Meantime, when thoughts of death disturb thy head, Consider, Ancus, great and good, is dead; Ancus, thy better far, was born to die, And thou, dost thou bewail mortality? So many monarchs with their mighty state, Who ruled the world, were overruled by... Of the Nature of Things: In Six Books - Page 272by Titus Lucretius Carus - 1714Full view - About this book
| John Dryden - Classical poetry - 1702 - 362 pages
...Mean timc,when thoughts of Death difturb thy head;, Confidcr, Ancus great and good is dead j Anciis, thy better far-, was born to die, And thou, doft thou bewail mortality? So many Monarchs with their mighty State, Who rul'd the World, were over-rul'd by fate. MISCELLANT... | |
| Titus Lucretius Carus, Thomas Creech - Atomism - 1714 - 508 pages
...of Death difturb thy Head, Coniidcr, Ancus, Great and Good, is dead : Ancus, thy Better far, was bom to die : And thou, do'ft thou bewail Mortality ? Dryd....the Inevitablenefs of that Deftiny , which fuch, and fa^reat Men, efpecially Democrittts, and Epicurus, have willingly, Ťay, joyfully undergone. \ Confider,... | |
| Charles Gildon - Criticism - 1718 - 490 pages
...for Ufe, to none for Property. Therefore when Thoughts of Death difturb thy Head , Confider, Anna, great and good, is dead ; Ancus, thy better far was born to dye ; And thou, doft thou bewail Mortality ? So many Monarchs, with their mighty State, Who rul'd the... | |
| Henry Baker - English poetry - 1737 - 580 pages
...When careful Thoughts of Death difturb thy Head, Confider, Ancus, great and good, is dead : Апсш, thy better far, was born to die : And Thou ! doft Thou bewail Mortality ? How many Monarchs with their mighty State, Who rul'd the World, were over-rul'd by Fate ? That haughty... | |
| John Dryden - English poetry - 1743 - 352 pages
...Breath : This makes an Hell on Earth, and Life a Death. * Mean-time, when thoughts of death difturb thy Head > Confider, Ancus great and good is dead...born to die ; And thou, doft thou bewail mortality ? So many Monarchs with their mighty State, Who rul'd the World, were over rul'd by Fate. That haughty... | |
| John Dryden - 1760 - 528 pages
...of breath : This makes an hell on earth, and life a death. Mean-time when thoughts of death difturb thy head; Confider, Ancus great and good is dead ;...born to die ; And thou, doft thou bewail mortality ? So many monarchs with their mighty ftate, Who rul'd the world, were over-rul'd by fate. That haughty... | |
| John Dryden - English poetry - 1760 - 488 pages
...of breath : This makes an hell on earth, and life a death. Mean-time when thoughts of death difturb thy head; Confider, Ancus great and good is dead ;...born to die ; And thou, doft thou bewail mortality ? So many monarchs with their mighty ftate, Who rul'd the world, were over-rul'd by fate. That haughty... | |
| John Dryden - English poetry - 1767 - 388 pages
...: This makes an hell on earth, and life a death. Z 3 Mean-Mean-time when thoughts of death difturb thy head; Confider, Ancus great and good is dead ;...born to die ; And thou, doft thou bewail mortality ? So many monarchs with their mighty ftate, Who rul'd the world, were over-rul'd by fate. That haughty... | |
| John Dryden - English poetry - 1767 - 386 pages
...an hell on earth, and life a death. Z 3 . Mean.1 Mean-time when thoughts of death difturb thy hea<J; Confider, Ancus great and good is dead ; Ancus, thy...born to die; And thou, doft thou bewail mortality ? So many monarchs with their mighty ftate, Who rul'd the world, were over-rul'd by fate. That haughty... | |
| John Duncombe, John Hughes - English letters - 1773 - 998 pages
...54th year of his age, three days befor* the date ef this letter. f They are as follows : " Anru ., thy better far was born to die, •< And thou, doft thou, bewail mortality ; ' " The founders of invented arts are loft, •' And wits who mad* eternity their boa!:. "And thou.doft... | |
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