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" Twas Man himself Brought Death into the world ; and Man himself Gave keenness to his darts, quicken'd his pace, And multiplied destruction on mankind. "
Death: A Seatonian Prize Poem - Page 18
by Beilby Porteus - 1803 - 66 pages
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The grave, a poem. To which are added An elegy in a country church-yard, by ...

Robert Blair - 1804 - 132 pages
...ruin great; tho' fall'n, yet not forlorn; Though moital, yet-not every where beset With Death in ev'ry shape! But he, impatient To be completely wretched,...into the world ; and Man himself Gave keenness to his daits, quicken'd his pace, And multiply'd destruction on mankind. First Envy, eldest born of Hell,...
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The Wreath: Containing The Minstrel and Other Favorite Poems, to which is ...

1806 - 184 pages
...shape! But he, impatient To he completely wretched, hastes to nil up The measure of his woes: — Tvras Man himself Brought Death into the world ; and Man himself Gave keenness to his darts, quicken'd his pace. And multiply 'd destruction on mankind. First Envy, eldest-horn, of Hell, emhru'd...
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A Summary of the Principal Evidences for the Truth & Divine Origin of the ...

Beilby Porteus - Apologetics - 1808 - 162 pages
...had he liv'd In ruin great ; though falUn, yet not forlorn, Though mortal, yet not every where beset With DEATH in every shape ! But He, impatient To be...world, and Man himself Gave keenness to his darts, quicken'd his pace, And multipli'd destruction on mankind. First Envy, eldest born of Hell, embrued...
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Musae Seatonianae: 1750-1775

College verse, English - 1808 - 348 pages
...Though mortal, yet not every where beset With Death in every shape ! But he, impatient To be compleatly wretched, hastes to fill up The measure of his woes....world, and Man himself Gave keenness to his darts, quicken'd his pace, And multiplied destruction on mankind. First Envy, eldest-born of Hell, embru'd...
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The muses' bower, embellished with the beauties of English poetry, Volume 3

English poetry - English poetry - 1809 - 308 pages
...liv'd Great, ev'n in ruin; though fallen, yet not forlorn ; Though mortal, yet not every where beset With Death in every shape ! But he, impatient To be...up ..'.[ The measure of his woes. 'Twas man himself ...;••; That brought Death into the world, ; and man himself ' Gave keenness to his darts, quicken'd...
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Elegant Extracts, Volumes 1-2

Vicesimus Knox - English poetry - 1809 - 604 pages
...had he liv'd In ruin great ; tho' fall'n, yet not foriorn ; 1 hough mortal, yet not every where beset bleas my son, from Ireland let him To far Barbadocs...his dominion may no end be known, And greater thdn HroughtDealh into the world ; and Man him<H Gave keenness to his darts, qnicken'd his pace, And rmilliply'd...
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Reason and Revelation Considered as Connected with Christian Faith and ...

Frederick Smith - Faith - 1811 - 274 pages
...order to assist human reason ; and some have imagined that, by the rules laid down in the logical ar* " Twas man himself Brought death into the world, and man himself Gave keenness to his darts, qnickened his pace, And multiplied destruction on mankind. First, Envy, eldest-born of hell, embrued...
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Elegant Extracts: A Copious Selection of Instructive, Moral, and ...

English poetry - 1817 - 314 pages
...creatures fall Unpitied victims at Ambition's shrine! Vet eay, should tyrants learn at test to feel, 7* To be completely wretched, hastes to fill up The measure...world, and man himself Gave keenness to his darts, quicken'd his pace, And multiplied destruction on mankind. And the loud din of battle cease to roar;...
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The Plain Englishman [ed. by C. Knight and E.H. Locker]., Volume 1

Charles Knight - 1820 - 636 pages
...had he liv'd In ruin great ; tho' fall'n, yet not forlorn ; Though mortal, yet not every where beset With Death, in every shape ! But he, impatient To...completely wretched, hastes to fill up The measure of bis woes. — 'Twas Man himself Brought Death into the world ; and Man himself Gave keenness to his...
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The Wreath: A Collection of Poems from Celebrated English Authors

English poetry - 1821 - 282 pages
...he liv'd In ruin great ; though fallen, yet not forlorn ; Though mortal, yet not every where beset With Death in every shape ! But he, impatient To be...world ; and Man himself Gave keenness to his darts, quicken'd his pacet And multiplied destruction on mankind. First Envy, eldest-born of Hell, embru'd...
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