THIS day, whate'er the Fates decree, Shall still be kept with joy by me : This day, then, let us not be told That you are sick and I grown old, Nor think on our approaching ills, And talk of spectacles and pills : To-morrow will be time enough To hear... The works of Jonathan Swift - Page 227by Jonathan Swift - 1744Full view - About this book
| Laura Valentine - 1880 - 634 pages
...disdain. DEAN SWIFT. 1667—1744. STELLA'S BIRTHDAY. THIS day, whate'er the fates decree, Shall still be kept with joy by me : This day then let us not be told That you are sick, and I grown old ; Nor think on our approaching ills, And talk of spectacles and wills : To-morrow... | |
| Jonathan Swift, Sir Walter Scott - 1883 - 518 pages
...advise thee. STELLA'S BIRTH-DAY. MARCH 13, 1726-7. THIS day, whate'er the Fates decree, Shall still be kept with joy by me : This day then let us not be told, That you are sick, and I grown old ; Nor think on our approaching ills, And talk of spectacles and pills ; To-morrow... | |
| Edwin O. Chapman - 1884 - 430 pages
...enough. Jonathan Swift, 1667-1744. STELLA'S BIRTHDAY. THIS day, whate'er the fates decree, Shall still be kept with joy by me : This day then let us not be told That you are sick, and I grown old ; Nor think on our approaching ills, And talk of spectacles and wills : To-morrow... | |
| Jonathan Swift - 1886 - 222 pages
...mend my sight. STELLA'S BIRTHDAY, MARCH 13, 1726. THIS day, whate'er the Pates decree, Shall still be kept with joy by me; This day, then, let us not be told That you are sick, an<JI grown old, Nor think on our approaching ills, And talk of spectacles and pills; To-morrow... | |
| Jonathan Swift - 1889 - 460 pages
...my sight • T STELLA'S BIRTHDAY. MARCH 13, 1726-27. HIS day, whate'er the Fates decree, Shall still be kept with joy by me : This day, then, let us not be told That you are sick and I grown old, Nor think of our approaching ills And talk of spectacles and pills ; To-morrow... | |
| Frederick Locker-Lampson - 1889 - 406 pages
...Jonathan Swift. STELLA'S BIRTHDAY, MARCH 13, 1726. THIS day, whate'er the Fates decree, Shall still be kept with joy by me: This day then let us not be told That you are sick, and I grown old ; Nor think on our approaching ills, And talk of spectarles and pills; To-morrow... | |
| Frederick Locker-Lampson, Coulson Kernahan - 1891 - 452 pages
...Jonathan Swift. ex. STELLA'S BIRTHDAY, MARCH 13, 1726. THIS day, whate'er the Fates decree, Shall still be kept with joy by me: This day then let us not be told That you are sick, and I grown old; Nor think on our approaching ills, And talk of spectacles and pills: To-morrow... | |
| John Matthews Manly - 1907 - 616 pages
...wanted it so much." STELLA'S BIRTHDAY, MARCH 13, 1726 This day, whate'er the Fates decree, Shall still be kept with joy by me. This day then let us not be told That you are sick, and I grown old; Nor think on our approaching ills, And talk of spectacles and pills. To-morrow... | |
| Walter Cochrane Bronson - 1908 - 562 pages
...in their hands. STELLA'S BIRTHDAY, MARCH 13, 1727 This day, whate'er the Fates decree, Shall still be kept with joy by me. This day, then, let us not be told That you are sick, and I grown old; Nor think on our approaching ills, 5 And talk of spectacles and pills. To-morrow... | |
| William Stanley Braithwaite - 1909 - 892 pages
...four-score. y. Swift 390. Stella's Birthday, March 13, 1727 day, whate'er the Fates decree, Shall still be kept with joy by me. This day, then, let us not be told That you are sick, and I grown old; Nor think on our approaching ills, And talk of spectacles and pills. To-morrow... | |
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