...I've worn for years threescore and ten ; On the brink of tfce grave I'll not seek to keep hovering, Nor my thread wish to spin o'er again : But my face...with smiles count each wrinkle and furrow ; As this worn-out old stuff which is threadbare to-day, May become everlasting to- morrow. CROSS PURPOSES. TOM...

...frail cov'r>ng, Which I've worn for three score years and tea, On the brink of the grave I'll not'seck to keep hov'ring, Nor my thread wish to spin o'er...again : But my face in the glass I'll serenely survey, And,withsmiles,count each wrinkle and furrow, As this old worn-out stuff, which is threadbare to-day,...

...when I, at last, must throw off this frail cov'ring, Which I've worn for three score years and ten, On the brink of the grave I'll not seek to keep hov'ring....my face in the glass I'll serenely survey, And with smijes count each wrinkle snd furrow, As this old worn out stuff, which is threadbare Today, May become...

...to-morrow. And when I at last must throw off this frail cov'ring I've worn for threescore years and ten, On the brink of the grave I'll not seek to keep hov'ring, 457 RETIREMENT. AN EPISTLE. TO THE REV. DR. HURD. BY THE LATE REV. R. POTTER. WHEN on the stage Bays...

...the brink of the grave I'll not seek to keep hovering, Nor my thread wish fi) Spin aci" ajj'ii;j ) But my face in the glass I'll serenely survey, And...smiles. count each wrinkle and furrow, -As this old worn out stuff which is thread-bare to-day, May become everlasting to-morrow. MUSHA GRAH WHAT WILL...

...worn for throe-score years and ten ; On the brink of the grave I'll not seek to keep hovering, Nor ray thread wish to spin o'er again ; But my face in the glass I'll serenely surrey, And with smiles count each wrinkle and furrow; As this old worn out stuff which is thread-bare...

...I've worn for three-score years and ten, On the brink of the grave I'll not seek to keep hovering. Nor my thread wish to spin o'er again : But my face...thread-bare to-day, May become everlasting to-morrow.* * [This song is here inserted from vol. i. of Mr. Plumptre's collectien : but the author I apprehend...

...And when I at last mnst throw offthisfrail cov'ring, Which I've worn for threescore years and ten, On the brink of the grave I'll not seek to keep hov'ring,...o'er again ! But my face in the glass I'll serenely sur\ey, And with smiles count each wrinkle and furrow, As this old worn-out stuff which is threadbare...

...Aid when I at last must throw off this frail cov'ring, Which I've worn for threescore years and ten, On the brink of the grave I'll not seek to keep hov'ring,...smiles count each wrinkle and furrow, As this old worn out stuff, which is thread-bare to-day, May become everlasting to-morrow. * OWEN. THo' far beyond...

...Iv'e worn for years three-score and ten, On the brink of the grave I'll not seek to keep hovering, Nor my thread wish to spin o'er again : But my face...survey, And with smiles count each wrinkle and furrow ; And this worn-out old stuff which is threadbare to-day, May become everlasting to-morrow. THE PLEASURE...