 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1810 - 556 pages
...say'st it : Says thy life the same ? Me mourns the dead, who lives as they dtsirei Where is that thirst, that avarice of time, (O glorious avarice !) thought...death inspires, As rumour'd robberies endear our gold ? О lime 1 than gold more sacred ; more a load Than lead, to fools ; and fools reputed wise. What... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1810 - 558 pages
...say'st it: Says thy life the same ? He mourns the dead, who lives as they desire. Where is that thirst, that avarice of time, (O glorious avarice !) thought of death inspires, As rumour'd rohheries endear our gold ? O time 1 than gold more sacred ; more a load Than lead, to fools ; and... | |
 | Edward Young - 1811 - 302 pages
...fate ? I know thou say'st it : Says thy life the same ? He mourns the dead, who lives as they desire. Where is that thrift, that avarice of TIME, (O glorious...moment granted man without account ? What years are squander'd, wisdom's debt unpaid ? Our wealth in days, all due to that discharge. Haste, haste, he... | |
 | Edward Young - 1812 - 814 pages
...say'st it: says thy life the same? He mourns the dead; who lives as they desire. Where is that thirst, that avarice of time, (O glorious avarice!) thought...moment granted man without account? What years are squander'd, wisdom's debt unpaid' Our wealth in days all due to that discharge. Haste, haste, he lies... | |
 | Granville Penn - Christian life - 1812 - 332 pages
...1t- for .use." All sensual man, because untouch'd, unseen, " He looks on time as nothing.—— '" O Time ! than gold more sacred ; more a load Than lead to foola, and fools reputed wise ! What moment granted man without account? What years are squandered,... | |
 | Edward Young - English poetry - 1813 - 324 pages
...say'st it: says thy life the same? He mourns the dead who lives as they desire. Where is that thirst, that avarice of time, (O glorious avarice !) thought...moment granted man without account ? What years are squander'd, wisdom's debt unpaid! Our wealth in days all due to that discharge. Haste, haste, he lies... | |
 | Edward Young - 1815 - 332 pages
...fate? I know thou say'st it : says thy life the same ? He mourns the dead, who lives as they desire> Where is that thrift, that avarice of TIME, (O glorious...inspires, As rumour'd robberies endear our gold ? O Time I than gold more sacred ; more a load Thau lead, to fools; and fools reputed wise. What moment granted... | |
 | Edward Young - Death - 1816 - 390 pages
...fate ? I know thou say'st it : says thy life the same ? He mourns the dead, who lives as they desire. Where is that thrift, that avarice of TIME, (O glorious...moment granted man without account ? What years are squand'red ! wisdom's debt unpaid ! Our wealth in days all due to that discharge. Haste, haste, he... | |
 | Edward Young - 1816 - 284 pages
...fate f l know thou say'st it: says thy life the same ? He mourns the dead, who lives as they desire. Where is that thrift, that avarice of time, (O glorious...gold ? O Time! than gold more sacred; more a load Thau lead to fools, and fools reputed wise. What moment granted man without account ? What years are... | |
 | Edward Young - Fore-edge paintings - 1817 - 372 pages
...fate ? I know, thou say'st it : says thy life the same ? He mourns the dead, who lives as they desire. Where is that thrift, that avarice of TIME, (O glorious...moment granted man without account ? What years are squander'd, wisdom's debt unpaid ? Our wealth in days, all due to that discharge. Haste, haste, he... | |
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What years are squander'd, wisdom's debt unpaid ? Our wealth in days, all due to that discharge. Haste, haste, he lies in wait, he's at the door, Insidious death ! should his strong hand arrest, No composition sets the prisoner free. Eternity's inexorable... 
