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" I've had my share of pastime, and I've done my share of toil, And life is short — the longest life a span; I care not now to tarry for the corn or for the oil, Or for the wine that maketh glad the heart of man. For good undone and gifts misspent and... "
The Cornhill Magazine - Page 382
edited by - 1908
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The Eclectic Magazine of Foreign Literature, Science ..., Volume 46; Volume 109

American literature - 1887 - 890 pages
...livers for the most part, somewhat reckless as a rule, It seems that you and I are left alone. ***** I've had my share of pastime, and I've done my share...not now to tarry for the corn, or for the oil. Or for the wine that maketh glad the heart of man. ***** The deep blue skies wax dusky, and the tall green...
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Baily's Magazine of Sports and Pastimes, Volume 19

Tresham Gilbey - Recreation - 1870 - 512 pages
...colony, where his loss is universally regretted, and he leaves behind him a host of sorrowing friends. I've had my share of pastime, and I've done my share of toil, •And life is short—the longest life a span'— I care not now to tarry for the corn or for the oil, Or for the...
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Baily's Magazine of Sports and Pastimes, Volume 19

Tresham Gilbey - Recreation - 1870 - 512 pages
...colony, where his loss is universally regretted, and he leaves behind him a host of sorrowing friends. I've had my share of pastime, and I've done my share of toil, 'And life is short—the longest life a span'— I care not now to tarry for the corn or for the oil, Or for the...
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The Melbourne Review, Volume 1

1876 - 514 pages
...favourite subjects, bush life and incidents, ho concludes with the following pathetic lines : — " I've had my share of pastime, and I've done my share...not now to tarry for the corn, or for the oil, Or for the wine that maketh glad the heart of man ; For good undone, and gifts misspent, and resolution...
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Notable South Australians; Or, Colonists, Past and Present

George E. Loyau - South Australia - 1885 - 366 pages
...Elsie's tallest girl seems taller than your little Elsie then ; And Ethel is a woman grown and wed. I've had my share of pastime, and I've done my share of toil, And life is short—the longest life a span: I care not now to tarry for the corn or for the oil, Or for the wine...
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A Century of Australian Song

Douglas Brooke Wheelton Sladen - Australian poetry - 1888 - 614 pages
...Elsie's tallest girl seems taller than your little Elsie then ; And Ethel is a woman grown and wed. I've had my share of pastime, and I've done my share...care not now to tarry for the corn or for the oil, Or for wine that maketh glad the heart of man. For good undone, and gifts misspent, and resolutions vain,...
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Echoes of Life: Or, Beautiful Gems of Poetry & Song. A Choice Collection of ...

Mrs. Grace Townsend - English poetry - 1890 - 640 pages
...Hard livers for the most part, somewhat reckless as a rule, It seems that you and \ are left alone. I've had my share of pastime and I've done my share...life a span! I care not now to tarry for the corn and for the oil, Nor for wine that maketh glad the heart of man; For good undone and gifts misspent...
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The Australian Edition of the Selected Works of Marcus Clarke, Together with ...

Marcus Andrew Hislop Clarke - Australian literature - 1890 - 562 pages
...repeating when in dejected spirits those pathetically regretful lines of the " Sick Stockrider " — I have had my share of pastime and I've done my share of toil, And life is shoit — the longest life a span ; I care not now to tarry for the corn or for the oil, Or for the...
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Echoes of Life Or, Beautiful Gems of Poetry and Song: A Choice Collection of ...

Grace Townsend - English poetry - 1891 - 570 pages
...Hard livers for the most part, somewhat reckless as a rule. It seems that you and I are left alone. I've had my share of pastime and I've done my share...life a span! I care not now to tarry for the corn and for the oil, Nor for wine that maketh glad the heart of man; For good undone and gifts misspent...
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A Victorian Anthology, 1837-1895: Selections Illustrating the Editor's ...

Edmund Clarence Stedman - English poetry - 1895 - 802 pages
...your little Elsie then ; And Ethel is a woman grown and wed. I 've had my share of pastime, and I 've done my share of toil, And life is short — the longest...care not now to tarry for the corn or for the oil, Or for wine that maketh glad the heart of man. for good undone, and gifts misspent, and resolutions vain,...
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