816 - 320 페이지
...Aid when I at last must throw off this frail cov'ring, Which I've worn for threescore years and ten, On the brink of the grave I'll not seek to keep hov'ring,...smiles count each wrinkle and furrow, As this old worn out stuff, which is thread-bare to-day, May become everlasting to-morrow. * OWEN. THo' far beyond... | |
 | George Dixon - 1842 - 134 페이지
...Iv'e worn for years three-score and ten, On the brink of the grave I'll not seek to keep hovering, Nor my thread wish to spin o'er again : But my face...survey, And with smiles count each wrinkle and furrow ; And this worn-out old stuff which is threadbare to-day, May become everlasting to-morrow. THE PLEASURE... | |
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Nor my thread wish to spin o'er again : But my face in the glass I'll serenely survey, And with smiles count each wrinkle and furrow ; As this old worn-out stuff, which is threadbare Today, May become Everlasting Tomorrow. 
