MORTAL MAN, who livest here by toil, Do not complain of this thy hard estate ; That like an emmet thou must ever moil, Is a sad sentence of an ancient date ; And, certes, there is for it reason great ; For, tho' sometimes it makes thee weep and wail,... Lives of Eminent Scotsmen - Página 166por Joseph Robertson, Society of Ancient Scots - 1821Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
| James Thomson - 1763 - 458 páginas
...there is for it fealbn great; For, tho' fometimes it makes thee weep and wait, And curfe thy ftar, and early drudge and late, Withouten that would come an heavier bale, •toofe life, unruly paflions, and dMeafes pale. II. In lowly date, faft by a river's fide, With woody... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1779 - 628 páginas
...there is for it reafon great ; For, though fometimes it makes thee weep and wail, And curfe thy ftar, and early drudge and late, Withouten that would come an heavier bale, Loofe life, unruly paffions, and difcafes pale. II. In lowly dale, faft by a river's fide, With woody... | |
| James Thomson, Patrick Murdoch - 1788 - 326 páginas
...there is for it reafon great ; For, tho' fometimes it makes thee weep and wail, And curfe thy ftar, and early drudge and late, Withouten that would come an heavier bale, Loofe life, unruly paffions, and difeafes pale. II. In lowly dale, faft by a river's fide, With woody... | |
| English poets - 1790 - 292 páginas
...there is for it reafon great; For, though fometimes if ntakes thee weep and wail» And curfe thy ftar, and early drudge and late, Withouten that would come an heavier bale, Loofe life, unruly paffions, and difeafes pale. II. In lowly dale, faft by a river's fide, With woody... | |
| Vicesimus Knox - 1791 - 966 páginas
...ccrtcs, there is for it reafon great; For, tho'fometimcs it makes thce weep and wail, And curfe thy liar, d unite, And fweetly melt into juft ftiade and light; When mellowing Loofe life, unruly pafiions, and difeafcs pale. In lowly dale, faft by a river's fide, With woody hill... | |
| Robert Anderson - 1795 - 972 páginas
...there is for it rrafdn great ', For, though fometimcs it makes thee weep and wail, And curfe thy ftar, and early drudge and late, Withouten that would come an heavier bale, Loofe life, unruly paffions, and difeafes pale. In lowly dale, faft by a river's fide, With woody hill... | |
| Vicesimus Knox - 1796 - 574 páginas
...thcie is for it rcafun great; For, tho' fometimes it makes thce weep and wail, And curfe thy ftar, and early drudge and late; Withouten that would come an heavier bale, Loofe life, unruly paillons, and difcafcs pale. In lowly dale, fail by a river's fide, With woody hill... | |
| James Thomson - 1802 - 340 páginas
...moil, Is a sad sentence of an ancient date; And, certes, there is for it reason great; For, though sometimes it makes thee weep and wail, And curse thy...bale, Loose life, unruly passions, and diseases pale. II. In lowly dale, fast by a river's side, With woody hill o'er hill encompass'd round, A more enchanting... | |
| James Thomson - 1802 - 344 páginas
...by toil, Do not complain of this thy hard estate; That like an emmet thou must ever moil, Is a sad sentence of an ancient date; And, certes, there is for it reason great; For, though sometimes it makes thee weep and wail, And curse thy star, and early drudge and late, Withouten... | |
| James Thomson, Patrick Murdoch - 1802 - 368 páginas
...by toil, Do not complain of this thy hard estate; That like an emmet thou must ever moil, Is a sad sentence of an ancient date; And, certes, there is for it reason great ; For, though sometimes it makes thee weep and wail, And curse thy star, and early drudge and late, Withoutcn... | |
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