 | Thomas Gray, John Bradshaw - 1891 - 404 sider
...weaving here and in the " Bard " compare the paraphrase of the gipsy's song in " Guy Mannering " : — " Twist ye, twine ye ! even so Mingle shades of joy...and peace and strife In the thread of human life. Now they wax and now they dwindle, Whirling with the whirling spindle," etc. 17, 18. The names of the... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1892 - 496 sider
...afterwards attempted the following paraphrase of what, from a few intelligible phrases, he concluded to be its purport : — Twist ye, twine ye ! even so Mingle...life beginning, Dimly seen through twilight bending, La, what varied shapes attending ! Passions wild, and Follies vain, Pleasures soon exchanged for pain,... | |
 | Hélène Adeline Guerber - 1893 - 378 sider
...intermingled. Lachesis, the second, twisted it ; and under her fingers it was now strong, now weak. " Twist ye, twine ye ! even so, Mingle shades of joy...and peace, and strife, In the thread of human life. " SCOTT. Atropos, the third sister, armed with a huge pair of shears, remorselessly cut short the thread... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1894 - 308 sider
...your sires, and endure it no more ! 'TWIST YE, TWINE YE' From Guy Manncring. (MEG MERRILIES' SONG) TWIST ye, twine ye ! even so, Mingle shades of joy...and peace, and strife, In the thread of human life. Whilst the mystic twist is spinning, And the infant's life beginning, Dimly seen through twilight bending,... | |
 | Thomas Gray - 1894 - 400 sider
...weaving here and in the " Bard " compare the paraphrase of the gipsy's song in " Guy Mannering " : — " Twist ye, twine ye ! even so Mingle shades of joy...and peace and strife In the thread of human life. Now they wax and now they dwindle, Whirling with the whirling spindle," etc. 17, 18. The names of the... | |
 | William Baker - 1895 - 152 sider
...by night To a wild headland, rock-based in the sea. ST JOHN'S COLL., CAMBRIDGE, SCHOLARSHIPS, 1891. Twist ye, twine ye ! even so Mingle shades of joy...and peace and strife, In the thread of human life. Whilst the mystic twist is spinning, And the infant's life beginning, Dimly seen through twilight bending,... | |
 | Samuel Silas Curry - 1895 - 316 sider
...practise the same extract in a variety of ways, with changes in point of view, situation, and purpose. 234 TWIST ye, twine ye ! even so, mingle shades of joy...and peace and strife, in the thread of human life. from " Guy Mannering." 235. A MODEST WIT. A SUPERCILIOUS nabob of the east, haughty, being great, purse-proud,... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1896 - 490 sider
...afterwards attempted the following paraphrase of what, from a few intelligible phrases, he concluded to be its purport : — Twist ye, twine ye ! even so Mingle...and peace, and strife, In the thread of human life. * The outline of the above description, as far as the supposed ruins are concerned, will be found somewhat... | |
 | Charles Mackay - 1896 - 680 sider
...this, and rise with day, Gentle lords and ladies gay. SONG OF MEG MERRILLS AT THE BIRTH OF THE INFANT. TWIST ye, twine ye! even so, Mingle shades of joy and woe, Hope, and fear, and peace, and strife, la the thread of human life. While the mystic twist Is spinning, And the infant's life beginning, Dimly... | |
 | Grace Harriet Kupfer - 1897 - 202 sider
...spinning and spinning away at a web, as a punishment for that foolish girl's vanity. "TWIST YE, TWINE YE" TWIST ye, twine ye ! even so Mingle shades of joy...and peace and strife, In the thread of human life. Passions wild and follies vain, Pleasures soon exchanged for pain ; Doubt and jealousy and fear, In... | |
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Twist ye, twine ye ! even so Mingle shades of joy and woe, Hope and fear, and peace and strife, In the thread of human life. 
