 | John Bell - English poetry - 1789 - 442 pages
...from with'ringlife away ( New forms arise, and different views engage^ Superfluous lags the vet'ran on the stage ; Till pitying Nature signs the last release, And bids afflicled worth retire to peace. But few there are whom hours like these await, Who set unclouded in... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1792 - 652 pages
...views engage, Superfluous lags the vet'ran on the ftage, Till pitying Nature figns the laft releafe, And bids afflicted worth retire to peace. But few there are whom hours like thefe await, Who fet unclouded in the gulphs of Fate. From Lydia's monarch fhould the fearch defcend,... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - English poetry - 1796 - 574 pages
...views engage, iepcrHaous lags the vet'ran on the ibge, Tül pitying Nature figns the laft rcleafe, And bids afflicted worth retire to peace. But few there are whom hours like thcfe await, ^Тю fet unclouded in the gulphs of Fate. f" -Л1 Lydia'i monarch lliould the farch defccnd,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1801 - 416 pages
...views engage, Superfluous lags the vet'ran on the ftage, Till pitying Nature figns the laft releafe, And bids afflicted worth retire to peace. But few there are whom hours like thefe await, Who fet unclouded in the gulphs of Fate. From Lydia's monarch fhould the fearch defcend,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - Biography - 1801 - 422 pages
...views engage, Superfluous lags the vet' ran on the ftage, Till pitying Nature figns the laft releafe, And bids afflicted worth retire to peace. . • » But few there are whom hours like thefe await, Who fet unclouded in the gulphs of Fate. From Lydia's monarch fhould the fearch defcend,... | |
 | William Mudford - 1802 - 166 pages
...rises as the clay returns, A sister sickens or a daughter mourns. Now kindred merit fills the sahle bier, Now lacerated friendship claims a tear. Year...year, decay pursues decay, . Still drops some joy from with'ring life away : New forms arise, and different views engage, Superfluous lags the veteran on... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English literature - 1805 - 238 pages
...New sorrow rises as the day returns, A sister sickens, or a daughter mourns. Now kindred merit fills the sable bier, Now lacerated friendship claims a...year, decay pursues decay, Still drops some joy from with'ring life away ; New forms arise, and diff 'rent views engage, Superfluous lags the vet'ran on... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English literature - 1806 - 328 pages
...New sorrow rises as the day returns, A sister sickens, or a daughter mourn?. Now kindred Merit fills the sable bier, Now lacerated Friendship claims a...year, decay pursues decay, .Still drops some joy from with'ring life away; New forms arise, and different views engage, Superfluous lags the vet'ran on the... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1806 - 436 pages
...views engage, Superfluous lags the vet'ran on the ftage, Till pitying Nature figns the laft releafe, And bids afflicted worth retire to peace. But few there are whom hours like thefe await, Who fet unclouded in the gulphs of Fate. From Lydia's monarch mould the fearch defcend,... | |
 | George Gregory - Books and reading - 1808 - 352 pages
...sorrow rises as the day returns, - A sister sickens, or a daughter mourns, " Now kindred merit fills the sable bier, " Now lacerated friendship claims...year, decay pursues decay, " Still drops some joy from with'ring life away ; " New forms arise, and different views engage, " Superfluous lags the vet'ran... | |
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New sorrow rises as the day returns, A sister sickens, or a daughter mourns. Now kindred Merit fills the sable bier, Now lacerated Friendship claims a tear. Year chases year, decay pursues decay, Still drops some joy from... 
