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" FLY, envious Time, till thou run out thy race ; Call on the lazy leaden-stepping hours, Whose speed is but the heavy plummet's pace ; And glut thyself with what thy womb devours, Which is no more than what is false and vain, And merely mortal dross ;... "
Paradise Regain'd: A Poem, in Four Books. To which is Added Samson Agonistes ... - Page 152
by John Milton - 1753 - 350 pages
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Hymns and Poems for the Sick and Suffering

Thomas Vincent Fosbery - Christian poetry - 1857 - 436 pages
...on the lazy leaden-stepping hours, "Whose speed is but the heavy plummet's pace ; And glut thyself with what thy womb devours, Which is no more than what is false and vain, And merely mortal dross ; So little is our loss, So little is thy gain. For when as...
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Odes and Sonnets, Illustrated

English poetry - 1859 - 116 pages
...oil the lazy leaden-stepping Hours, Whose speed is but the heavy plummet's pace ; And glut thyself with what thy womb devours, Which is no more than what is false and vain, And merely mortal dross ; So little is our loss, So little is thy gain ! For when as...
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Odes and Sonnets

English poetry - 1859 - 128 pages
...Call on the lazy leaden-stepping Hours, Whose speed is but the heavy plummet's pace ; And glut thyself with what thy womb devours, Which is no more than what is false and vain, And merely mortal dross ; So little is our loss, So little is thy gain ! For when as...
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The poetical works of John Milton, with illustr. by E.H. Corbould and J. Gilbert

John Milton - 1864 - 584 pages
...Call on the lazy leaden-stepping hours, Whose speed is but the heavy plummet's pace ; And glut thyself with what thy womb devours, Which is no more than what is false and vain, And merely mortal dross ; So little is our loss, So little is thy gain ! For when as...
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Spring-time with the poets, poetry selected and arranged by F. Martin

Frances Martin - English poetry - 1866 - 506 pages
...Call on the lazy leaden-stepping Hours, Whose speed is but the heavy plummet's pace ; And glut thyself with what thy womb devours, Which is no more than what is false and vain, And merely mortal dross ; So little is our loss, So little is thy gain ! For when as...
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The British Poets, Volume 3

1866 - 376 pages
...Call on the lazy leaden-stepping hours, Whose speed is but the heavy plummet's pace ; And glut thyself with what thy womb devours, Which is no more than what is false and vain, * * In Milton's MS. written with his own hand,—' On Time. To be set on a clock-case.'...
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Curiosities of Clocks and Watches: From the Earliest Times

Edward J. Wood - Clocks and watches - 1866 - 464 pages
...Call on the lazy leaden-stepping hours, W hose specd is but the heavy plummet's pace; And glut thyself with what thy womb devours, Which is no more than what is false and vain, And merely mortal dross ; So little is our loss, So little is thy gain ! For when as...
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The British Controversialist and Literary Magazine

Great Britain - 1868 - 978 pages
...the lazy leaden stepping hours, Whose speed is but the heavy plummet 'я расе ; And glut thyself with what thy womb devours, Which is no more than what is false and vain, And merely mortal drost ; So little is our loss, So little is thy gain ! for when as...
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The Poetical Works of John Milton: To which is Prefixed a Biography of the ...

John Milton, Edward Phillips - English poetry - 1868 - 632 pages
...Call on the lazy leaden-stepping hours, Whose speed is but the heavy plummet's pace ; And glut thyself with what thy womb devours, Which is no more than what is false and vain, And merely mortal dross ; So little is our loss, So little is thy gain. For when as...
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England's Antiphon

George MacDonald - English literature - 1868 - 634 pages
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