 | 1854 - 800 ページ
...stand printed by themselves, in capital letters, on the first leaf, as on a memorial tablet — •" I strove with none, for none was worth my strife ; Nature I loved, and, next to nature, art: I •warmed both bauds before the fire of life ; It sinks, and I am ready to depart."... | |
 | 1881 - 704 ページ
...intended as an epitaph on himself : — " I strove with none, for none was worth my strife f Mature 1 loved, and after Nature, Art ; I warmed both hands before the fire of life ; It sinks, and I am ready to depart." ALPHA. " Trust not for freedom to the Franks — They have a king who buys and... | |
 | Walter Savage Landor - 1853 - 554 ページ
...MARCHESE DI AZEOLIO. 1 STROVE WITH NONB, KOH NONE WAS WORTH MY STRIFE ; NATURE I LOVED, ANB, NEXT TO NATURE, ART; I WARMED BOTH HANDS BEFORE THE FIRE OF LIFE ; IT SINKS, AND I AM READY TO DEPART. PREFACE. INPERIOU in execution to those I have already set before the public will... | |
 | Abel Stevens, James Floy - 1854 - 588 ページ
...from Byron to Sir Walter Scott and Southéy, writes thus of his own present position : — " I utrove with none, for none was worth my strife ; Nature I loved, and next to nature, art: I warm'd both hands before the fire of life ; It Pinks, and 1 am ready to depart4... | |
 | 1895 - 722 ページ
...one, and that Landor. "I strove with none, for none were worth my strife; Nature I loved, and, next to nature, art ; I warmed both hands before the fire of life ; It sinks, and I am ready to depart.1' The lines might have been written by Hafiz. I am indebted to Mr AJ Chotzner for... | |
 | George Augustus Sala, Edmund Yates - 1891 - 602 ページ
...motto of his last book. "I strove with none, for none was worth the strife, Nature I loved, and next to Nature — Art. I warmed both hands before the fire of life, It sinks, and I am ready to depart." " AH yes, we all eat and drink more than what is good for us : these are sins... | |
 | Frederick Locker-Lampson - 1867 - 410 ページ
...poor old lass to bed, Simply because my fire is going out. George Caiman, tlie Younger. CLXXXII. I STROVE with none, for none was worth my strife ; Nature I loved, and, next to nature, art ; I warm'd both hands before the fire of life ; . It sinks, and I am ready to depart.... | |
 | John Forster - 1869 - 628 ページ
...letter. On " the night you left me I wrote the following DYIN'G " SPEECH OF AN OLD PHILOSOPHER : " I strove with none, for none was worth my strife ; Nature I loved, and, next to Nature, Art ; I warm'd both hands against the fire of life ; It sinks, and I am ready to depart."... | |
 | 1873 - 860 ページ
...Old Philosopher," — and who but Landor could have written the faultless and pathetic quatrain ? " I strove with none, for none was worth my strife ; Nature I loved, and, next to Nature, Art ; I warmed both hands before the fire of life ; It sinks, and I am ready to depart."... | |
 | Georg Brandes - 1874 - 960 ページ
...teelcbe feinen ©eift unter fo »tel unb SDÎt{^et^tcf аи^-еф! ertñelt unb nährte; bie lefte *) I strove with none, for none was worth my strife; Nature...both hands before the fire of life; It sinks, and I am ready to depart. iXcçubli(,imi*ft .f)umaniíuiuS. — iiîalttr &мз$е Sauter. lid) jeigt ib.n... | |
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I STROVE with none, for none was worth my strife; Nature I loved, and next to Nature, Art; I warmed both hands before the fire of life; It sinks, and I am ready to depart. 
