 | Samuel Johnson - 1809 - 372 էջ
...suppliant prays ; Hides from .himself his state, and shuns to know, That life protracted is protracted wo. Time hovers o'er, impatient to destroy, And shuts...store, He views, and wonders that they please no more ; .Now pall the tasteless meats, and joyless wines, And Luxury with sighs her slave resigns. Approach,... | |
 | British poets - 1809 - 526 էջ
...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...of joy: In vain their gifts the bounteous Seasons poctr, The fruit antumnal, and the vernal flow'r, With listless eyes the dotard views the store. He... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 656 էջ
...suppliant prays : Hides from himself its state, and shuns to knew, That life protracted is protracted woe. Time hovers o'er, impatient to destroy, And shuts...of joy : In vain their gifts the bounteous seasons poor, The fruit autumnal, and the vernal flow'r; With listless eyes the dotard views the store, He... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 648 էջ
...suppliant prays : Hides from himself its slate, 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 gift* the bounteous seasons pour. The fruit autumnal, and the vernal flow*r; With listless eyes the... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 206 էջ
...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...store, He views, and wonders that they please no more , Now pall the tasteless meats, and joyless wines, And Luxury with sighs her slave resigns. Approach,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Francis William Blagdon - 1811 - 250 էջ
...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 : Jfa vain their gifts the bounteous Seasons pour, The fruit autumnal, and the vernal flow'r, With... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1816 - 506 էջ
...prays : Hides from himself his state, and shuns to know, \J That life protracted is protracted woe. Time hovers o'er, impatient to destroy, And shuts...store, He views, and wonders that they please no more ; Now pall the tasteless meats, and joyless wines, And Luxury with sighs her slave resigns. Approach,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1816 - 154 էջ
...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...bounteous seasons pour, The fruit autumnal, and the vernal flower, With listless eyes the dotard views the store, He views, and wonders that they please no more... | |
 | 1817 - 314 էջ
...make his will. Hides from himself his state, and shuns to know, That life protracted is protracted wo. Time hovers o'er, impatient to destroy, And shuts...bounteous Seasons pour, The fruit autumnal, and the vernal ttow'r, With listless eyes the dotard views the store, He views, and wonders, that they please no more... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - 1819 - 498 էջ
...suppliant prays: Hides from himself its state, and shuns to know, That life protracted is protracted woe. Time hovers o'er, impatient to destroy, And shuts...store, He views, and wonders that they please no more ; Now pall the tasteless meats, and joyless wines, And Luxury with sighs her slave resigns. Approach,... | |
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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... 
