Falsely luxurious ! will not man awake ; And, springing from the bed of sloth, enjoy The cool, the fragrant, and the silent hour, To meditation due and sacred song ? For is there aught in sleep can charm the wise ? To lie in dead oblivion, losing half... Doesticks: What He Says - Pagina 73di Q. K. Philander Doesticks - 1857 - 330 pagineVisualizzazione completa - Informazioni su questo libro
| James Thomson - 1769 - 218 pagine
...and facred fong? 7» For is there aught in sleep can charm the wife? To lie in dead oblivion , lofing half The fleeting moments of too short a life? Total extinction of th' enlightened foul! Or elfe to feverish vanity alive, 75 Wildered , and toffing thro' diftemper'd... | |
| James Thomson - 1793 - 300 pagine
...verdure of the morn. FALSELY luxurious, will not Man awake ? And, springing from the bed of sloth, enjoy The cool, the fragrant, and the silent hour, To meditation due and sacred song ? 70 For is there aught in sleep can charm the wise ? To lie in dead oblivion, losing half The fleeting... | |
| James Thomson - 1800 - 302 pagine
...verdure of the morn. \ Falsely luxurious , will not Man awake ; ; And } springing from the bed of sloth , enjoy The cool , the fragrant , and the silent hour...moments of too short a life ; Total extinction of th' enlightened soul ! Or else to feverish vanity alive, Wilder'd, and tossing thro' distemper'd dreams?... | |
| 1803 - 438 pagine
...MAGNIFICENT MORNING SHOW. Falsely luxurious, will not mar. awake ; And, springing from the bed of sloth, enjoy The cool, the fragrant, and the silent hour, To meditation due --------. i THOMPSON. T, O the young ladies and young gentlemen ot Hudfon, public notice is hereby... | |
| James Thomson - 1802 - 344 pagine
...the verdure of the morn. Falsely luxurious, will not man awake; And, springing from the bed of sloth, enjoy The cool, the fragrant, and the silent hour,...fleeting moments of too short a life; Total extinction of th' enlightened soul! Or else to feverish vanity alive* Wildered, and tossing through distemper'd dreams?... | |
| James Thomson - 1802 - 320 pagine
...the verdure of the morn. Falsely luxurious, will not man awake; And, springing from the bed of sloth, enjoy The cool, the fragrant, and the silent hour,...fleeting moments of too short a life; Total extinction of th' enlighten'd soul ! Or else to fev'rish vanity alive, Wilder'd, and tossing through distemper'd... | |
| James Thomson - 1802 - 340 pagine
...the verdure of the morn. Falsely luxurious, will not man awake; And, springing from the bed of sloth, enjoy The cool, the fragrant, and the silent hour,...fleeting moments of too short a life; Total extinction of th' enlightened soul ! Or else to feverish vanity alive, Wildered, and tossing through distemper'd... | |
| 1832 - 852 pagine
...student.' He rose to his duties with the first dawn of day. While others were yet merged in sleep, • in dead oblivion, losing half The fleeting moments of too short a life,' he was already ' up and doing.' And to his morning studies he attributed, with Baxter, Paley, Wesley,... | |
| James Thomson - 1803 - 268 pagine
...verdure of the morn. Falsely luxurious, will not Man awake; And, springing from the bed of sloth , enjoy The cool , the fragrant , and the silent hour,...moments of too short a life ? Total extinction of the enlightened soul ! Or else to feverish vanity alive , Wildered , and tossing thro' distemper'd dreams... | |
| James Thomson - 1803 - 186 pagine
...the verdure of the morn. Falsely luxurious, will not man awake, And, springing from the hed of sloth, enjoy The cool, the fragrant, and the silent hour,...aught in sleep can charm the wise ? To lie in dead ohlivion, losing half The fleeting moments of too short a life; Total extinction of the enlightened... | |
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