 Refuse his age the needful hours of rest? Punish a body which he could not please ; Bankrupt of life, yet prodigal of ease ? And all to leave what with his toil he won, To that unfeather'd two-legg'd thing, a son ; Got, while his soul did huddled notions...  The Works of the English Poets: Dryden - Page 131by Samuel Johnson - 1779Full view - About this book
 | Fitz-Greene Halleck - English poetry - 1840 - 372 pages
...hours of rest ? Punish a body which he could not please ; Bankrupt of life, yet prodigal of ease ; And all to leave what with his toil he won, To that unfeather'd two-legg'd thing, a son ; Got while his soul did huddled notions try, And born a shapeless lump, like anarchy. In friendship... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - Authors, English - 1841 - 844 pages
...hours of rest ? Punish a body which he could not please ; Bankrupt of life, yet prodigal of ease t And all to leave what with his toil he won, To that unfeather'd two-legg'd thing a son ; Got while his soul did huddled notions try, And born a shapeless lump, like anarchy. In friendship... | |
 | Joseph Payne - 1845 - 490 pages
...hours of rest ? Punish a body which he could not please ; Bankrupt of life, yet prodigal of ease ? And all to leave what with his toil he won, To that unfeathered two-legged thing, a son. In friendship false, implacable in hate ; Resolved to ruin or... | |
 | Robert Chambers - Authors, English - 1847 - 712 pages
...needful hours of rest ! Punish a body which he could not please ; Bankrupt of life, yet prodigal of ea*et fter unfcather'd two-legg'd thing, a son ; Got, while his soul did huddled notions try, And born a shapeless... | |
 | Robert Chambers - English literature - 1849 - 708 pages
...hours of rest I Punish a body which he could not please; Bankrupt of íife, yet prodigal of ease ! son ; Got, while his soul did huddled notions try, And born a shapeless lump, like anarchy. In friendship... | |
 | Abraham Mills - English literature - 1851 - 594 pages
...needful hours of rest 1 Punish a body which he could not please ; Bankrupt of life, yet prodigal of ease1 And all to leave what with his toil he won, To that unfeather'd two-legged thing, a son ; Got, while his soul did huddled notions try, And born a shapeless lump, like... | |
 | John Dryden - English poetry - 1852 - 378 pages
...needful hours of rest? Punish a body which he could not please ; Bankrupt of life, yet prodigal of ease ? And all to leave what with his toil he won, To that unfeather'd two-legg'd thing, a son. Yet fame deserv'd no enemy can grudge; The statesman we abhor, but praise the judge. In Israel's... | |
 | John Dryden - English poetry - 1854 - 324 pages
...needful hours of rest ? Punish a body which he could not please; Bankrupt of life, yet prodigal of ease? And all to leave what with his toil he won, To that unfeathered two-legged thing, a son ; Got, while his soul did huddled notions try ; And born a shapeless... | |
 | Sarah Josepha Buell Hale - Quotations, English - 1855 - 610 pages
...hours of rest ? Punish a body whieh he eould not please ! Bankrupt of life, yet prodigo) of ease ? And all to leave what with his toil he won, To that unfeather'd two legg'd thing — a son. Dryden. With short plummets heav'n's deep well we sound, That vast abyss... | |
 | John Bartlett - Quotations - 1856 - 660 pages
...wits are sure to madness near allied, And thin partitions do their bounds divide. Part i. Line 169. And all to leave what with his toil he won, To that unfeather'd two-legg'd thing, a son. Part i. Line 174. Resolved to ruin or to rule the state. Part i. Line 238. The people's prayer... | |
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