 | 1807
...gone, Now tell me the reason 1 pray. In the days of my youth, Father William replied, I rememher'd that youth could not last; I thought of the future, whatever I did, That 1 never might grieve for the past. You are old, Father William, the young uiai cried, And life must... | |
 | James Plumptre - 1811 - 472 Seiten
...cried, " And pleasures with youth pass away, And yet you lament not the days that are gone ; Now tell me the reason, I pray." 4 " In the days of my youth," father William replied, " I remember'd that youth could not last ; I thought of the future whatever 1 did, That I never might grieve... | |
 | 1822
...said, " And pleasures with youth pass away ; And yet yon regret not the days that are gone, Now tell me the reason, I pray !" 4. " In the days of my youth," Father Dennis replied, " I remembered that youth could not last,' I thought of the future whatever I did,... | |
 | 1828
...tell me the reas-jo. I pray. In the days of my youth, l-'allu-r U illi.mi replied, 1 remember'd lhat youth could not last ; I thought of the future, whatever I did, That I nerer might grieve for the past. You .ni •_. ili!, Father William, the young man cried, » And life... | |
 | 1828
...youth pass away ; ' And yet you lament not the days that are gone,. ' Now tell me the reason, I pray * In the days of my youth,' father William replied, ' I remembered that youth would not last, ' I thought on the future whatever I did, ' That I never might grieve for the past.'... | |
 | 1831 - 255 Seiten
...left you are grey : You are hale, Father William, a hearty old man, Now tell me the reason, I pray?" " In the days of my youth," Father William replied, " I remembered that youth would fly fast : And abused not my health and my vigour at first, That I never might need them at last."... | |
 | Charlotte Fiske Bates Rogé - 1832 - 882 Seiten
...left you are gray : You are hale, Father William, a hearty old man, Now tell me the reason, I pray. In the days of my youth. Father William replied, I remembered that youth would fly fast, And abused not my health and my vigor at first, That I never might need them at last.... | |
 | Andrew Thomson - 1835 - 280 Seiten
...tell me the reason, I pray." •" In the days of my youth," father William replied, . " I remember'd that youth could not last ; I thought of the future whatever I did, That I never might grieve foi the past" " You are old, father William," the young man cried,. . «« And life must be hast'ning... | |
 | Ireland commissioners of nat. educ - 1836
...And•yet you lament not• the days that are gone ; ,ii,.•) , .j Now tell me.•the reason, I pray." " In the days of my youth," father William replied,...remembered that youth could not last ; I thought of the•future, whatever! did* That I never might grieve for the past." j;o-;•iV/ "You are old, father... | |
 | Henry Butter - 1839 - 180 Seiten
...you are grey; You are hale, Father William,—a hearty old man: Now tell me the reason, I pray." " In the days of my youth," Father William replied, " I remembered that youth would fly fast, And abused not my health and my vigor at first, That I never might need them at last."... | |
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You are hale, Father William, — a hearty old man: Now tell me the reason, I pray. 
