 Now wasting years my former strength confound, And added woes have bow'd me to the ground: Yet by the stubble you may guess the grain, And mark the ruins of no vulgar man.  The Works of the British Poets - Side 231af Robert Anderson - 1795 - 1157 siderFuld visning - Om denne bog
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - 1878 - 788 sider
...soon forget affronts Old age is slow in both. ADDISON : Cato. Now wasting years my former strength confound And added woes have bow'd me to the ground Yet by the stubble you may guess the grain, And mark the ruins of no common man. BROOME. What is the worst of... | |
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - 1896 - 794 sider
...soon forget affronts ; Old age is slow in both. ADDISON: Cato. Now wasting years my former strength confound, And added woes have bow'd me to the ground : Yet by the stubble you may guess the grain, And mark the ruins of no common man. BROOME. What is the worst of... | |
 | Homer - 1907 - 444 sider
...covert from the air : But what by niggard fortune was denied, A willing widow's copious wealth supplied. My valour was my plea, a gallant mind That, true to honour, never lagged behind, The sex is ever to a soldier kind. Now wasting years my former strength confound, And... | |
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