Byron: Childe Harold, canto iii. stanza 5.
We live in deeds, not years; in thoughts, not breaths.—Bailey: Festus. A Country Town.
Who well lives, long lives; for this age of ours
Should not be numbered by years, daies, and hours.
Du Bartas: Days and Weekes. Fourth Day. Book ii.
[443:2] On peut dire que son esprit brille aux dépens de sa mémoire (One may say that his wit shines by the help of his memory).—Le Sage: Gil Blas, livre iii. chap. xi.
PHILIP FRENEAU. 1752-1832.
The hunter and the deer a shade.[443:3]
The Indian Burying-Ground.