 Why, why repine, my pensive friend, At pleasures slipt away? Some the stern Fates will never lend, And all refuse to stay. I see the rainbow in the sky, The dew upon the grass ; I see them, and I ask not why They glimmer or they pass. With folded arms...  Notes from a Diary: 1896 to January 23, 1901 - Page 5by Sir Mountstuart Elphinstone Grant Duff - 1905Full view - About this book
 | Hubert Ashton Holden - 1864 - 344 pages
...love, — Heaven's choicest grant — health, leisure, peace and ease. WARREN HASTINGS AGAINST REGRET WHY, why repine, my pensive friend, at pleasures slipt...they pass. With folded arms I linger not to call them back; 'twere vain; in this or in some other spot I know they'll shine again. ws LANDOR ORPHEUS with... | |
 | Frederick Locker- Lampson - 1867 - 428 pages
...said mine; and Friendship said So I fear, and shook her head. Walter S. Landor ccccxxx. WHY REPINE? WHY, why repine, my pensive friend, At pleasures slipt...they pass. With folded arms I linger not To call them back ; 'twere vain ; In this, or in some other spot, I know they'll shine again. Walter S. Landor.... | |
 | Frederick Locker-Lampson - English poetry - 1867 - 410 pages
...WHY, why repine, my pensive friend, At pleasures slipt away ? Some the stern Fates will never lend, I see the rainbow in the sky, The dew upon the grass,...they pass. With folded arms I linger not To call them back ; 'twere vain; In this, or in some other spot, I know they'll shine again. Walter S. Lander. INDEX... | |
 | John Forster - 1869 - 558 pages
...ne'er decay, Whatever fate bef als ; I, that the myrtle and the bay Shoot fresh on ruin'd walls." " Why, why repine, my pensive friend, At pleasures slipt...they pass. With folded arms I linger not To call them back ; 'twere vain ; In this, or in some other spot, I know they'll shine again." " My hopes retire... | |
 | John Forster - 1869 - 726 pages
...ruined walls." "Why, why repine, my pensive friend, At pleasures slipt away 'I Some the stern Fates wiU never lend, And all refuse to stay. " I see the rainbow...pass. " With folded arms I linger not To call them back; 'twere vain; In this, or in some other spot, I know they '11 shine again." " My hopes retire... | |
 | John Forster - 1869 - 560 pages
...will never lend, And all refuse to stay. I see the rainbow in the sky, The dew upon the grass ; I sec them, and I ask not why They glimmer or they pass. With folded arms I linger not To call them back ; 'twere vain ; In this, or in some other spot, I know they'll shine again." " My hopes retire... | |
 | Hymns, English - 1876 - 384 pages
...bid my spirit rest. Content. W. 8. LAKDOR. WHY, why repine, 0 pensive friend, At pleasures slipped away? Some the stern fates will never lend, And all...they pass. With folded arms I linger not To call them back ; t were vain ; In this, or in some other spot, I know they '11 shine again. DODDRIDOK. The Perfect... | |
 | Walter Savage Landor - English literature - 1876 - 538 pages
...praise. CXXXIIl. Why, why repine, my pensive friend, At pleasures slipt away ? Some the stern Fates wifl never lend, And all refuse to stay. I see the rainbow...they pass. With folded arms I linger not To call them baek ; 'twere vain ; In this, or in some other spot, I know they'll shiue again. . (XXXIV. Thou whom... | |
 | Thomas Humphry Ward - English poetry - 1880 - 650 pages
...may be soon, but are not yet, Nor should be while in Love we trust And never what he taught forget. Why, why repine, my pensive friend, At pleasures slipt...they pass. With folded arms I linger not To call them back — 'twere vain : In this, or in some other spot I know they'll shine again. CHILDREN PLAYING... | |
 | Thomas Humphry Ward - English poetry - 1880 - 648 pages
...may be soon, but are not yet, Nor should be while in Love we trust And never what he taught forget. Why, why repine, my pensive friend, At pleasures slipt...they pass. With folded arms I linger not To call them back — 'twere vain : In this, or in some other spot I know they'll shine again. CHILDREN PLAYING... | |
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