 | Walter Colton - California - 1860 - 476 pages
...which the vernal year here sinks to repose. " Ah ! 'twere a lot too bless'd, Forever in thy color'd shades to stray ; Amid the kisses of the soft southwest...cares that wither life, And waste its little hour." BRYANT. SUNDAY, Nov. 29.: Two Californians called upon me to-day, to decide a difficulty which had... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1861 - 272 pages
...leave thee wild and sad! Ah ! 'twere a lot too blessed for ever in thy coloured shades to stray; 4jnid the kisses of the soft south-west To rove and dream for aye; And leave the vain low strife Hat makes men mad—the tug for wealth and power, 'Tie passions and the cares that wither life, And... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1862 - 312 pages
...and thy fair sunny noon, All ! 'twere a lot too blest For ever in thy colored shades to stray ; Aniid the kisses of the soft south-west To rove and dream...cares that wither life, And waste its little hour. VOL. I— 7 MUTATION. THEY talk of short-lived pleasure — be it so — Pain dies as quickly : stern,... | |
 | Edward Payson Tenney - 1862 - 272 pages
...Extol not riches then, the pride of fools." Stop not for golden apples, and thus lose the race of life. "Leave the vain, low strife, that makes men mad ;...cares that wither life, And waste its little hour." Labor not to be rich : cease from thine own wisdom, — which bids thce be rich. Wilt thou set thine... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1862 - 276 pages
...thy fair sunny noon, And leave thee wild and sad! Ah ! 'twere a lot too blest For ever in thy colored shades to stray; Amid the kisses of the soft south-west...aye; And leave the vain low strife That makes men mad—the tug for wealth and power, The passions and the cares that wither life, And waste its little... | |
 | Richard Chenevix Trench (abp. of Dublin) - 1868 - 458 pages
...fair sunny noon, And leave thee wild and sad ? 40 Ah! 'twere a lot too blest, For ever in thy coloured shades to stray; Amid the kisses of the soft south-west...rove and dream for aye; And leave the vain low strife 45 That makes men mad — the tug for wealth and power, The passions and the cares that wither life,... | |
 | American poetry - 1869 - 310 pages
...fair sunny noon, And leave thee wild and sad ? Ah I 'twere a lot too blest For ever in thy colored shades to stray ; Amid the kisses of the soft south-west...power The passions and the cares that wither life, NOVEMBER. one smile more, departing, distant sun ! One mellow smile through the soft vapory air, Ere,... | |
 | American periodicals - 1870 - 870 pages
...too blest Forever in thy coloured shades to stray ; A mill the kisses of the soft south-west To roam and dream for aye : And leave the vain, low strife...passions and the cares that wither life, And waste the little hour. Public Opinion. FEOST. THEN, every morn, the river's banks shine bright With smooth... | |
 | 1870 - 974 pages
...a destiny which is able to look flinchlessly into eternity. Such a one is not mightily moved by — "The vain low strife That makes men mad — the tug...cares that wither life, And waste its little hour." One bright Exemplar of supreme selfhood has been given to us, to show how we also should be like Him... | |
 | Richard Chenevix Trench - English poetry - 1870 - 466 pages
...fair sunny noon, And leave thee wild and sad? 40 Ah! 'twere a lot too blest, For ever in thy coloured shades to stray; Amid the kisses of the soft south-west...and dream for aye ; And leave the vain low strife 45 That makes men mad — the tug for wealth and power, The passions and the cares that wither life,... | |
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And leave thee wild and sad 7 -:Ah ! 'twere a lot too blest For ever in thy colored shades to stray ; Amid the kisses of the soft south-west To rove and dream for aye ; And leave the vain low strife That makes men mad — the tug for wealth and power,... 
