Believe me, royal youth, thy fruit must be, Or gather'd ripe, or rot upon the tree. Heav'n has to all allotted, soon or late, Some lucky revolution of their fate: Whose motions if we watch and guide with skill, (For human good depends on human will,)... The Works of John Dryden: In Verse and Prose - Page 41by John Dryden - 1859Full view - About this book
| Edward Bysshe - English language - 1710 - 620 pages
...tll allotted, fooa or late, (Gran. Some lucky Revolutions of their Fate : Whofe Motions if we watch and guide with Skill, (For human Good depends on human Will) Our Fortune rolls as from afmooth Defcent, And from the firft Ienpreflion takes the Bent : But if unfeiz'd, fhe glides away like... | |
| Charles Gildon - Criticism - 1718 - 490 pages
...allotted, foon or lace, Some lucky Revolutions of theit Fate : "Whofe Motions, if we watch and gwide with Skill, (For human Good depends on human Will) Our Fortune rolls as from a fmooth Defcenr, And from the firft Impreflion takes the Bent : But if unfeiz'd, fhe glides away like... | |
| John Dryden - 1808 - 382 pages
...of their fate ; Whose motions, if we watch and guide with skill, (For tinman good depends on liuman will) Our fortune rolls as from a smooth descent, And from the first impression takes the bent ; But if nnseiz'd, she glides away like wind, And leaves rcntmthie folly far behind. Now, now... | |
| Regina Maria Roche - English fiction - 1807 - 352 pages
...soon or late, Some lucky revolutions of their fate, Whose motions, if we watch and guide with skili, (For human good depends on human will.) Our fortune...smooth descent, And from the first impression takes the bent; But, if unseiz'd, she glides away like w ind, And leaves repenting Folly far behind." DKYDXN.... | |
| John Dryden - English literature - 1808 - 482 pages
...has to all allotted, soon or late, Some lucky revolution of their fate ; Whose motions if we watch and guide with skill, (For human good depends on human...smooth descent, And from the first impression takes the bent ; But, if unseized, she glides away like wind, And leaves repenting folly far behind. Now, now... | |
| John Dryden - 1808 - 476 pages
...has to all allotted, soon or late, Some lucky revolution of their fate ; Whose motions if we watch and guide with skill, (For human good depends on human...smooth descent, And from the first impression takes the bent ; But, if unseized, she glides away like wind, And leaves repenting folly far behind. Now, now... | |
| John Dryden, Thomas Park - 1808 - 374 pages
...has to all allotted, soon or late, Some lucky revolution of their fate ; Whose motions, it' we watch and guide with skill, (For human good depends on human...smooth descent, And from the first impression takes the bent ; But if unseiz'd, she glides away like wind, And leaves repenting folly far behind. Now, now... | |
| 1809 - 402 pages
...Some lucky revolution of their fate; Whose motions if ire watch and, guide with skill, For hitmuii good depends on human will, . Our fortune rolls as from a smooth descent, And from the firat impression takes tiw bent: But, if unseii'd, she glides aw»y like wind, And leaves repenting... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 654 pages
...has to all allotted, soon or late, Some lucky revolution of their fate: Whose motions, if we watch M J9P O O N D D / bent ; But if unseiz'd, she glides away like wind, And leaves repenting Folly far behind. Now, now... | |
| Ezekiel Sanford - English poetry - 1819 - 410 pages
...has to all allotted, soon or late. Some lucky revolution of their fate : Whose motions, if we watch and guide with skill, (For human good depends on human...smooth descent, And from the first impression takes the bent ; But if unseiz'd, she glides away like wind, And leaves repenting folly far behind. Now, now... | |
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