| Tibullus - 1759 - 468 pages
...vain their Gifts the bounteous Seafons pour, The Fruit autumnal, and the vernal Flower. With lifllefs Eyes the Dotard views the Store ; He views, and wonders that they pleafe no more. Now pall the taflelefs Meats, and joylefs Wines, And Luxury, wilh Sighs, her Slave... | |
| Tibullus - Latin poetry - 1759 - 276 pages
...vain their Gifts the bounteous Seafons pour, The Fruit autumnal, and the vernal Flower. With lifllefs Eyes the Dotard views the Store; He views, and wonders that they pleafe no more. Now pall the taftelefs Meats, and joylefs Wines, And Luxury, with Sighs, her Slave... | |
| Samuel Johnson - English literature - 1774 - 374 pages
...vain their Gifts the bounteous Seafons pour, The Fruit autumnr.l, and the vernal Flow'r, With liftlefs Eyes the Dotard views the Store, He views, and wonders that they pleafe no more ; Now pall the taftelefs Meats, and joylefs Wines, And Luxury with Sighs her Slave religiTi.... | |
| John Bell - English poetry - 1789 - 442 pages
...destroy, And shuts up all the passages of joy : In vain their gifts the bounteous seasons pour, The fruits autumnal, and the vernal flow'r; With listless eyes...store, He views, and wonders that they please no more ; Now pall the tasteless meats, and joyless wines, And Luxury with sighs her slave resigns. Approach,... | |
| English poetry - 1789 - 228 pages
...Hides from himself his state, and shuns to know, That life protracted is protracted woe. Time hovers o'er, impatient to destroy, And shuts up all the passages...In vain their gifts the bounteous seasons pour, The fruits autumnal, and the vernal flow'r; With listless eyes the dotard views the store, He views, and... | |
| John Bell - English poetry - 1789 - 428 pages
...joy : In vain their gifts the bounteous seasons pour, The fruits autumnal, and the vernal flow'r; 2/^ With listless eyes the dotard views the store, He views, and wonders that they please no more; Now pall the tasteless meats, and joyless wines, And Luxury with sighs her slave resigns. Approach,... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1804 - 594 pages
...Hides from himseli his state, and shuns to know That life protracted — is protracted woe. Time hovers o-er, impatient to destroy, And shuts up all the passages of joy : In vain the gifts their bounteous seasons pour, The fruit autumnal and the vernal flower ; With listless eyes... | |
| Samuel Johnson - English literature - 1805 - 238 pages
...Hides from himself his state, and shuns to know That life protracted is protracted woe. Time hovers o'er, impatient to destroy, And shuts up all the passages...bounteous seasons pour, The fruit autumnal, and the vernal flower, G With listless eyes the dotard views the store, He views, and wonders that they please^no... | |
| Samuel Johnson - English literature - 1806 - 328 pages
...Hides from himself his state, and shuns to know, That life protracted is protracted woe. Tine hovers o'er, impatient to destroy, And shuts up all the passages...pour, The fruit autumnal, and the vernal flow'r; With listle-js ey?J the dotard views the store, He views, and wonders that they please no more; Now pall... | |
| Samuel Johnson - English literature - 1806 - 350 pages
...Hides from himself his state, and shuns to know, That life protracted is protracted woe. Time hovers o'er, impatient to destroy, And shuts up all the passages...bounteous seasons pour, The fruit autumnal, and the vernal tiow'r ; • Ver. 164; THE VA\ITT Of HUMAN WISHES. listless eyes the dotard views the store, He views,... | |
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