| George Gregory - Books and reading - 1808 - 352 pages
...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...seasons pour, " The fruit autumnal, and the vernal flowery " With listless eyes the dotard views the store, " He views and wonders that they please no... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1809 - 372 pages
...Hides from .himself his state, and shuns to know, That life protracted is protracted wo. Time hovers o'er, impatient to destroy, And shuts up all the passages...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,... | |
| British poets - English poetry - 1809 - 526 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...of joy: In vain their gifts the bounteous Seasons poctr, The fruit antumnal, and the vernal flow'r, With listless eyes the dotard views the store. He... | |
| Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1810 - 656 pages
...Hides from himself its state, and shuns to knew, That life protracted is protracted woe. Time hovers o'er, impatient to destroy, And shuts up all the passages...of joy : In vain their gifts the bounteous seasons poor, The fruit autumnal, and the vernal flow'r; With listless eyes the dotard views the store, He... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 648 pages
...Hides from himself its slate, 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 their gift* the bounteous seasons pour. The fruit autumnal, and the vernal flow*r; With listless eyes the... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 206 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...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, Francis William Blagdon - English fiction - 1811 - 250 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 of joy : Jfa vain their gifts the bounteous Seasons pour, The fruit autumnal, and the vernal flow'r, With... | |
| Samuel Johnson - English literature - 1816 - 506 pages
...Hides from himself his state, and shuns to know, \J That life protracted is protracted woe. Time hovers o'er, impatient to destroy, And shuts up all the passages...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 - English poetry - 1816 - 154 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...bounteous seasons pour, The fruit autumnal, and the vernal flower, With listless eyes the dotard views the store, He views, and wonders that they please no more... | |
| English poetry - 1817 - 314 pages
...Hides from himself his state, and shuns to know, That life protracted is protracted wo. Time hovers o'er, impatient to destroy, And shuts up all the passages...bounteous Seasons pour, The fruit autumnal, and the vernal ttow'r, With listless eyes the dotard views the store, He views, and wonders, that they please no more... | |
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