 | Marietta Holley - 1895 - 742 páginas
...most everybody sometimes feels jest about so, jest so kinder curous to know what is comin' next — " My whole life was a contest since the day That gave me being — And I at times have found the struggle hard, And thought of shaking off my bonds of clay ; But... | |
 | 1901 - 638 páginas
...overlooked or unforseen, I have sustained my share of worldly shocks, The fault was mine ; nor do I seek to screen My errors with defensive paradox ; I have been...since the day That gave me being, gave me that which marred The gift,— a fate, or will, that walked astray." And, again, in Manfred, Byron doubtless refers... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron, George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1839 - 808 páginas
...have sustaiu'd my share of worldly sbockj, Tin- fault was mine ; nor do I seek to screen My errors wkh defensive paradox ; I have been cunning in mine overthrow....of my proper woe. " Mine were my faults, and mine he their reward. My whole life was a contest, since the day That irave me being gave me that which... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1901 - 632 páginas
...overlooked or unforeseen, I have sustained my share of worldly shocks, The fault was mine ; nor do I seek to screen My errors with defensive paradox ; '• I have...mine overthrow, The careful pilot of my proper woe. nr. Mine were my faults, and mine be their reward. My whole life was a contest, since the day That... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1901 - 660 páginas
...of worldly shocks, The fault was mine ; nor do I seek to screen My errors with defensive paradox ; L I have been cunning in mine overthrow, The careful pilot of my proper woe. IV. Mine were my faults, and mine be their reward. My whole life was a contest, since the day That... | |
 | Thomas Humphry Ward - 1902 - 850 páginas
...overlook'd or unforeseen, I have sastain'd my share of worldly shocks, The fault was mine ; nor do I seek to screen, My errors with defensive paradox ; I have...That gave me being, gave me that which marr'd The gift,—a fate, or will, that walk'd astray; And I at times have found the struggle hard, And thought... | |
 | Curtis Hidden Page - 1904 - 942 páginas
...overlook'd or unforeseen, I have sustain'd my share of worlJlv shocks, The fault was mine ; nor do I seek to screen My errors with defensive paradox : I have been...their reward . My whole life was a contest, since tli* day That gave me being, gave me that whiHi marr'd The gift,— a fate, or will, that walk'J astray... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1922 - 628 páginas
...overlooked or unforeseen, I have sustained my share of worldly shocks, The fault was mine ; nor do I seek to screen My errors with defensive paradox ; '• I have...mine overthrow, The careful pilot of my proper woe. IV. Mine were my faults, and mine be their reward. My whole life was a contest, since the day That... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1905 - 1092 páginas
...poems, he more explicitly mentions the evil that brought about his ruin : — ' I have been cnnning in mine overthrow, The careful pilot of my proper...reward. My whole life was a contest, since the day That pave me being, gave me that which marr'd The gift, —a fate, or will, that walk'd astray.' One cannot... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1905 - 1110 páginas
...poems, he more explicitly mentions the evil that brought about his ruin : — ' I have be«n canning r's Tale : — ' a wild dedication of yourselves To...waters, undream'd shores.' Take away this subtle and waa a contest, since the day That gave me being, gave me that which marr'd The gift, —a fate, or... | |
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If my inheritance of storms hath been In other elements - and on the rocks Of perils overlooked or unforeseen I have sustained my share of worldly shocks The fault was mine - nor do I seek to screen My errors with defensive paradox I have been cunning... 
