 | English poetry - 1821 - 270 pages
...ruin great ; though fallen, yet not forlorn ; Though mortal, yet not every where beset With Death m every shape ! But he, impatient To be completely wretched,...world ; and Man himself Gave keenness to his darts, quicken'd his pace, And multiplied destruction on mankind. First Envy, eldest-born of Hell, embru'd... | |
 | John Connor - 1821 - 162 pages
...great; though fall'n, yet not forlorn; Though mortal, yet not every where beset With Death in ev'ry shape ! But he, impatient To be completely wretched,...fill up The measure of his woes — "Twas man himself DEATH. 13 Envy and Ambition. Brought Death info the world ; and man himself Gave keenness to his darts,... | |
 | Peace - 1821 - 524 pages
...which he has rendered to the Society in that valuable miscellany. POEM ON DEATH, BY BEILBY PORTEUS, AM 'Twas man himself Brought Death into the world, and man himself Gave keenness to his darts, quickened his pace, And multiply'd destruction on mankind. Fir&t Envy, eldest-born of Hell, embrued... | |
 | British poets - Classical poetry - 1822 - 322 pages
...lived Great even in ruin, though fallen, yet not forlorn; Though mortal, yet net every where beset With Death in every shape ! But he, impatient To be...world, and man himself Gave keenness to his darts, quicken'd his pace, And multiplied destruction on mankind. First Envy, eldest born of hell, embrued... | |
 | British poets - Classical poetry - 1822 - 332 pages
...lived Great even in ruin, though fallen, yet not forlorn ; Though mortal, yet not every where beset With Death in every shape ! But he, impatient To be completely wretched, hastes to till up The measure of his woes. 'Twas man himself Brought Death into the world, and man himself Gave... | |
 | Minstrel - 1824 - 246 pages
...had he liv'd In ruin great ; tho' fall'n, yet not forlorn, Though mortal, yet not every where beset With death in every shape ! But he, impatient To be...— 'Twas man himself Brought death into the world; end man himself Gave keeness to his darts, quicken'd his pace, And nmltiply'd destruction on mankind.... | |
 | British anthology - 1825 - 460 pages
...he lived In ruin great ; though fallen, yet not forlorn ; Though mortal, yet not every where beset With Death in every shape ! But he, impatient To be...world ; and Man himself Gave keenness to his darts, quicken'd his pace, And multiplied destruction on mankind. First Envy, eldest-born of Hell, imbrued... | |
 | Sir Richard Phillips - Arts - 1826 - 322 pages
...unavoidable and in self defence, Forteus, bishop of London, wrote the following impressive liues : — • 'Twas man himself Brought death into the world : and man himself Gave keenness to his darts, quieken'd his pace, And aiullipii'd destruction OB mankind, With joy ambition saw, and soon improv'd... | |
 | Joseph Emerson - Elocution - 1832 - 122 pages
...sad Of innocence primeval, still had he liv'd In ruin, great ; though fall'n, yet not forlorn ; Tlio' mortal, yet not every where beset 135 With death in...fill up The measure of his woes. 'Twas man himself Bro't death into the world ; and man himself Gave keenness to his darts, quicken'd his pace , And multipli'd... | |
 | British and foreign young men's society - 1837 - 556 pages
...appears in haste to be undone, and far from avoiding temptation invites and provokes its approach. " He, impatient To be completely wretched, hastes to fill up The measure of his wocs."t * Proverbs xxx. 26. t Bp. Porteus. But he is soon put to flight in this unequal combat ; and... | |
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Twas Man himself Brought Death into the world ; and Man himself Gave keenness to his darts, quicken'd his pace, And multiplied destruction on mankind. 
