 Bent head, and well-formed neck, breast rough and cold, Limbs well composed ; simple in dress yet choice, Swift or to move, act, think, or thought unfold. Temperate, firm, kind, unused to flattering lies, Adverse to the world, adverse to me of old ; Ofttimes...  The Bijou: An Annual of Literature and the Arts - Page 411830Full view - About this book
 | Thomas Campbell, Samuel Carter Hall, Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton, Theodore Edward Hook, Thomas Hood, William Harrison Ainsworth, William Ainsworth - 1829 - 606 pages
...flattering lies ; Adverse to the world, adverse to me of old. Oft-times alone and mournful. Evermore Alost pensive — all unmoved by hope or fear : By shame...steer : Death may for me have FAME and rest in store. Since last year, we have heard that another religious Annual is to appear, for which, of all names,... | |
 | 1829 - 488 pages
...Most pensive — all uumov'd by hope or fear :, By shame made tnoid, and by auger brave — My suhtle reason speaks ; but, ah ! I rave, 'Twixt vice and...steer; . Death may for me have FAME and rest in store. There is an abundance of Sonnets and short pieces which would dovetail in our columns, were we tempted... | |
 | Cyrus Redding - 1858 - 448 pages
...Temperate, firm, kind, unused to flattering lies, Adverse to the world, adverse to me of old ; Ofttimes alone and mournful : evermore Most pensive, all unmoved...anger brave, My subtle reason speaks : but ah ! I rave — 'Twkt vice and virtue, hardly know to steerDeath may for me have fame and rest in store ! CHAPTER... | |
 | Chambers's journal - 1859 - 432 pages
...Temperate, firm, kind, unused to flattering lies, Adverse to the world, adverse to me of old ; Ofttimes alone and mournful, evermore Most pensive, all unmoved...steer — Death may for me have fame and rest in store 1 An amusing account is given of the indignation of a lady of the genus irritable, who was offered... | |
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