 | George Ellis - English poetry - 1803 - 468 pages
...are turn'd to clay, And many of my mates are gone ; My youngers daily drop away ; — And can I think to 'scape alone ? No, no, I know that I * must die, And yet my life amend not I ! Not Solomon, for all his wit, Nor Sampson, though he were so strong, No king, nor ever person yet... | |
 | George Ellis - English poetry - 1811 - 472 pages
...he were so strong, No king, nor ever person yet Could 'scape, but death laid him along ! Wherefore I know that I must die, And yet my life amend not I ! Though all the east did quake to hear Of Alexander's dreadful name, And all the west did likewise... | |
 | Archaica - 1815 - 520 pages
...ancestors are turn'd to clay, And many of my mates are gone; My youngers daily drop away, And can 1 think to 'scape alone ? No, no; I know that I must die, And yet my life amend not I. Not Solomon for all his wits, Nor Sampson, though he were so strong, No king nor ever person yet Could... | |
 | Sir Egerton Brydges - English prose literature - 1815 - 508 pages
...though he were so strong, No king nor ever person yet Could 'scape, but death laid him along : Wherefore I know that I must die, And yet my life amend not I. Though all the east did quake to hear Of Alexander's dreadful name ; And all the west did likewise... | |
 | Almanacs, English - 1821 - 444 pages
...are turned to clay, — And many of my mates are gone ; My youngers daily drop away, And can I think to 'scape alone ? No, no ; I know that I must die, And yet my life amend not T. Not Solomon, for all his wit, Nor Samson, though he were so strong; No king nor power ever yet Could... | |
 | Richard Ryan - Poetry - 1826 - 312 pages
...ancestors are turn'd to clay, And many of my mates are gone; My youngers daily drop away, And can I think to 'scape alone ? No, no ; I know that I must die, And yet my life amend not I. Not Solomon, for all his wit, Nor Samson, though he were so strong ; No king nor power ever yet Could... | |
 | Richard Ryan - Poetry - 1826 - 318 pages
...many of my mates are gone ; My youngers daily drop away, And can I think to 'scape alone ? No, no ; 1 know that I must die, And yet my life amend not I. Not Solomon, for all his wit, Nor Samson, though he were so strong ; No king nor power ever yet Could... | |
 | John Johnstone - 1827 - 596 pages
...are turn'd to clay, And many of my matea are gone ; My youngers daily drop away ;— And can I think to 'scape alone ? No, no, I know that I must die, And yet my life amend not I! Not Solomon, for all his wit, Nor Sampson, though he were so strong, No king, nor ever person yet Could... | |
 | Robert Aris Willmott - Poets, English - 1834 - 478 pages
...are turned to clay, If And many of my mates are gone ; My youngers daily drop away, And can I think to 'scape alone ? No, no, I know that I must die, And yet my life emend not I. If none can 'scape death's dreadful dart, If rich and poor his beck obey, If strong, if... | |
 | Theology - 1835 - 424 pages
...And many of my mates are gone ; My youngers daily drop away, • And can I think to 'scape alone 1 No, no, I know that I must die, And yet my life amend not I." Francis Davison is another of the early poets noticed by our author. He was the son of Mr. Davison,... | |
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My ancestors are turned to clay, And many of my mates are gone; .My youngers daily drop away, And can I think to 'scape alone? No, no; I know that I must die, And yet my life amend not I. 
