 | Robert Southey - English poetry - 1800 - 318 pages
...That I never might need them at last. You are old, Father William, the young man cried, And pleasures with youth pass away, And yet you lament not the days that are gone* Now tell me the reason I pray. 227 In the days of my youth, Father William replied, I remember'd that youth could not last ; I thought... | |
 | Hudson (N.Y.) - 1803 - 438 pages
...said, Your few locks that are left are quite grey : You are hale, FatHfcr William, a hearty old man : Now tell me the reason, I pray ? In the days of my youth. Father William replied, I remember'd thit youth would fly fast, And abus'd not my health and my vigour at first, That I never might want... | |
 | Robert Southey - Poetry - 1805 - 224 pages
...cried, The few locks which are left you are grey ; You are hale, Father William, a hearty old man, Now tell me the reason I pray. In the days of my youth, Father William replied, I remember'd that youth would fly fast, And abused not my health and my vigour at first That I never might need them at last.... | |
 | Poetry - 1806 - 192 pages
...might need them at last." . f ' You are old, father William," the young man cried, " And pleasures with youth pass away, And yet you lament not the days...are gone : Now tell me the reason, I pray." " In The Old Man's Comforts. 33 " In the days of my youth," father William replied, "I remember'd that youth... | |
 | 1807 - 550 pages
...last. You are old, Father William, the young man cried, And pleasures with youth pass away, And vet you lament not the days that are gone, Now tell me...reason I pray. In the days of my youth, Father William ret plied, I remember'd that youth could not last; I thought of the future, whatever I did, That I... | |
 | Poetry - 1804 - 184 pages
...atlaft." •* " You are old, father William," the young man cried, " And pleafures with youth pafs away, And yet you lament not the days that are gone ; Now tell «ig the reafon, J pray,.'* The Old Man's Comfort t. 33 " In the days of ray youth," father William... | |
 | James Plumptre - Songs, English - 1811 - 486 pages
...might need them at last." ' 3 fc You are old, father William," the young man cried, " And pleasures with youth pass away, And yet you lament not the days that are gone ; Now tell me the reason, I pray." 4 " In the days of my youth," father William replied, " I remember'd that youth could not last ; I... | |
 | 1814 - 984 pages
...never might need them at last." " You are old, Father William," the young man cry'd, " And pleasures with youth pass away, And yet you lament not the days..." . • "In the days of my youth," Father William reply'd, " I remembered that youth could not last, And thought of the future, whatever I did, That... | |
 | Children's poetry, English - 1820 - 190 pages
...never might need them at last." " You are old, father William," the young man cried, " And pleasures with youth pass away, And yet you lament not the days that are gone : Now tell me the reason, I pray." The Old Man's Comforts. 33 " In the days of my youth," father William replied, " I remember'd that... | |
 | John Platts - Conduct of life - 1822 - 844 pages
...cried, " The few locks that are left you are grey : You are hale, father William, a hearty old man ; Now tell me the reason, I pray." " In the days of...father William replied, . "I remember'd that youth would fly fast, And abus'd not my health and my vigour at first, That I never might need them at last."... | |
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Father William replied, I remember 'd that youth would fly fast, And abused not my health and my vigour at first. That I never might need them at last. You are old, Father William, the young man cried. And pleasures with youth pass away, And yet you lament... 
