 | John Milton - 1746 - 464 pages
...eat'ft and drink'ft ; feeking from thence Due nourifhment, not gluttenous delight : 'Till many years over thy head return, So may'ft thou live ; "till,...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 - 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
...from thence Due nourishment, not gluttonous delight, Till many years over thy head return : So may'st thou live, till like ripe 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... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1779 - 262 pages
...thou eat'ft and driuk'ft, feeking from thence Due nourifhment, not gluttonous delight, Till many years over thy head return : So may'ft thou live, till like ripe fruit thou drop 535 Into thy mother's lap, or be with cafe Gather'd, not hardily pluck'd, for death matures This is... | |
 | John Milton - 1789 - 278 pages
...thoueat'fl and drink'ft, feeking from thence Due nourifhment, not gluttonous delight, Till many years over thy head return : So may'ft thou live, till like ripe fruit thou drop fJ/ Into thy mother's lap, or be with eafe Gather'd, not harfhly pluck'd, for death mature : This is... | |
 | English poets - 1790 - 258 pages
...eat'ft and drink'ft. feeking from thence Due Due nourifhment, not gluttonous delight, Till many years over thy head return : So may'ft thou live, till like ripe fruit thou drop 535 Into thy mother's lap, or be with eafe Gather'd, not harfhly pluck'd, for death mature : This is... | |
 | Robert Anderson - English poetry - 1795 - 740 pages
...eat'ft and drink'ft, feeking from thence Due nou rilhment, not gluttonnous delight, Till many years over thy head return : So may'ft thou live, till like ripe fruit you drop Into thy mother's lap, or be with cafe Gathcr'd, not harfhly pluck'd, for death mature i This... | |
 | John Milton, Samuel Johnson - 1796 - 610 pages
...from thence Due nourishment, not gluttonous delight, Till many years over thy head return : So may'st thou live till, like ripe 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... | |
 | William Dodd - Christian life - 1796 - 306 pages
...amufemcnt and 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
...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 harshly pluck'd,for death mature. This is uld age; hut then thou must outlive... | |
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There is, said Michael, 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 mayst thou live, till... 
