 I STROVE with none, for none was worth my strife; Nature I loved, and next to Nature, Art; I warmed both hands before the fire of life; It sinks, and I am ready to depart.  Biographical and Critical Studies - Stran 355avtor: James Thomson - 1896 - 483 straniCelotni ogled - O knjigi
 | 1903 - 606 strani
...line. Landor's famous epitaph upon himself remains one of the few excellent pieces in this kind : — ' I strove with none for none was worth my strife ; Nature I lov'd and, next to Nature, Art ; I warm'd both hands before the fire of life, It sinks, and I am ready... | |
 | 1854 - 800 strani
...stand printed by themselves, in capital letters, on the first leaf, as on a memorial tablet — •" I strove with none, for none was worth my strife ; Nature I loved, and, next to nature, art: I •warmed both bauds before the fire of life ; It sinks, and I am ready to depart." The verse is good... | |
 | 1881 - 702 strani
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 | Abel Stevens, James Floy - 1854 - 588 strani
...from Byron to Sir Walter Scott and Southéy, writes thus of his own present position : — " I utrove with none, for none was worth my strife ; Nature I loved, and next to nature, art: I warm'd both hands before the fire of life ; It Pinks, and 1 am ready to depart4 Alexander Smith soon... | |
 | 1883 - 884 strani
...Lander's fine last word upon himself, — "I strove with none, for none was worth my strife ; Nature 1 loved, and, next to Nature, Art. I wanned both hands before the lire of life ; It sinks, and I am ready to depart,'' — and the soft song of the disembodied spirit... | |
 | 1895 - 722 strani
...be forgiven if I see a kinship indeed with one, and that Landor. "I strove with none, for none were worth my strife; Nature I loved, and, next to nature, art ; I warmed both hands before the fire of life ; It sinks, and I am ready to depart.1' The lines might have... | |
 | 1865 - 620 strani
...day Some flake of the dust is brushed away, That had settled over my heart. HAD Ill Swage £an&0r. " I strove with none, for none was worth my strife ; Nature I lov'd, and next to nature art ; I warm'd both hands before the fire of life, It sinks, and I am ready... | |
 | Frederick Locker-Lampson - 1867 - 410 strani
...the poor old lass to bed, Simply because my fire is going out. George Caiman, tlie Younger. CLXXXII. I STROVE with none, for none was worth my strife ; Nature I loved, and, next to nature, art ; I warm'd both hands before the fire of life ; . It sinks, and I am ready to depart. CLXXXIII. ON ONE... | |
 | John Forster - 1869 - 628 strani
...letter. On " the night you left me I wrote the following DYIN'G " SPEECH OF AN OLD PHILOSOPHER : " I strove with none, for none was worth my strife ; Nature I loved, and, next to Nature, Art ; I warm'd both hands against the fire of life ; It sinks, and I am ready to depart." In a previous section... | |
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