 | William Spalding - 1872 - 482 páginas
...peace he dwells And from the crowded fold in order drives His flock, to taste the verdure of the morn. Falsely luxurious, will not man awake, And, springing from the bed of sloth, enjoy 7. The middle of the eighteenth century gave birth, we see, to good poets; but it was nevertheless... | |
 | English poetry - 1873 - 390 páginas
...he dwells ; And from the crowded fold, in order, drives His flock, to taste the verdure of the morn. Falsely luxurious, will not Man awake, And, springing...a life ; Total extinction of th' enlightened soul ! Or else to feverish vanity alive, Wilder'd, and tossing thro' distemper'd dreams ? Who would in such... | |
 | James Thomson - 1873 - 758 páginas
...he dwells ; And from the crowded fold, in order, drives His flock, to taste the verdure of the morn. Falsely luxurious! will not man awake, And, springing...the silent hour, To meditation due and sacred song ? 70 For is there aught in sleep can charm the wise ? To lie in dead oblivion, losing half The fleeting... | |
 | Richard Green Parker, James Madison Watson - 1873 - 614 páginas
...lettered ease. He was friendly, shy and indolent. His noted lines in favor of early rising, commencing — Falsely luxurious, will not man awake, And springing from the bed of sloth, itc., were written in bed. SECTION II. L 3. NEVER DESPAIR. is no trait of human character so potential'... | |
 | James Robert Boyd - 1874 - 420 páginas
...the most beautiful interrogatories: " Falsely luxurious, will not man awake, And springing from his bed of sloth, enjoy The cool, the fragrant, and the...song ? For is there aught in sleep can charm the wise I To lie in dead oblivion, losing half The fleeting moments of too short life; Total extinction of... | |
 | David Landsborough - 1875 - 510 páginas
...this " hour of prime ! " It is said that Thomson wrote in bed these fine objurgatory lines : — " Falsely luxurious, will not man awake, And, springing...and the silent hour, To meditation due and sacred sonsj ? " It may be so ; but if the following lines were written in bed, they are so true to nature... | |
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - 1875 - 794 páginas
...if my trembling pen displays What never yet was sung in mortal lays. THOMSON: Castle of Indolence. Is there aught in sleep can charm the wise ? To lie...losing half The fleeting moments of too short a life ; Fatal extinction of th' enlighten'd soul ! Or else to fevering vanity alive, Wilder'd, and tossing... | |
 | Charles James Dunphie - 1876 - 390 páginas
...of the beams dancing upon the crystallized rime with which trees and hedge-rows are begemmed : — " Falsely luxurious, will not man awake ; And, springing...fleeting moments of too short a life, Total extinction of the enlighten'd soul ! Or else to feverish vanity alive, Wilder'd and tossing through distemper'd dreams?... | |
 | Rossiter Johnson - 1876 - 840 páginas
...he dwells; And from the crowded fold, in order, drives His flock lo taste the verdure of the morn. ys, once perplex'd with thorn. The spiry fir and shapely...weed. The lambs with wolves shall graze the verdant t To lie in dead oblivion, losing half The fleeting moments of too short a life; Total extinction of... | |
 | James Croston - 1876 - 460 páginas
...shall not stop to inquire, but certain it is, there is no exertion that is more richly rewarded. " Falsely luxurious, will not man awake, And, springing...the silent hour, To meditation due, and sacred song 1 For is there aught in sleep can charm the wise ? Who would in such a gloomy state remain Longer than... | |
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Falsely luxurious ! will not man awake ; And, springing from the bed of sloth, enjoy The cool, the fragrant, and the silent hour, To meditation due, and sacred song... 
