 if thou well observe The rule of 'Not too much,' by temperance taught, In what thou eat'st and drink'st, seeking from thence Due nourishment, not gluttonous delight ; Till many years over thy head return, So may'st thou live, till, like ripe fruit, thou...  Œuvres complètes - Page 406by François-René vicomte de Chateaubriand - 1837Full view - About this book
 | John Milton - 1909 - 504 pages
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 | John Milton - 1746 - 464 pages
...from thence Due nourifhment, not gluttenous delight : 'Till many years over thy head return, So may'ft thou live ; "till, like ripe fruit, thou drop Into thy mother's lap ; or, be with eale 536 Gather'd, not harflily pluck'd, for death mature. This is old age: but then, thou mutt out-live... | |
 | John Milton - 1754 - 244 pages
...thencs Due nourishment , .no glunonous delight: 'Till many yean over thy .head return , . So may'ft thou live; 'till , like ripe fruit, thou drop . Into thy mother's lap ; or, be with cafe Ca ther'd ; not harshly plucked ; for death aatuie* . This is Old Age : but then , thou muft out-live... | |
 | John Milton - 1767 - 376 pages
...from thence Due nouri(hment, not glutonous delight, Till many years over thy head return : So niaift thou live, till like ripe fruit thou drop Into thy mother's lap, or be with eafe GatherM, not hardily pluckt, for death mature : This is old age ; but then thou muft outlive Thy... | |
 | English poetry - 1776 - 478 pages
...The rule of not too much, by temp'rance taught, In what thou eat'st and drink'st, seeking from thence Due nourishment, not gluttonous delight, Till many...fruit thou drop Into thy mother's lap, or be with ease i' '.i. ."' Gather'd, not harshly pluck'd, for death mature This is old age ; but then thou must outlive... | |
 | John Milton - 1795 - 282 pages
...delight, Till many years over thy head return : Somay'st thou live, till like ripe fruit thou drcp Into thy mother's lap, or be with ease Gather'd, not...thy beauty, which will change To wither'd, weak, and grey ; thy senses then 540 Obtuse, all taste of pleasure must forego, To what thou hast ; and for the... | |
 | John Milton, Samuel Johnson - 1796 - 610 pages
...The rule of not too much, by Temp'rance taught, In what thou eat'st and drink'st, seeking from thence Due nourishment, not gluttonous delight, Till many...fruit, thou drop Into thy mother's lap, or be with ease 536 Gather'd, not harshly pluck'd, for death mature. This is old age ; but then thou must outlive Thy... | |
 | William Dodd - Christian life - 1796 - 306 pages
...fatisfaction we have received from fo well-wrote and entertaining a performance. CHAP. XI. 60 may'ft thou live, till like ripe fruit thou drop Into thy mother's lap, or he with eafe Gather'd, not harfhly pluck'd, for Death mature. This is old age ; hut then thou mutt... | |
 | John Milton - 1800 - 300 pages
...The rule of not too much, hy temp'rance taught, In what thoueat'st and drink'st, seeking from thence Due nourishment, not gluttonous delight, Till many years over thy head return : So mayM iliou live, till like ripe fruit thou drop Into thy mother's lap, or he with ease Gather'd, not... | |
 | John Milton - 1801 - 396 pages
...The rule of not too much, by temp'rance taught, In what thou eat'st and drink'st, seeking from thence Due nourishment, not gluttonous delight, Till many...So may'st thou live, till like ripe fruit thou drop 535 Into thy mother's lap, or be with ease Gather'd, not harshly pluck'd, for death mature : '1 his... | |
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