| Washington Irving - 1851 - 402 Seiten
...fly ! For him no wretches, bom to work and weep, Explore the mine, or tempt the dangerous deep ; Nor surly porter stands, in guilty state, To spurn imploring...befriending virtue's friend ; Sinks to the grave with unperceived decay, While resignation gently slopes the way ; And all his prospects brightening to the... | |
| William Draper Swan - 1851 - 442 Seiten
...ease ; Who quits a world where strong temptations try, And, since 'tis hard to combat, learns to fly. For him no wretches, born to work and weep, Explore...stands, in guilty state, To spurn imploring famine from his gate : But on he moves to meet his latter end, Angels around befriending virtue's friend ; Sinks... | |
| Bradford Kinney Peirce - 1851 - 512 Seiten
...it ascend the mount, transfigured, glorified, and enriched with the beams of celestial majesty." " But on he moves to meet his latter end, Angels around...befriending virtue's friend; Sinks to the grave with unperceived decay, While resignation gently slopes the way; And all his prospects bright'ning to the... | |
| 1859 - 748 Seiten
...Take this gem of a description, portraying him who crowns ' A youth of labour with an age of ease, And on he moves to meet his latter end, Angels around,...befriending virtue's friend, Sinks to the grave, with unperceived decay, While resignation gently slopes the way ; And all his prospects brightening to the... | |
| Washington Irving - 1851 - 400 Seiten
...ease ; Who quits a world where strong temptations try, And, since 'tis hard to combat, learns to fly ! For him no wretches, born to work and weep, Explore the mine, or tempt the dangerous deep ; Nor surly porter stands, in guilty state, To spurn imploring famine from the gate ; But on he moves... | |
| Joseph Guy - 1852 - 458 Seiten
...; Who quits a world where strong temptations try, And, since 't is hard to combat, learns to fly ! For him no wretches, born to work and weep, Explore...dangerous deep ; No surly porter stands, in guilty state, i To spurn imploring famine from the gate ; But on he moves to meet his latter end, Angels around befriending... | |
| Herbert Charles O'Neill - 1919 - 480 Seiten
...ease ; Who quits a world where strong temptations try, And, since 'tis hard to combat, learns to fly I For him no wretches, born to work and weep. Explore the mine, or tempt the dangerous deep ; Nor surly porter stands in guilty state. To spurn imploring famine from the gate : But on he moves... | |
| John Drinkwater - 1922 - 288 Seiten
...ease; Who quits a world where strong temptations try, And, since 't is hard to combat, learns to fly! For him no wretches, born to work and weep, Explore...latter end, Angels around befriending Virtue's friend; Bends to the grave with unperceived decay, While Resignation gently slopes the way; And, all his prospects... | |
| Harry Morgan Ayres, Frederick Morgan Padelford - 1924 - 942 Seiten
...ease ; Who quits a world where strong temptations try, And, since 'tis hard to combat, learns to fly! elt he bar ful thriftily, (Wel coude he dresse his...not-heed hadde he, with a broun visage. Of wode-craft ; Bends to the grave with unperceived decay, While resignation gently slopes the way ; And, all his... | |
| William Cullen Bryant - 1925 - 424 Seiten
...since 't is hard to combat, learns to fly ! For him no wretches, born to work and weep, Explore tho mine, or tempt the dangerous deep ; No surly porter...befriending virtue's friend ; Sinks to the grave with uuperceived decay, While resignation gently slopes the way ; And, all his prospects brightening to... | |
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