 Resolve, resolve, and to be men aspire. Exert that noblest privilege, alone, Here to mankind indulged ; control desire ; Let godlike Reason, from her sovereign throne, Speak the commanding word — I Will ! — and it is done.  Ireland and Her Agitators - Page 147by William J. O'Neill Daunt - 1867 - 300 pagesFull view - About this book
 | James Anderson - Agriculture and state - 1777 - 580 pages
...AND RURAL AFFAIRS. Refolve, refolve, and to be men afpire • Let godlike Reafon, from her fovereign throne, Speak the commanding word I WILL, and it is done. THOMSON. EDINBURGH: PRINTED FOR T. CADELL, LONDON; AND C.ELLIOT, EDINBURGH. MDCCLXXVII. 6IFT OF •ANIELB.FEARINQ... | |
 | James Thomson - 1802 - 340 pages
...men aspire. ," Exert that noblest privilege, alone, " Here to mankind indulg'd: controul desire: " Let godlike Reason, from her sovereign throne, " Speak...the commanding word — I will ! — and it is done. LXI. " Heavens ! can you then thus waste, in shameful wise, " Your few important days of trial here... | |
 | Medicine - 1804 - 462 pages
...indiscretions. Crave the support of reason and religion. ' Let god-like Reason, from her sov'reign throne, Speak the commanding word — I will — and it is done.' Thomson. Do not be lulled into a false security, founded on one or two incorrigible drunkards enjoying seeming... | |
 | William Somervile - 1811 - 312 pages
...and to be men aspire. Exert that noblest privilege, alone, here to mankind indulg'd: controul desire; let godlike reason, from her sovereign throne, speak the commanding word — I mitt — and it is done. Heavens ! can you then thus waste, in shameful whe your few important days... | |
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1820 - 832 pages
...to be men aspire. Exert that noblest privilege, alone, Here to mankind indulg'd : controul desire : t slumbers that can wake and weep ;" Desires compos'd, affections ever even ; uill — and it is done. " Heavens ! can you then thus waste, in shameful wise, Your few important... | |
 | Classical poetry - 1822 - 278 pages
...to be men aspire. Exert that noblest privilege, alone, Here to mankind indulged ; control desire : Let godlike Reason, from her sovereign throne, Speak...the commanding word — I will! — and it is done. LXI. ' Heavens ! can you then thus waste, in shameful Your few important days of trial here 1 [wise,... | |
 | William Banks - English language - 1823 - 462 pages
...and to be men aspire: Exert that noblest privilege alone, Here to mankind indulged ; control desire ; Let godlike Reason, from her sovereign throne, Speak...the commanding word — I will ! — and it is done. THOMSON'S Cast- of Ind. In these and similar instances, it is obvious that no change takes place in... | |
 | William Hazlitt - English poetry - 1824 - 1062 pages
...and to be men aspire. Exert that noblest privilege, alone, Here to mankind indulg'd: controul desire: uxury succeeds. And every death its own avenger breeds ; The fury-passions from that blood began, And " Heavens ! can you then thus waste, in shameful Your few important days of trial here ? [wise, Heirs... | |
 | Eliza Robbins - Children's poetry - 1828 - 408 pages
...to be men aspire. Exert that noblest privilege, alone, Here to mankind indulg'd : control desire : Let godlike reason, from her sovereign throne, Speak the commanding word — I wiR — and it is done." William Collins died at the age of thirty-five, 1756. The latter years of... | |
 | Thomas Griffith - Sermons, English - 1830 - 518 pages
...penetrate into the heart ? The moralist may cry,—" Exert your energies !" The poet may exhort, " Resolve, Resolve, and to be men aspire ! Let Godlike Reason,...Speak the commanding word, I will, and it is done."— But,—the answer of the heart from every man who has not true religious faith, will be, " 'Tis rising... | |
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