And such is the fate of our life's early promise, So passing the spring-tide of joy we have known ; Each wave, that we danced on at morning, ebbs from us, And leaves us, at eve, on the bleak shore alone. Annual Register - Page 607edited by - 1819Full view - About this book
| English literature - 1818 - 596 pages
...declining, The bark was still there, but the waters were gone. Ah '. such is the fate of our Hfc'searly promise, So passing the spring-tide of joy we have known ; Each wave that we danc'd ou at morning ebbs from us, And leaves us, at eve, on the bleak shore alone. Ne'er tell me of glories... | |
| British melodies - 1820 - 280 pages
...came when the sun o'er that beach was declining, The bark was still there but the waters were gone. Ah! such is the fate of our life's early promise,...morning ebbs from us, And leaves us at eve, on the blank shore alone. Ne'er tell me of glories, serenely adorning The close of our day, the calm eve of... | |
| Friedrich Johann Jacobsen - English poetry - 1820 - 796 pages
...the sun o'er that beach was declining , — The bork was still there , but the waters were gonef Ah l such is the fate of our life's early promise, So passing the spring - tide of joy we have known ; Euch wai--e that we danc'd on at morning elibs front, us, And... | |
| Thomas Moore - Ballads, Irish - 1821 - 294 pages
...the sun o'er that beach was declining, — The bark was still there, but the waters were gone ! II. Ah ! such is the fate of our life's early promise,...us, And leaves us, at eve, on the bleak shore alone ! III. Ne'er tell me of glories, serenely adorning The close of our day, the calm eve of our night... | |
| Thomas Moore - 1821 - 276 pages
...came, when the sun o'er that beach was declining, The bark was still there, but the waters were gone! Ah! such is the fate of our life's early promise!...spring-tide of joy we have known; Each wave that we danced on at morning ebbs Ne'er tell me of glories, serenely adorning The close of our day, the calm... | |
| Thomas Moore - 1823 - 464 pages
...the sun o'er that beach was declining, — The bark was still there, but the waters were gone ! n. Ah ! such is the fate of our life's early promise,...spring-tide of joy we have known : Each wave, that we danced on at morning, ebbs from us, And leaves us, at eve, on the bleak shore alone ! III. Ne'er tell... | |
| Thomas Moore - 1823 - 314 pages
...when the sun o'er that beach was declining,— The bark was still there, but the waters were gone ! n. Ah ! such is the fate of our life's early promise, So passing the spring- tide of joy we have known: Each wave, that we danced on at morning, ebbs from us, And leaves... | |
| Thomas Moore - Irish literature - 1825 - 310 pages
...when the sun o'er that beach was declining — The bark was still there, but the Waters We're gone! Ah ! such is the fate of our life's early promise, So passing the springtide of joy we have known : 1^ach wave that we danc'd on at morning ebbs from us, And leaves us, at eve, on the bleak shore alone... | |
| Thomas Moore - 1828 - 232 pages
...the sun o'er that beach was declining, — The bark was still there, but the waters were gone ! II. Ah ! such is the fate of our life's early promise,...us, And leaves us, at eve, on the bleak shore alone. III. Ne'er tell me of glories, serenely adorning The close of our day, the calm eve of our night ;... | |
| Thomas Moore - 1829 - 456 pages
...when the sun o'er that bead t was declining, — The bark was still there, but the waters were gone ! Ah ! such is the fate of our life's early promise,...spring-tide of joy we have known: Each wave, that we danced on at morning, ebbs from °*j And leaves us, al eve, on the bleak shore alone ! Ne'er tell me... | |
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