 | John Milton - 1874 - 758 strani
...; thy senses then, 540 Obtuse, all taste of pleasure must forego, To what thou hast ; and, for the air of youth, Hopeful and cheerful, in thy blood will...reign A melancholy damp of cold and dry To weigh thy spirits down, and last consume The balm of life. To whom our ancestor. Henceforth I fly not death,... | |
 | John Milton - 1875 - 824 strani
...grey; thy senses then. Obtuse, all taste of pleasure must forego, To Mrhat thou hast ; and for the air of youth, Hopeful and cheerful, in thy blood will reign A melancholy damp of cold anil dry, To weigh thy spirits down, and last consume The balm of life." To whom our ancestor: " Henceforth... | |
 | Rossiter Johnson - 1876 - 840 strani
...grey ; thy senses then, Obtuse, all taste of pleasure must forego, To what thou hast ; and, for the moru " spirits down, and last consume The balm of life." To whom our ancestor. " Henceforth I fly not death,... | |
 | Walter Savage Landor - 1876 - 562 strani
...expressed. His description of old age is somewhat less sorrowful and much less repulsive. It closes with In thy blood will reign A melancholy damp of cold and dry. Nobody could understand this who had not read the strange notions of physicians, which continued down... | |
 | Robert Mitchell (M.R.C.S.) - 1879 - 214 strani
...sober, sad monitor of the coming evil ; it is the precursor of the beginning of the end. " When for the air of youth — Hopeful and cheerful — in thy blood...reign A melancholy damp of cold and dry To weigh thy spirits down, and last consume The Balm of Life." Southam (p. 12) says: " It is now generally acknowledged... | |
 | John Milton - 1881 - 894 strani
...gray : thy senses then 540 Obtuse all taste of pleasure must forego To what thou hast, and for the air of youth Hopeful and cheerful in thy blood will...reign A melancholy damp of cold and dry To weigh thy spirits down, and last consume The balm of life. To whom our ancestor. Henceforth I fly not death,... | |
 | John Milton - 1881 - 590 strani
...and gray ; thy senses then Obtuse, all taste of pleasure must forego To what thou hnst ; and for the air of youth, Hopeful and cheerful, in thy blood will...reign A melancholy damp of cold and dry To weigh thy spirits down, and last consume The balm of life." To whom our ancestor : " Henceforth I fly not death,... | |
 | John Milton - 1881 - 528 strani
...weak, and gray ; thy seuies then Obtuse all taste of pleasure must forego To what thou hast and for the air of youth Hopeful and cheerful in thy blood will reign A melancholy damp of cold and dry, To weyh thy spirits down, and last consume The bairn of life. To whom oar ancestor : Henceforth I fly... | |
 | Five minutes daily readings - 1882 - 408 strani
...gray, — thy senses then, Obtuse, all taste of pleasure must forgo To what thou hast ; and, for the air of youth, Hopeful and cheerful, in thy blood will...reign A melancholy damp of cold and dry, To weigh thy spirits down, and last consume The balm of life." To whom our Ancestor: — " Henceforth I fly not... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1883 - 458 strani
...life is often preceded by a train of infirmities. Do you remember what Milton says ? " ' — for the air of youth Hopeful and cheerful, in thy blood will...reign A melancholy damp of cold and dry To weigh thy spirits down, and last consume The balm of life.' And Dr. Johnson — Unnumbered maladies the joints... | |
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To what thou hast, and for the air of youth Hopeful and cheerful in thy blood will reign A melancholy damp of cold and dry, To weigh thy spirits down, and last consume The balm of life. 
