Too foon •Convinc'd, fhall yield that fleeting breath, Which play'd fo idly with the darts of death. Some from the ftranded veflel force their way ; Fearful of Fate, they meet it in the fea : Some who efcape the fury of the wave, Sicken on earth, and... Essays - Page 76by Michel de Montaigne - 1800 - 262 pagesFull view - About this book
| Matthew Prior - 1779 - 480 pages
...Fate, they meet it in the fea : Some who efcape the fury of the wave, Sicken on earth, and fink into a grave : In journies or at home, in war or peace, By...many, many fall by eafe. Each changing feafon does its poifon bring, Rheums chill the winter, agues blaft the fpring; Wet, dry, cold, hot, at the appointed... | |
| Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1779 - 322 pages
...it in the fea: Some, who efeape the fury of the wave, Sicken on earth, and fink into a grave t 3 In In journies or at home, in war or peace, By hardfhips...many, many fall by eafe. Each changing feafon does its poifon bring ; Rheums chill the winter, agues blaft the fpring: Wet, dry, cold, hot, at the appointed... | |
| Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1779 - 370 pages
...the fea r Some, who efeape the fury of the ware, Sicken on earth, and link into a grave : In journks or at home, in war or peace, By hardfhips many, many fall by eafe. Each changing feafon does its poifon bring; Rheums chill the winter, agues blaft the fpring : Wet, dry, cold, hot, at the appointed... | |
| English poets - 1790 - 326 pages
...fate, they meet it in the fea : Some, who efcape the fury of the wave, Sicken on earth, and fink into a grave : In journies or at home, in war or peace, By...many, many fall by eafe. Each changing feafon does its poifon bring ; Rheums chill the winter, agues blaft the fpriiig : Wet, dry, cold, hot, at the appointed... | |
| Matthew Prior - 1802 - 504 pages
...they meet it in the fea : Some, who efcape the fury of the wave, 45 Sicken on earth, and fink into a grave. In journies or at home, in war or peace, By hardfhips many, many fall by eafe. I;-ach changing leafon does its poifon bring, Rheums chill the winter, agues blaft the fpring : 5°... | |
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