 | 1875 - 582 pages
...composed. " How soon hath Time, the subtle thief of youth, Stolen on his wing my three-andtwentieth year ! My hasting days fly on with full career, But my late...spring no bud or blossom show'th. Perhaps my semblance mipht deceive the truth That I to manhood am arrived so near ; And inward ripeness doth much les appear,... | |
 | John Milton - 1860 - 134 pages
...23. How soon hath Time, the subtle thief of youth, Stol'n on his wing my three and twentieth year I My hasting days fly on with full career, But my late spring no bud or blossom shew'th. Perhaps my semblance might deceive the truth That I to manhood am arriv'd so near ; And inward... | |
 | Evenings - 1860 - 386 pages
...TEAR. How soon hath Time, the subtle thief of youth, Stolen on his wing my three-and-twentieth year ! My hasting days fly on with full career, But my late spring no bud nor blossom showeth. Perhaps my semblance might deceive the truth, That I to manhood am arrived so... | |
 | John Milton - 1860 - 574 pages
...three-and-twentieth year! My hasting days fly on with full career, But my late spring no bud nor blossom showeth. Perhaps my semblance might deceive the truth, That I to manhood am arrived BO near; And inward ripeness doth much less appear, That some more timely happy spirits inducth. Yet... | |
 | John Milton, James Montgomery - 1861 - 548 pages
...three-and-twentieth year My hasting days fly on with full career, But my late spring no bud or blossom showeth. Perhaps my semblance might deceive the truth, That...much less appear, That some more timely-happy spirits endueth. Yet be it less or more, or soon or slow, It shall be still in strictest measure even To that... | |
 | John Tulloch - 1861 - 536 pages
...— " How soon hath Time, the subtle thief of youth, Stolen on his wing my three-aml-twentieth year ! My hasting days fly on with full career, But my late spring no bud or blossom showeth. Perhaps my semblance might deceive the truth That I to manhood am arrived so near ; And inward... | |
 | John Milton - 1861 - 734 pages
...bud or blossom shew'th. Perhaps my semblance might deceive the truth, That I to manhood am arriv'd so near; And inward ripeness doth much less appear, That some more timely-happy spirits endn'th. Yet be it less or more, or soon or slow, It shall be still in strictest measure even To that... | |
 | John [prose Milton (selected]) - 1862 - 396 pages
...TWENTY-THREE. " How soon hath Time, the subtle thief of youth, Stol'n on his wing my three-and-twentieth year ! My hasting days fly on with full career, But my late spring no bud or blossom shew'th. Perhaps my semblance may deceive the truth, That I to manhood am arrived so near; And inward... | |
 | John Milton - 1862 - 568 pages
...TWENTY-THREE. Sow soon hath Time, the subtle thief of youth, Stol'ri on his wing my three-and-twentieth year1 My hasting days fly on with full career, But my late spring no bud or blossom shew'th. Perhaps my semblance might deceive the truth, That I to manhood am arriv'd so near ; And inward... | |
 | John Milton - 1864 - 584 pages
...TWENTY-THREE. How soon hath Time, the subtle thief of youth, Stolen on his wing my three and twentieth year.' My hasting days fly on with full career, But my late...much less appear, That some more timely-happy spirits indu'th. Yet be it less or more, or soon or slow, It shall be still in strictest measure even 10 To... | |
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Perhaps my semblance might deceive the truth, That I to manhood am arrived so near ; And inward ripeness doth much less appear, That some more timely-happy spirits indu'th. 
