 | mrs. William Thomas Greenup - 1880 - 136 str.
...it will yield ! So frail is the youth and the beauty of men, Though they bloom and look gay like the rose; But all our fond care to preserve them is vain...fast 'as he goes. Then I'll not be proud of my youth nor my beauty, Since both of them wither and fade ; But gain a good name by well doing my duty : This... | |
 | Excelsior poetry book - 1880 - 234 str.
...it will yield! So frail is the youth and the beauty of men, Though they bloom and look gay like the rose ; But all our fond care to preserve them is vain — Time kills them as fast as he goes. Then I 'II not be proud of my youth nor my beauty, Since both of them wither and fade ; But gain a good... | |
 | Charlotte Mary Yonge - 1881 - 388 str.
...; But all our fond care to preserve them is lost — Time kills them as fast as he goes. Then I '11 not be proud of my youth or my beauty, Since both of them wither and fade, But gain a good name by doing my duty, That will scent like a Rose when I 'm dead. ISAAC WATTS. Aunt C. Here are some verses... | |
 | Isaac Watts - 1881 - 824 str.
...colours are So frail is the youth and the beauty of man, Though they bloom and look gay like the Eose ; But all our fond care to preserve them is vain ; Time kills them as fast as he goes. Then I '11 not be proud of my youth or my beauty, Since both of them wither and fade; But gain a good name... | |
 | George Gilfillan - 1881 - 368 str.
...will yield ! 3 So frail is the youth and the beauty of men, Though they bloom and look gay like the rose : But all our fond care to preserve them is vain ; Time kills them as fast as he goes. 4 Then I '11 not be proud of my youth or my beauty, Since both of them wither and fade : But gain a... | |
 | Edmund Arthur Helps - 1882 - 262 str.
...will yield ! 8 So frail is the youth and the beauty of men, Though they bloom and look gay like the rose: But all our fond care to preserve them is vain, Time kills them as fast as he goes. 12 Then I'll not be proud of my youth nor rny beauty, Since both of them wither and fade ; But gain... | |
 | Girls - 1883 - 162 str.
...it will yield ! So frail is the youth and the beauty of men, Though they bloom and look gay like the rose ; But all our fond care to preserve them is vain,...fast as he goes. Then I'll not be proud of my youth nor my beauty, Since both of them wither and fade ; But gain a good name by well doing my duty ; This... | |
 | 1886 - 548 str.
...it will yield ! So frail is the youth and the beauty of men, Though they bloom and look gay like the rose, But all our fond care to preserve them is vain...fast as he goes. Then I'll not be proud of my youth nor my beauty, Since both of them wither and fade, But gain a good name by well doing my duty : This... | |
 | Henry Davenport Northrop - 1888 - 712 str.
...it will yield ! So frail is the youth and the beauty of men, Though they bloom and look gay like the rose ; But all our fond care to preserve them is vain,...fast as he goes. Then I'll not be proud of my youth nor my beauty, Since both of them wither and fade ; But gain a good name by well-doing my duty ; This... | |
 | 1891 - 624 str.
...following : — So frail is the youth and the beauty of men. Though they bloom and look gay like the rose ; But all our fond care to preserve them is vain, Time kills them as fast as he goes. Newbiggin would appear to have formerly been a place of some importance, for it is recorded that in... | |
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Yet the rose has one powerful virtue to boast Above all the flowers of the field ; When its leaves are all dead and its fine colours lost, Still, how sweet a perfume it will yield ! So frail is the youth and the beauty of men, Though they bloom and look... 
