Give back my twentieth spring! 1 'd rather laugh a bright-haired boy Than reign a gray-beard king! Off with the wrinkled spoils of age! Away with learning's crown! Tear out life's wisdom-written page, And dash its trophies down! One moment let my life-blood... The Southern literary messenger - Página 1541858Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
| Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1858 - 430 páginas
...Give back my twentieth spring I I'd rather laugh a bright-haired boy Than reign a gray-beard king I Off with the wrinkled spoils of age I Away with learning's...my life-blood stream From boyhood's fount of flame I Give me one giddy, reeling dream Of life all love and fame ! — My listening angel heard the prayer,... | |
| Allyn Weston, Charles Scott - 1858 - 598 páginas
...rather laugh a bright-haired boy Than reign a gray-haired king! Off with the wrinkled spoils of age ! Away with learning's crown ! Tear out life's wisdom-written...my life-blood stream From boyhood's fount of flame 1 Give me one giddy, reeling dream Of life all love and fame! — My listening angel heard the prayer,... | |
| 1858 - 1074 páginas
...with the wrinkled spoiliof age 1 Away with learning's crown ! Tear out life's wisdom writu-n fax*, And dash Its trophies down ! One moment let my life-blood stream From boyhoods fjinit of tlamc ' Uive inc one giddy, reeling dream Of life all love and fame [ —My listening... | |
| Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1862 - 368 páginas
...rather laugh a bright-haired boy Than reign a gray-beard king ! Off with the wrinkled spoils of age ! Away with learning's crown ! Tear out life's wisdom-written...one giddy, reeling dream Of life all love and fame ! — My listening angel heard the prayer, And, calmly smiling, said, " If I but touch thy silvered... | |
| Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1862 - 328 páginas
...rather laugh a bright-haired boy Than reign a gray-beard king I Off with the wrinkled spoils of age ! Away with learning's crown ! Tear out life's wisdom-written...my life-blood stream From boyhood's fount of flame ! — My listening angel heard the prayer, And, calmly smiling, said, " If I but touch thy silvered... | |
| Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1864 - 444 páginas
...with the wrinkled spoils of age ! Away with learning's crown ! Tear out life's wisdom-written page, One moment let my life-blood stream From boyhood's...one giddy, reeling dream Of life all love and fame ! — My listening angel heard the prayer, And, calmly smiling, said, " If I but touch thy silvered... | |
| A.A. Griffith - 1865 - 260 páginas
...Off with the wrinkled spoils of age ! Away with learning's crown ! Tear out life's wisdom- written page, And dash its trophies down ! One moment let...one giddy, reeling dream Of life all love and fame ! My listening angel heard the prayer, And calmly smiling, said, " If I but touch thy silvered hair,... | |
| Lydia Maria Child - 1865 - 478 páginas
...rather laugh a bright-haired boy, Than reign a gray-beard king ! Off with the wrinkled spoils of age ! Away with learning's crown ! Tear out life's wisdom-written...moment let my life-blood stream From boyhood's fount of fame ! Give me one giddy, reeling dream Of life all love and flame ! My. listening angel heard the... | |
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