 | John Milton - 1753 - 418 sidor
...On T i M E. FLY envious Time, till thoa run out foy face', £aH en the lazy leaden-fteppiag hoars, Whofe fpeed is but the heavy plummet's pace; And glut...is falfe and vain, 5 And merely mortal drofs ; So Ettle is our lofs, So little K thy gain, For when as each thing bad thou hail intomb'd, And laft of... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1779 - 320 sidor
...had, when he wrote it, and nothing fatisfied with what was begun, left it unfinim'd. V. ON TIME. FLY envious Time, till thou run out thy race, Call on...our lofs, So little is thy gain. For when as each tjjing bad thou haft intomb'd, And laft of all thy greedy felf confum'd, i: Then long Eternity fhall... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1779 - 334 sidor
...plight Of labors huge and hard, too hard for human wight ! III. He 9> MILTON'S POEMS. V. ON TIME. FLY envious Time, till thou run out thy race, Call on...vain, 5 And merely mortal drofs ; So little is our lo£,, So little is thy gain. For when as each thing bad thou haft intomb'd, And laft of all thy greedy... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1779 - 890 sidor
...begun, left it unfinifh'd. V. ON TIME. FLY envious Time, till thou run out thy race, Call on the laiy leaden-ftepping hours, Whofe fpeed is but the heavy...vain, 5 And merely mortal drofs; So little is our loft, So little is thy gain. For when as each thing bad thou haft intomb'd, And laft of all thy greedy... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1779 - 320 sidor
...unfinim'd. V. * ON TIME. FLY envious Time, till thou run out thy race, Call on the lazy leaden- ftepping hours, Whofe fpeed is but the heavy plummet's pace...vain, 5 And merely mortal drofs ; So little is our loft, So little is thy gain. For when as, each thing bad thou haft intomb'd, And laft of all thy greedy... | |
 | David Simpson - 1780 - 628 sidor
...long Huge pangs and ftrong Will pierce more near his heart. FT,Y envious time, till them run outthy race, Call on the lazy leaden-ftepping hours, Whofe...devours, Which is no more than what is falfe and vain. And merely mortal drofs ; So little is our lofs, So little is thy gain. For when as each thing badthouhaft... | |
 | John Milton - 1785 - 698 sidor
...return of rhyme. On TIME. FLY envious Time, till thou run out thy race, Call on the lazy leaden-flepping hours, Whofe fpeed is but the heavy plummet's pace...what is falfe and vain, 5 And merely mortal drofs j So little is our lofs, So little is thy gain. For when as each thing bad thou haft.intomb'd, And... | |
 | English poets - 1790 - 342 sidor
...nothing fatisfied with what was begun, left it unfinilh'd. V. ON TIME. FLY. envious Time, till them run out thy race, Call on the lazy leaden-ftepping...devours, Which is no more than what is falfe and vain, And merely mortal drofs ; So little is our lofs, So little is thy gain. For when as each thing bad... | |
 | Robert Anderson - 1795 - 740 sidor
...Call on the lazy leaden-ftcpping Hours, Whofc fpecd is but the heavy plummet's pace, And glut thyfclf with what thy womb devours, Which is no more than what is falfc and vain, And merely mcrtal drofe ; So little is our lofs, So little is thy gain. For when as... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1800 - 842 sidor
...Call on the lazy leaden-ftepping hours, Whofe fpeed is but the heavy plummet's pace 5 And glut thyfclf with what thy womb devours, Which is no more than what is filfc and vain, J And merely mortal drofs; So little is our lofs, So little is thy gain. For when as... | |
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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 ;... 
