MY days among the Dead are past; Around me I behold, Where'er these casual eyes are cast, The mighty minds of old: My never-failing friends are they, With whom I converse day by day. With them I take delight in weal And seek relief in woe; And while I... English Men of Letters - Page 105edited by - 1894Full view - About this book
| Gail Hamilton - 1865 - 468 pages
...their vines and fig-trees, I have gathered in my lap and garnered in my heart their mellow fruits. " With them I take delight in weal And seek relief in...while I understand and feel How much to them I owe, My eheeks have often been bedewed . With tears of heartfelt gratitude." But though with gladness I render... | |
| John William Stanhope Hows - 1866 - 574 pages
...cast, The mighty minds of old ; My never-failing friends are they, With whom I converse day by day. With them I take delight in weal, And seek relief...owe, My cheeks have often been bedewed With tears of thoughtful gratitude. My thoughts are with the dead; with them I live in long-past years ; Their virtues... | |
| Frederick Saunders - 1866 - 412 pages
...cast, the mighty minds of old : My never-failing friends are they, WTith whom I converse night and day. With them I take delight in weal, and seek relief...owe, My cheeks have often been bedewed With tears of thoughtful gratitude. It is a mournful fact to add, also, that for nearly three years preceding his... | |
| Gail Hamilton - 1866 - 648 pages
...their vines and fig-trees, I have gathered in my lap and garnered in my heart their mellow fruits. " With them I take delight in weal And seek relief in...owe, My cheeks have often been bedewed With tears of heartfelt gratitude." But though with gladness I render unto Caesar the things that are Caesar's, he... | |
| Robert Cowtan - 1866 - 436 pages
...cast, The mighty minds of old ; My never-failing friends are they With whom I converse night and day. With them I take delight in weal, And seek relief...How much to them I owe, My cheeks have often been bedew'd With tears of thoughtful gratitude. My thoughts are with the dead : with them I live in long... | |
| Robert Cowtan - 1866 - 436 pages
...cast, The mighty minds of old ; My never-failing friends are they With whom I converse night and day. With them I take delight in weal, And seek relief...How much to them I owe, My cheeks have often been bedcw'd With tears of thoughtful gratitude. My thoughts are with the dead : with them I live in long... | |
| James Stuart Laurie - 1866 - 300 pages
...cast, The mighty minds of old : My never-failing friends are they, With whom I converse day by day. With them I take delight in weal, And seek relief...How much to them I owe, My cheeks have often been bedew'd With tears of thoughtful gratitude. My thoughts are with the dead ; with them I live in long-passed... | |
| George H. STRUTT - 1866 - 260 pages
...cast, The mighty minds of old : My never failing friends are they, With whom I converse day by day. With them I take delight in weal, And seek relief...How much to them I owe; My cheeks have often been bedew'd With tears of thoughtful gratitude. My thoughts are with the Dead; with them I live in long... | |
| 1866 - 288 pages
...cast, The mighty minds of old ; My never-failing friends are they, With whom I converse day by day. 2. With them I take delight in weal, And seek relief in woe ; And, while I understand and feel My cheeks have often been bedewed With tears of thoughtful gratitude. 8. My thoughts are with the Dead... | |
| Mary Anne Marzials - 1867 - 332 pages
...cast, The mighty minds of old : JVIy never-failing friends are they, With whom I converse day by day. With them I take delight in weal, And seek relief...How much to them I owe, My cheeks have often been bedew'd With tears of thoughtful gratitude. My thoughts are with the Dead ; with them I live in long-past... | |
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