 | James Boswell - 1873 - 620 trang
...Wearing out life's evening gray." Gray evening is common enough ; but evening pray he'd think fine. Stay — we'll make out the stanza : " Hermit hoar,...sage, and tell What is bliss, and which the way?"' BOBWELL: 'But why smite his bosom, sir?' JOHNSON : ' Why, to show he was in earnest ' (smiling).—... | |
 | ALEXANDER MAIN - 1874 - 484 trang
...life's evening grey." Grey aiming is common enough ; but evening grey he'd think fine. Stay—we'll make out the stanza :— ' Hermit hoar, in solemn cell, Wearing out life's evening grey, Smite thy bosom, sage, and tell, What is bliss, and which the way ?' " BOSWEI.L : "But why smite... | |
 | Alexander Main - 1874 - 480 trang
...life's evening grey.' Grey evening is common enough ; but evening $rey he'd think fine. Stay—we'll make out the stanza :— ' Hermit hoar, in solemn cell, Wearing out life's evening grey, Smite thy bosom, sage, and tell, What is bliss, and which the way ?' " BOSWELL : "But why smite... | |
 | John Walker Vilant Macbeth - 1875 - 558 trang
...us a good example as follows: " Hermit hoar, in solemn cell, Wearing out life's evening gray, Strike thy bosom, sage, and tell What is bliss, and which the way. " Thus I spoke, and speaking sighed, .' Scarce repress'd the starting tear, When the hoary sage replied... | |
 | 1877 - 630 trang
...The following verses were improvised by Johnson in ridicule -of the antique ballad style : — ' " Hermit hoar, in solemn cell, Wearing out life's evening...sage, and tell What is bliss, and which the way." 2 L 2 ' Thus Thus I spoke, and speaking sighed, Scarce repress'd the starting tear, When the smiling... | |
 | 1877 - 626 trang
...by Johnson in ridicule of the antique ballad style :— ' " Hermit hoar, in solemn cell, Wearing oat life's evening gray, Smite thy bosom, sage, and tell What is bliss, and which the way." Thus I spoke, and speaking sighed, Scarce repress'd the starting tear, When the smiling sage replied,... | |
 | Edward Tuckerman Mason - 1879 - 346 trang
...Wearing out life's evening gray.' Gray evening is common enough ; but evening gray he'd think fine. Stay ; we'll make out the stanza : ' Hermit hoar,..."But why smite his bosom, sir?" Johnson: "Why, to show he was in earnest " (smiling). He at an after period added the following stanza : "Thus I spoke;... | |
 | Sensible spelling - 1880 - 64 trang
...BALLAD, BY SAMUEL JOHNSOS, LL. D. Hermit hoar in solemn cell, Wearing out life,s evening gray, Strike thy bosom, sage, and tell What is bliss, and which the way ? Thus I spake, and speaking sighed ; Scarce repressed the starting tear ; When the smiling sage replied,... | |
 | Rev. Alexander Stewart - 1883 - 444 trang
...— alone accounted true poetry : — " Hermit hoar, in solemn cell, Wearing out life's evening grey, Smite thy bosom, sage, and tell What is bliss ? and which the way ? " Thus I spoke ; and speaking sighed ; Scarce repressed the starting tear ; When the smiling sage... | |
 | Rev. Alexander Stewart - 1883 - 436 trang
...alone accounted true poetry : — ' ' Hermit hoar, in solemn cell, Wearing out life's evening grey, Smite thy bosom, sage, and tell What is bliss ? and which the way ? "Tims I spoke ; and speaking sighed ; Scarce repressed the starting tear ; When the smiling sage... | |
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Hermit hoar in solemn cell, Wearing out life's evening gray : Smite thy bosom, sage, and tell, What is bliss? and which the way? 
