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" 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 227
by Jonathan Swift - 1744
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Gems of national poetry. Compiled and ed. by mrs. Valentine

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...
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The Works of Jonathan Swift: containing additional letters ..., Volume 14

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...
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A Thousand and One Gems of English and American Poetry from Chaucer to ...

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...
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The Battle of the Books, and Other Short Pieces

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...
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The Tale of a Tub and Other Works

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...
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Lyria Elegantiarum: A Collection of Some of the Best Specimens of Vers de ...

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...
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Lyra Elegantiarum: A Collection of Some of the Best Social and Occasional ...

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...
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English Poetry (1170-1892).

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...
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English Poems: The restoration and the eighteenth century (1660-1800)

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...
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The Book of Restoration Verse

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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