 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...  The British poets, including translations - Page 127by British poets - 1822Full view - About this book
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 | John Milton - 1834 - 498 pages
...delight, Till many years over thy head return : So may'st thou live, till like ripe fruit thou drop 535 Into thy mother's lap, or be with ease Gather'd, not...thy beauty, which will change To wither'd, weak, and gray : thy senses then 540 Obtuse, all taste of pleasure must forego To what thou hast ; and for the... | |
 | John Milton - 1834 - 498 pages
...observe 530 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...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. This is... | |
 | François-René vicomte de Chateaubriand - 1837 - 514 pages
...rule of— Not too much : by temperance ihaugi, In what thou eat'st and drink'sl ; seeking from tence Due nourishment, not gluttonous delight ; Till many...thy beauty; which will change To wither'd, weak, and gray ; thy senses then, Obtuse, all taste of pleasure must forego, To what thou hast ; and, for the... | |
 | François-René vicomte de Chateaubriand - English literature - 1836 - 380 pages
...more than ever to feel the weight of misfortune and age. He attributes to Michael these words : — So mayst thou live, till like ripe fruit thou drop Into thy mother's lap, or be with ease Gathered, not harshly pluck'd, for death mature : This is old age ; but then thou must outlive Thy... | |
 | John Milton - 1837 - 512 pages
...rule of— Not too much : by temperance thaugt. In what thou eat'st and drink'st; seeking from tence Due nourishment, not gluttonous delight ; Till many...thy beauty; which will change To wither'd, weak, and gray ; thy senses then, Obtuse, all taste of pleasure must forego, To what i hiiii hast ; and, for... | |
 | John Milton - 1837 - 510 pages
...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...is old age ; but then, thou must outlive Thy youth, thystrength, thy beauty ; whichwill change To wither'd, weak, and gray; thy senses then, Obtuse, all... | |
 | François-René vicomte de Chateaubriand - 1837 - 526 pages
...rule of— Not too much : by temperance thaugt, In what thou eat'st and drink'st ; seeking from tence Due nourishment, not gluttonous delight; Till many...thou drop Into thy mother's lap ; or be with ease Gatber'd, not harshly pluck'd ; for death mature : This is old age ; but then, thou must outlive Thy... | |
 | English essays - 1837 - 738 pages
...carrion ; pity winds thy corse. While horror waits on Princes. — IVettler, Viltoria Corom. Act I". • 'till like ripe fruit thou drop Into thy mother's...ease Gather'd, not harshly pluck'd, for death mature. Milton, Par. La*t, xi. iii. LANG ANSI A. ARGUMENTLM. Ecclesiec cujusdam prope Hcrnam in Helvetia presbyter... | |
 | John Gregory - Temperance - 1837 - 128 pages
...observe, The role of NOT TOO MUCH by temperance taught. In what thou EATEST and DRINKEIT, seeUing from thence Due nourishment, not gluttonous delight, Till...over thy head return; So may'st thou live, till like riper fruit thou drop Into thy mother's lap, or be with ease, Gathered, not harshly plucked, for death... | |
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