 Tis not long since, — it cannot be long, — My years so soon were spent, Since I was a boy, both straight and strong, Yet now am I feeble and bent. A dream, a dream, — it is all a dream ! A strange, sad dream, good sooth ; For old as I am, and old...  Tupper's Complete Poetical Works ... - Page 260by Martin Farquhar Tupper - 1851 - 486 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Martin Farquhar Tupper - English poetry - 1845 - 68 pages
...haggard, and gray, But I look on her blooming, and soft, and fair, As she was on her wedding-day : I do not see you, daughters and sons, In the likeness...How buoyant and bold, though it seem to grow old, Is the heart, for ever young; For ever young,—though life's old age Hath every nerve unstrung ; The... | |
 | John Hall Hindmarsh - 1845 - 464 pages
...Since I was a boy, both straight and strong, Yet now am I feeble and bent. A dream, a dream — it is all a dream ! A strange, sad dream, good sooth...How buoyant and bold, though it seem to grow old» Is the heart for ever young: For ever young — though life's old age Hath every nerve unstrung ; The... | |
 | American periodicals - 1845 - 636 pages
...Since I was a boy, -both straight and strong, Yet now am I feeble and bent. A dream, a dream — it is all a dream ! A strange, sad dream, good sooth...How buoyant and bold, though it seem to grow old, Is the heart, forever young ; Forever young — though life's old age Hath every nerve unstrung ; The... | |
 | Martin Farquhar Tupper - Blank verse, English - 1848 - 300 pages
...Since I was a boy, both straight and strong, Yet now am I feeble and bent. A dream, a dream, — it is all a dream ! A strange, sad dream, good sooth...How buoyant and bold, though it seem to grow old, Is the heart, for ever young ; _J For ever young, — though life's old age Hath every nerve unstrung... | |
 | Martin Farquhar Tupper - Conduct of life - 1848 - 216 pages
...Since I was a boy, both straight and strong, Yet now am I'feeble and bent. A dream, a dream, — it is all a dream ! A strange, sad dream, good sooth...I am, and old as I seem, My heart is full of youth : 178 SONXET TO PROVERBIAL PHILOSOPHY. Eye hath not seen, tongue hath not told, And ear hath not heard... | |
 | 1840 - 308 pages
...Since I was a boy, both straight and strong, Yet now am I feeble and bent. A dream, a dream, — it is all a dream ! A strange, sad dream, good sooth...buoyant and bold, though it seem to grow old, For ever young, — though life's old age Hath every nerve unstrung : The heart, the heart is a heritage That... | |
 | Martin Farquhar Tupper - English poetry - 1850 - 490 pages
...cannot be long— My years so soon were spent, Since I was a boy, both straight and strong, Yet now I am feeble and bent. A dream, a dream—it is all a dream!...How buoyant and bold, though it seem to grow old, Ts the heart, for ever young! For ever young—though life's old age, Hath every nerve unstrung; The... | |
 | Martin Farquhar Tupper - 1850 - 504 pages
...Since I was a boy, both straight and strong, Yet now am I feeble and bent. A dream, a dream, — it is all a dream ! A strange, sad dream, good sooth...How buoyant and bold, though it seem to grow old, Is the heart, for ever young ; For ever young, — though life's old age Hath every nerve unstrung... | |
 | Salem Town - Readers - 1850 - 372 pages
...I was a boy both straight and strong, - Yet now am I feeble and bent. Hit A dream," a dream, — it is all a dream, A strange, sad dream, good sooth ;...am, and old as I seem, My heart is full of youth. 11. Eye hath not seen, tongue hath not told, And ear hath not heard it sung, How buoyant and bold,... | |
 | Salem Town - Readers - 1850 - 374 pages
...Since I was a boy both straight and strong, Yet now am I feeble and bent. 10. A dream," a dream, — it is all a dream, A strange, sad dream, good sooth ; For old as I am, and old as 1 seem, My heart is full of youth. 11. Eye hath not seen, tongue hath not told, And ear hath not heard... | |
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