 | Henry Troth Coates - 1901 - 1080 էջ
...Hides from himself his state, and shuns to • know That life protracted is protracted woe. Time hovers flower ; With listless eyes the dotard views the store, He views, and wonders that they please no more... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1903 - 654 էջ
...down, Warring in Heaven against Heaven's matchless King." Paradise Lost, iv. 40, 4i.] a. ["Time hovers o'er, impatient to destroy, And shuts up all the passages...that they please no more." Johnson's Vanity of Human Wishts.] 1n. As boy, I thought myself a clever fellow, And wished that others held the same opinion... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1918 - 774 էջ
...down, Warring in Heaven against Heaven's matchless King." Paradise Lost. iv. 40, 41.] 0. ["Time hovers o'er, impatient to destroy, And shuts up all the passages...of joy : In vain their gifts the bounteous seasons poor. The fruit autumnal, and the vernal flowY ; With listless eyes the dotard views the store, „... | |
 | Edward Albert - 1923 - 648 էջ
...and state if any development is noticeable. (1) Enlarge my life with multitude of days! Time hovers o'er, impatient to destroy, And shuts up all the passages...: He views, and wonders that they please no more. Now pall the tasteless meats and joyless wines, And Luxury with sighs her slave resigns. JOHNSON, The... | |
 | Charles Townsend Copeland - 1926 - 1746 էջ
...lands ; That life protracted, is protracted woe. Or views his coffers with suspicious eyes, Time hovers o'er, impatient to destroy, And shuts up all the passages of joy: Unlocks his gold, and counts it till he dies. In vain their gifts the bounteous seasons But grant,... | |
 | Henry Arthur Treble, George Henry Vallins - 1927 - 244 էջ
...Hides from himself his state, and shuns to know That life protracted is protracted woe. Time hovers o'er, impatient to destroy, And shuts up all the passages...: He views, and wonders that they please no more. 4. Do but note a wild and wanton herd, Or race of youthful and unhandled colts, Fetching mad bounds,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1927 - 68 էջ
...vain their Gifts the bounteous Seafons pour, The Fruit Autumnal, and the Vernal Flow'r, With liftlefs Eyes the Dotard views the Store, He views, and wonders that they pleafe no more ; Now pall the taftlefs Meats, and joylefs Wines, And Luxury with Sighs her Slave reiigns.... | |
 | Tom Peete Cross, Clement Tyson Goode - 1927 - 1432 էջ
...Hides from himself his state, and shuns to know, That life protracted is protracted woe. Time hovers o'er, impatient to destroy, And shuts up all the passages of joy; 260 In vain their gifts the bounteous seasons pour, The fruit autumnal, and the vernal flow'r; With... | |
 | Donald Davie - 1989 - 278 էջ
...clear as soon as we return the phrase to its context in 'The Vanity of Human Wishes': 'Time hovers o'er, impatient to destroy, /And shuts up all the Passages of Joy.' The life in Gunn's poems is life in Little-ease; and he persuades us while we read that this is true... | |
 | Carl R. Woodring, James Shapiro - 1995 - 936 էջ
...Hides from himself his state, and shuns to know. That life protracted is protracted woe. Time hovers o'er, impatient to destroy, And shuts up all the passages of joy; 260 In vain their gifts the bounteous seasons pour, The fruit autumnal, and the vemal flower; With... | |
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In health, in sickness, thus the suppliant prays; Hides from himself his state, and shuns to know, That life protracted is protracted woe. Time hovers o'er, impatient to destroy, And shuts up all the passages of joy: In vain their gifts the bounteous... 
