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" FLY, envious Time, till thou run out thy race ; Call on the lazy leaden-stepping hours, Whose speed is but the heavy plummet's pace ; And glut thyself with what thy womb devours, Which is no more than what is false and vain, And merely mortal dross ;... "
Paradise Regain'd: A Poem, in Four Books. To which is Added Samson Agonistes ... - Page 152
by John Milton - 1753 - 350 pages
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Paradise Regain'd: A Poem, in Four Books. To which is Added Samson ..., Volume 2

John Milton - 1753 - 418 pages
...On T i M E. FLY envious Time, till thoa run out foy face', ŁaH en the lazy leaden-fteppiag hoars, Whofe fpeed is but the heavy plummet's pace; And glut...is falfe and vain, 5 And merely mortal drofs ; So Ettle is our lofs, So little K thy gain, For when as each thing bad thou hail intomb'd, And laft of...
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The Works of the English Poets: Milton

Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1779 - 320 pages
...had, when he wrote it, and nothing fatisfied with what was begun, left it unfinim'd. V. ON TIME. FLY envious Time, till thou run out thy race, Call on...our lofs, So little is thy gain. For when as each tjjing bad thou haft intomb'd, And laft of all thy greedy felf confum'd, i: Then long Eternity fhall...
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The Works of the English Poets: With Prefaces, Biographical and ..., Volume 5

Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1779 - 334 pages
...plight Of labors huge and hard, too hard for human wight ! III. He 9> MILTON'S POEMS. V. ON TIME. FLY envious Time, till thou run out thy race, Call on...vain, 5 And merely mortal drofs ; So little is our loŁ,, So little is thy gain. For when as each thing bad thou haft intomb'd, And laft of all thy greedy...
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The Works of the English Poets: With Prefaces, Biographical and ..., Volumes 3-5

Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1779 - 890 pages
...begun, left it unfinifh'd. V. ON TIME. FLY envious Time, till thou run out thy race, Call on the laiy leaden-ftepping hours, Whofe fpeed is but the heavy...vain, 5 And merely mortal drofs; So little is our loft, So little is thy gain. For when as each thing bad thou haft intomb'd, And laft of all thy greedy...
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The Works of the English Poets: Milton

Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1779 - 320 pages
...unfinim'd. V. * ON TIME. FLY envious Time, till thou run out thy race, Call on the lazy leaden- ftepping hours, Whofe fpeed is but the heavy plummet's pace...vain, 5 And merely mortal drofs ; So little is our loft, So little is thy gain. For when as, each thing bad thou haft intomb'd, And laft of all thy greedy...
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A collection of Psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, by D. Simpson

David Simpson - 1780 - 628 pages
...long Huge pangs and ftrong Will pierce more near his heart. FT,Y envious time, till them run outthy race, Call on the lazy leaden-ftepping hours, Whofe...devours, Which is no more than what is falfe and vain. And merely mortal drofs ; So little is our lofs, So little is thy gain. For when as each thing badthouhaft...
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Poems Upon Several Occasions: English, Italian, and Latin

John Milton - English poetry - 1785 - 698 pages
...return of rhyme. On TIME. FLY envious Time, till thou run out thy race, Call on the lazy leaden-flepping hours, Whofe fpeed is but the heavy plummet's pace...what is falfe and vain, 5 And merely mortal drofs j So little is our lofs, So little is thy gain. For when as each thing bad thou haft.intomb'd, And...
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The works of the English poets. With prefaces, biographical and ..., Volume 12

English poets - 1790 - 342 pages
...nothing fatisfied with what was begun, left it unfinilh'd. V. ON TIME. FLY. envious Time, till them run out thy race, Call on the lazy leaden-ftepping...devours, Which is no more than what is falfe and vain, And merely mortal drofs ; So little is our lofs, So little is thy gain. For when as each thing bad...
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The Works of the British Poets, Volume 5

Robert Anderson - English poetry - 1795 - 740 pages
...Call on the lazy leaden-ftcpping Hours, Whofc fpecd is but the heavy plummet's pace, And glut thyfclf with what thy womb devours, Which is no more than what is falfc and vain, And merely mcrtal drofe ; So little is our lofs, So little is thy gain. For when as...
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Cowley. Denham. Milton. Butler. Rochester. Roscommon. Otway. Waller. Pomfret ...

Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1800 - 842 pages
...Call on the lazy leaden-ftepping hours, Whofe fpeed is but the heavy plummet's pace 5 And glut thyfclf with what thy womb devours, Which is no more than what is filfc and vain, J And merely mortal drofs; So little is our lofs, So little is thy gain. For when as...
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