 Seven years thou wert lent to me, and I thee pay, Exacted by thy fate, on the just day. O, could I lose all father, now! For why Will man lament the state he should envy? To have so soon 'scaped world's and flesh's rage, And, if no other misery, yet age!...  The Monthly Anthology, and Boston Review - Page 312edited by - 1808Full view - About this book
 | D. H. Rawlinson - 1968 - 254 pages
...child of my right hand, and joy; My sinne was too much hope of thee, lov'd boy, Seven yeeres thou'wert lent to me, and I thee pay, Exacted by thy fate, on...lose all father, now. For why Will man lament the state he should envie? To have so soon scap'd worlds, and fleshes rage, And, if no other miserie, yet... | |
 | Barbara Herrnstein Smith - 1968 - 307 pages
...thou child of my right hand, and joy; My sinne was too much hope of thee, lov'd boy, Seven yeares tho' wert lent to me, and I thee pay, Exacted by thy fate, on the just day. O, could I loose all father, now. For why 5 Will man lament the state he should envie? To have so soone scap'd... | |
 | 460 pages
...utterances: Farewell, thou child of my right hand, and joy; My sin was too much hope of thee, loved boy. Seven years thou wert lent to me, and I thee pay. Exacted by thy fate, on the just day. . . . It is a style that can be light and playful: Kiss me, sweet: the wary lover Can your favors keep,... | |
 | Edith P. Hazen - 1992 - 1172 pages
...First Son 23 Farewell, thou child of my right hand, and joy; My sin was too much hope of thee, loved InPS; NAEL-2; NOEC; NoP; OAEL-1; Oh, could I lose all father now! For why Will man lament the state he should envy? To have so soon... | |
 | Carl R. Woodring, James Shapiro - 1995 - 936 pages
...sow'd these fruits, and got the harvest in. ON MY FIRST SON Farewell, thou child of my right hand, and joy; My sin was too much hope of thee, lov'd boy. Seven years thou'wert lent to me, and I thee pay. Exacted by thy fate, on the just day. O, could I lose all father... | |
 | Philip Hobsbaum - 1996 - 220 pages
...first son': Farewell, thou child of my right hand, and joy; My sin was too much hope of thee, loved boy, Seven years thou wert lent to me, and I thee...lose all father, now. For why Will man lament the state he should envy? To have so soon 'scaped world's, and flesh's rage, And, if no other misery, yet... | |
 | Elizabeth Mehren - 1997 - 196 pages
...SHINE AGAIN Farewell, thou child of my right hand, and joy; My sin was too much hope of thee, loved boy; Seven years thou wert lent to me, and I thee...pay, Exacted by thy fate, on the just day. O, could 1 lose all father now. For why Wifl man lament the state he should envy? To have so soon 'scaped world's,... | |
 | Jeffrey Masten - 1997 - 244 pages
...As authors, Beaumont and Fletcher are stillborn. Generations Farewell, thou child of my right hand, and joy; My sin was too much hope of thee, lov'd boy ... Rest in soft peace, and, ask'd say here doth lie Ben. Jonson his best piece of poetry. "On My First... | |
 | William Harmon - 1998 - 386 pages
...My First Son Farewell, thou child of my right hand, and joy; My sin was too much hope of thee, loved boy. Seven years thou wert lent to me, and I thee pay, Exacted by thy fate, on the just day. Oh, could I lose all father now! For why Will man lament the state he should envy? To have so soon... | |
 | Rachel R. Baum - 1999 - 188 pages
...My First Son Farewell, thou child of my right hand, and joy; My sin was too much hope of thee, loved boy. Seven years thou wert lent to me, and I thee pay, Exacted by thy fate, on the just day. Oh, could I lose all father now! for why Will man lament the state he should envy? To have so soon... | |
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