 | 1903 - 606 sivua
...for none was worth my strife ; Nature I lov'd and, next to Nature, Art ; I warm'd both hands before the fire of life, It sinks, and I am ready to depart.' This epigram is as fine as it is because, while each line has its own thought and its appropriate cadence,... | |
 | 1854 - 800 sivua
...none was worth my strife ; Nature I loved, and, next to nature, art: I •warmed both bauds before the fire of life ; It sinks, and I am ready to depart." The verse is good ; but if this is a farewell to the world, it is not a graceful leave-taking. * I... | |
 | 1876 - 818 sivua
...for none were worth my strifa ; Nature I loved, and after Nature, Art. I wurin'd both hands before the fire of life ; It sinks, and I am ready to depart :'' in which the absence of all reference to religious faith— except the words " ready to depart... | |
 | 1881 - 702 sivua
...none, for none was worth my strife f Mature 1 loved, and after Nature, Art ; I warmed both hands before the fire of life ; It sinks, and I am ready to depart." ALPHA. " Trust not for freedom to the Franks — They have a king who buys and sell«." Byron's spirit-stirring... | |
 | Walter Savage Landor - 1853 - 554 sivua
...KOH NONE WAS WORTH MY STRIFE ; NATURE I LOVED, ANB, NEXT TO NATURE, ART; I WARMED BOTH HANDS BEFORE THE FIRE OF LIFE ; IT SINKS, AND I AM READY TO DEPART. PREFACE. INPERIOU in execution to those I have already set before the public will perhaps these Imaginary... | |
 | Abel Stevens, James Floy - 1854 - 584 sivua
...for none was worth my striio ; Nature 1 loveii. and ne.vt to nature, art: I warm'd both hands before the fire of life; It sinks, and I am ready to depart" Alexander Smith soon issues a third volume of his poetical effusions. Montgomery, the Quaker poet,... | |
 | George Augustus Sala, Edmund Yates - 1891 - 602 sivua
...for none was worth the strife, Nature I loved, and next to Nature — Art. I warmed both hands before the fire of life, It sinks, and I am ready to depart." " AH yes, we all eat and drink more than what is good for us : these are sins of the time for which,... | |
 | 1865 - 620 sivua
...for none was worth my strife ; Nature I lov'd, and next to nature art ; I warm'd both hands before the fire of life, It sinks, and I am ready to depart." * WITHOUT any particular reason, this beautiful rhyme had been haunting me, like music, for some days,... | |
 | Frederick Locker-Lampson - 1867 - 410 sivua
...for none was worth my strife ; Nature I loved, and, next to nature, art ; I warm'd both hands before the fire of life ; . It sinks, and I am ready to depart. CLXXXIII. ON ONE IN ILLNESS. HEALTH, strength, and beauty, who would not resign, And be neglected by... | |
 | John Forster - 1869 - 628 sivua
...strove with none, for none was worth my strife ; Nature I loved, and, next to Nature, Art ; I warm'd both hands against the fire of life ; It sinks, and I am ready to depart." In a previous section Lander's summer visits to his sister Elizabeth have been named. To her at "Warwick... | |
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I strove with none, for none was worth my strife. Nature I loved and, next to Nature, Art; I warmed both hands before the fire of life; It sinks, and I am ready to depart. 
