 | 1924 - 296 sider
...They are so unacquainted with man, 38 Society, Friendship, and Love, Divinely bestow'd upon man, O had I the wings of a dove, How soon would I taste...truth, Might learn from the wisdom of age, And be cheer 'd by the sallies of youth Ye winds that have made me your sport, Convey to this desolate shore... | |
 | 1926 - 780 sider
...man, Their tameness is shocking to me. Society, Friendship, and Love, Divinely bestow'd upon man, Oh, had I the wings of a dove How soon would I taste you...truth, Might learn from the wisdom of age, And be cheer'd by the sallies of youth. Ye winds that have made me your sport, Convey to this desolate shore... | |
 | Geoffrey O'Brien, Billy Collins - 2007 - 778 sider
...man, Their tameness is shocking to me. Society, friendship, and love, Divinely bestow'd upon man, Oh, had I the wings of a dove, How soon would I taste...religion and truth, Might learn from the wisdom of age, SOLITUDE And be cheer'd by the sallies of youth. Religion! what treasure untold Resides in that heavenly... | |
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Society, friendship, and love, Divinely bestow'd upon man, Oh, had I the wings of a dove, How soon would I taste you again ! My sorrows I then might assuage In the ways of religion and truth, Might learn from the wisdom of age, And be cheer'd by the sallies... 
