| James Thomson - 1816 - 256 páginas
...he dwells ; And from the crowded fold, in order drives His flock to taste the verdure of the morn. Falsely luxurious, will not man awake, And, springing...moments of too short a life : Total extinction of the enlighten'd soul .' Or else to fcv'rish vanity alive, Wilder' d, and tossing through distemper'd... | |
| Lindley Murray - 1816 - 328 páginas
...fragrant, and the silent hour, To meditation due and sacred song? For is there ought in sleep can chsinn the wise ? To lie in dead oblivion, losing half The...fleeting moments of too short a life; Total extinction of the enlightened soul ! Or else to feverish vanity alive, Wilder'd, and tossing thro' distemper'd dreams... | |
| Lindley Murray - 1817 - 290 páginas
...d%vells ¿ A iid from the crowded fold, in order, drivesHis flock to..taste the verdure of, the morn, Falsely luxurious, will not man awake ; . And, springing...cool, the fragrant, and the silent hour, To meditation dne and sacred song.? For is there aught in sleep can charm the wise t To lie in dead, oblivion, losing... | |
| James Thomson, Dr. Johnson - 1818 - 316 páginas
...he dwells ; And from the crowded fold, in order, drives His flock, to taste the verdure of the morn. Falsely luxurious ! will not man awake ; And, springing...song ? For is there aught in sleep can charm the wise t To lie in dead oblivion, losing half The fleeting moments of too short a life ; Total extinction... | |
| Increase Cooke - 1819 - 426 páginas
...he dwells; And from the crouded fold, in order, drives His flock to taste the verdure of the Morn. Falsely luxurious, will not man awake ; And, springing...moments of too short a life ; Total extinction of the enlighten'd soul ! Or else to feverish vanity alive, AVildered, and tossing through distemper'd... | |
| Alfred Cecil Buckland - 1819 - 226 páginas
...FAMILIES, THE MAN OF BUSINESS, THE LOVEK OF NATURE, THE STUDENT, AND THE CHRISTIAN. And is there anght in sleep can charm the wise? To lie in dead oblivion,...fleeting moments of too short a life? Total extinction of the enlightened soul ! Thornton's Seaiotu—Summtr. We are not of the night, nor of darkness : therefore... | |
| Increase Cooke - 1819 - 490 páginas
...he dwells ; And from the crouded fold, in order, drives His flock to taste the verdure of the Morn. Falsely luxurious, will not man awake ; And, springing from the bed of Sloth, en joy The cool, the fragrant, and the silent hour, To meditation due and sacred song ? For is there... | |
| Catherine Talbot - 1819 - 414 páginas
...and long: Weak reason that, for sleeping past the morn Yet nrg'd by sloth, and by indulgence born. * For is there aught in sleep can charm the wise ? To lie in dull oblivion, losing half The fleeting moments of too short a life ! Thomson's Summer. Oh rather haste... | |
| John Aikin - 1820 - 832 páginas
...he dwells ; And from the crowded fold, in order, drives His flock to taste the verdure of the morn. Falsely luxurious, will not man awake ; And, springing...due and sacred song ? For is there aught in sleep ran charm tlie wise ? To lie in dead oblivion, losing half The fleeting moments of too short a life... | |
| Joseph Robertson, Society of Ancient Scots - 1821 - 414 páginas
...very early riser. Was ever the bed of sloth more eloquently reprobated than in the following lines ? Falsely luxurious, will not man awake ; And, springing...moments of too short a life ; Total extinction of th' enlighten'd soul ! Or else, to feverish vanity alive, Wilder'd and tossing thro' distemper'd dreams... | |
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