...weak, and gray; thy fenfes then, Obtufe, all tafte of pleafiire muft forego, 541 To what thou haft; and, for the air of youth, Hopeful and cheerful, in...reign A melancholy damp of cold and dry To weigh thy fpirits down, and laft confume 545 Dryden perhaps had Milton in remembrance, when he wrote the following...

...witherM, weak, and gray ; thy senses then, Obtuse, all taste of pleasure must forego, To what Ihou hast ; and, for the air of youth, Hopeful and cheerful...spirits down, and last consume The balm of life." To whum our ancestor. " Henceforth I fly not death, nor would prolong Life much j bent rather, how 1 may...

...grey , tb)f senses then Obtuse, all lasle of ptmsnrr must forego, To what thon hast , am! fortiie nil of youth, Hopeful and cheerful, in thy blood will reign A melancholy damp uf cold and dry To weigh thy spirits dow n, and last consume The balm of life. Tu whom our ancestor....

...strength, thy beauty, which shall change To wither'd, weak, and grey. Thy senses then Will lose all zest, and for the air of youth, Hopeful and cheerful in...spirits down, and last consume The balm of life." But why do I transmit these melancholy images to my young friends ? Dear Mrs Wingfield will think of...

...strength, thy beauty, which shall change To wither'd, weak, and grey. Thy senses then Will lose all zest, and for the air of youth, Hopeful and cheerful in...weigh thy spirits down, and last consume The balm of fife." But why do I transmit these melancholy images to my young friends ? Dear Mrs Wingfield will...

...change " To wither'd, weak, and gray ; thy senses then " Obtuse, all sense of pleasure must forego, " To what thou hast : and for the air of youth, " Hopeful...damp of cold and dry, " To weigh thy spirits down. ** " At my request, she repeated thirty or forty stanzas of different hymns, which she learned in childhood...

...eh-npr ' To wither'd, weak, and gray ; thy lenses then ' Obtuse, all sense of pleasure must forego, ' To what thou hast : and for the air of youth. ' Hopeful...damp of cold and dry, ' To weigh thy spirits down. ." At my request, she repeated thirty or forty stanzas of different hymns, which she learned in childhood...

...will change To wither'd, weak, and grey ; thy senses then Obtuse, all sense of pleasure must forego, To what thou hast: and for the air of youth, Hopeful...damp of cold and dry, To weigh thy spirits down." At my request, she repeated thirty or forty stanzas of different hymns, which she learned in childhood...

...grey; thy senses then, SAQ Obtuse, all taste of pleasure must forego, To what thou hast ; and, fbr the air of youth, Hopeful and cheerful, in thy blood...and dry To weigh thy spirits down, and last consume M5 The balm of life." To whom our ancestor. " Henceforth I fly not death, nor would prolong Life much;...

...will change To wither 'd, weak, and grey ; thy senses then Obtuse, all taste of pleasure must forego To what thou hast : and for the air of youth Hopeful...weigh thy spirits down ; and last consume The balm of health. MILTON. IN our two foregoing chapters we have two very different and alarming characters before...