| Walter Scott - 1896 - 490 páginas
...afterwards attempted the following paraphrase of what, from a few intelligible phrases, he concluded to be its purport : — Twist ye, twine ye ! even so Mingle...and peace, and strife, In the thread of human life. * The outline of the above description, as far as the supposed ruins are concerned, will be found somewhat... | |
| Charles Mackay - 1896 - 680 páginas
...this, and rise with day, Gentle lords and ladies gay. SONG OF MEG MERRILLS AT THE BIRTH OF THE INFANT. TWIST ye, twine ye! even so, Mingle shades of joy and woe, Hope, and fear, and peace, and strife, la the thread of human life. While the mystic twist Is spinning, And the infant's life beginning, Dimly... | |
| Charles Mackay - 1897 - 666 páginas
...and rise with day, Gentle lords and ladies gay. SONG OF MEG MERRILliiS AT THE BIRTH OF THE INFANT. TWIST ye, twine ye ! even so, Mingle shades of joy and woe, Hope, and fear, and peace, In the thread of human life. While the mystic twist is spinning, And the infant's life beginning, Dimly... | |
| Thomas Gray - 1898 - 346 páginas
...weaving here and in the Bard compare the paraphrase of the gipsy's song in Guy Mannering [c. IV.]: 'Twist ye, twine ye! even so Mingle shades of joy...and peace and strife In the thread of human life. ***«** Now they wax and now they dwindle Whirling with the whirling spindle' &c. Bradshaw. 27. Cf.... | |
| Thomas Bulfinch - 1898 - 568 páginas
...of life, and another twisted its bright and dark lines together, and another severed it at will. " Twist ye, twine ye ! even so, Mingle shades of joy...and peace, and strife, In the thread of human life." — SCOTT. Before the threshold of hell they passed through a group of beings who are enumerated as... | |
| Walter Scott - 1900 - 618 páginas
...Keep the house frae reif and wear. 'TWIST YE, TWINE YE! EVEN SO1 From Chapter iv, TWIST ye, twine ye 1 even so, Mingle shades of joy and woe, Hope and fear...life beginning, Dimly seen through twilight bending, I .. >, what varied shapes attending t Passions wild and follies vain, Pleasures soon exchanged for... | |
| Meta Lander - 1900 - 572 páginas
...anticipations. And is there not always this mingling in human life, according to the old song of Meg Merrilles? Twist ye, twine ye, even so Mingle shades of joy and woe, Hope and fear, and bliss and strife, In the mystic thread of life. It was early in December, and the rough weather gave... | |
| John Ruskin - 1903 - 724 páginas
...pearl on every scale. [Not hitherto printed, see preceding note.] "TWIST YE, TWINE YE"1 Twist ye, tuine ye ! even so Mingle shades of Joy and Woe, Hope and...life. While the mystic twist is spinning, And the infants life beginning, Dimly seen through twilight bending, Lo ! what varied shapes attending! Passion's... | |
| John Ruskin - 1903 - 712 páginas
...scale. [Not hitherto printed, see preceding note.] "TWIST YE, TWINE YE"1 Twist ye, twine ye ! even do Mingle shades of Joy and Woe, Hope and Fear, and Peace and Strife, In t/ie thread of human life. While the mystic twist is spinning, And the infant's life beginning, Dimly... | |
| Curtis Hidden Page - 1904 - 942 páginas
...green. Over bank and over brae, Hie away, hie away. From n'averley. 1814. TWIST YE. TWINE YE ! EVEN SO l dare to discover some province, some gift of my own. There's a faculty pleasant to exercise, ha VJii the thread of human life. While the mystic twist is spinning. And the infant's life beginning,... | |
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