 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 - 301 psl.redagavo - 1808Visos knygos peržiūra - Apie šią knygą
 | Ben Jonson - 1895 - 328 psl.
...remain, This grave partakes the fleshly birth ; Which cover lightly, gentle earth ! ON MY FIRST SON. FAREWELL, thou child of my right hand, and joy ; My...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... | |
 | 1857 - 998 psl.
...and the grief-stricken father recorded hie irreparable loss in those beautiful lines beginning — " Farewell, thou child of my right hand, and joy; My sin was too much hope of thec, loved boy; Seven years thou wert lent to me — I thee p*y. Exacted by thy fate on the just day."... | |
 | 1916 - 528 psl.
...adulationis absit gratiarum actio mea, quantum abest a necessitate. Epigram xlv: Seuen yeeres tho' wert lent to me, and I thee pay, Exacted by thy fate, on the hist day. O, could I loose all father, now. For why Will man lament the state he should enuie ? To... | |
 | John Matthews Manly - 1907 - 616 psl.
...the relish of these guests will fit, Needs set them but the alms-basket of wit. 30 ON MY FIRST SON Farewell, thou child of my right hand, and joy; My...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... | |
 | John Matthews Manly - 1907 - 654 psl.
...the relish of these guests will fit, Needs set them but the alms-basket of wit. 3° ON MY FIRST SON Farewell, thou child of my right hand, and joy; My...lov'd boy: Seven years thou wert lent to me, and I thet pay, Exacted by thy fate, on the just day. Oh, could I lose all father now ! for why Will man... | |
 | Maurice Castelain - 1907 - 1012 psl.
...ne laisse aucun doute. Je le donne ici en manière de preuve, et sans le gâter d'une traduction : Farewell, thou child of my right hand, and joy ; My sin was too muchhope of thee, loved boy : Seven years thou wertlent to me, and I thee pay, Exacted by thy fate,... | |
 | Walter Cochrane Bronson - 1909 - 572 psl.
...The self -same things a note of concord be, I know no couple better can agree ! 1616. ON MY FIRST SON Farewell, thou child of my right hand, and joy; My sin was too much hope of thee, loved boy. Seven years thou wert lent to me, and I thee pay, Exacted by thy fate, on the just day.... | |
 | 1916 - 528 psl.
...adulationis absit gratiarum actio mea, quantum abest a necessitate. Epigram xlv: Seuen yeeres tho' wert lent to me, and I thee pay, Exacted by thy fate, on the iust day. O, could I loose all father, now. For why Will man lament the state he should enuie ? To... | |
 | Leonard Southerden Wood - 1921 - 396 psl.
...small proportions we just beauties see ; And in short measures life may perfect be. XIX ON MY FIRST SON Farewell, thou child of my right hand, and joy ; My...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... | |
 | Joseph Quincy Adams - 1923 - 720 psl.
...opening and closing lines of which may supply for us the lack of one from Shakespeare: Farewell, them child of my right hand, and joy. My sin was too much hope of thee, loved boy. . . . Rest in soft peace; and asked, say: "Here doth lie Ben Jonson his best piece of poetry."... | |
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