 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 'scaped world's, and flesh's rage, And, if no other misery,...  The Monthly Anthology, and Boston Review - Page 301edited by - 1808Full view - About this book
 | John Hackett - Epitaphs - 1757 - 286 pages
...•' ".. i: r .*'•' .;' - • " COLLECTION OF EPITAPHS. FAREWELL ! * them Child of my Right'Hand and Joy ; My Sin was too much Hope of thee, lov'd Boy. Seven Years th'wert lent to me, and I thee pay, Exa&ed by thy Fate, on the juft Day. O ! could I lofe all Father,... | |
 | Robert Anderson - English poetry - 1795 - 912 pages
...FAREWELL, tbou child of my rieht hand, and joy; My fin was too much hope of thec, lov'd boy : Seven year* thou wert lent to me, and I thee pay, Exacted by thy fate on the juft day. O, could I lofe all father now ! for why Will man lament the ftat« he (hou'd envy ? To have... | |
 | Select collection - Epitaphs - 1806 - 262 pages
...partakes the fleshy birth, Which cover lightly, gentle earth. On the First Son of Ben Jonson. Farewel, thou child of my right hand, and joy ; My sin was too much hope of thee, lov'd boy, Seven years thou were lent to me, and I thee pay, Exacted by thy fate on the just day. O, could I lose all father, now.... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1810 - 728 pages
..., thou child of my right hand, and joy; My sinne was too much hope of thee, lov'd boy, Seven yeares thou wert lent to me, and I thee pay, Exacted by thy fate on the just day. O, conlil 1 lose all father, now. For why, Will man lament the state he should cnvie ? To have so soone... | |
 | Childhood - 1841 - 384 pages
...lost, return To bind life's eye in union fast To this, its blessed morn. ON OUR FIRST SON. BEN JONSON. FAREWELL ! thou child of my right hand and joy, My sin was too much hope of thee, loved boy. Seven years were lent to me, and I thee pay, Exacted by thy fate on the just day. O, could... | |
 | Anna Maria Hall - 818 pages
...measures life may perfect be.' Cla. Beautiful! Wil. His epitaph on his little boy, Burrell! Come! Bur. ' Farewell, thou child of my right hand and joy ! My sin was too much hope of thee, loved boy ! Seven years were lent to me, and I thee pay Kxactcd by thy fate, on the just day. llcst... | |
 | 1846 - 910 pages
...thinks shall be at the resurrection.' Jonson honoured his boy's memory with some 1 Seven years Ihou wert lent to me, and I thee pay, Exacted by thy fate, on the j\ist day. Oh, could I lose all father now ! for why AVitI man lament the Htate he should envy ? To... | |
 | William Sidney Walker - 1860 - 374 pages
...was almost lost ; the advocate Had betray'd all." (Uncorrupt ?) Epigram xlv., On my First Son, — " Seven years thou wert lent to me, and I thee pay, Exacted by thy fate, on the just day." Underwoods, Epistle to Sir E. Sackville, Whalley's edition, " Or feats of darkness acted in mid-sun,... | |
 | 1860 - 634 pages
...Jonson's utterance of grief reminds us of Southev's wheu his darling Herbert was taken from him. ' Farewell, thou child of my right hand, and joy : My sin was too much hop? of thee, lov'd boy : Seven years thou wert lent to me, and I thee pay, Kxacted by thy fate on... | |
 | 1860 - 632 pages
...and Jonson's utterance of grief reminds us of Southey's when his darling Herbert was taken from him. 'Farewell, thou child of my right hand, and joy: My sin was too much hop, < of thee, lov'd boy: Seven years thou wort lent to me, and I thee pay, Exacted by thy fate on... | |
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