...v. 137. Thomson's Poems: Life by Murdoch (1802), p. 24. Yet this was the poct who had written : — Falsely luxurious ! Will not man awake, And springing...silent hour To meditation due and sacred song ? • For iK there ought in sleep can charm the wise 1 To lie in dark oblivion, losing half The fleetiug moments...

...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...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...

...of sloth, enjoy The cool, the fragrant, and the silent hour, To meditation due and sacred song ? 70 For is there aught in sleep can charm the wise ? To...moments of too short a life — Total extinction of the enlightened soul ! 49 So in 1744. The line, added in 1730, reads — Till far o'er ether shoots...

...age, and fewer still ever became distinguished, who were not in the habit of early rising.— J. Toad. Is there aught in sleep can charm the wise to lie...losing half the fleeting moments of too short a life? — Thomson. I would have it inscribed on the curtains of your bed and the walls of your chamber :...

...age, and fewer still ever became distinguished, who were not in the habit of early rising.— J. Todd. Is there aught in sleep can charm the wise to lie...half the fleeting moments of too short a life?— Thomson. I would have it inscribed on the curtains of voiir bed and the walls of your chamber : " íf...

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...Order, drives His Flock, to taste the Verdure of the Morn. Falsely luxurious, will not Man awake; D6 7 And, springing from the Bed of Sloth, enjoy The cool, the fragrant, and the silent Hour, 70 To Meditation due, and sacred Song? For is there aught in Sleep can charm the Wise? To lie in dead...

...Order, drives His Flock, to taste the Verdure of the Morn. Falsely luxurious, will not Man awake; u And, springing from the Bed of Sloth, enjoy The cool, the fragrant, and the silent Hour, /o To Meditation due, and sacred Song? For is there aught in Sleep can charm the Wise? To lie in dead...

...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 u I V The cool, the fragrant, and the silent hour, / XJTo meditation due and sacred song ? / 70 For...

...twins of winged race, Of matchless swiftness, but of silent pace. 4679 Pope: Iliad. Bk. xvi. Line 831 Is there aught in sleep can charm the wise? To lie...moments of too short a life; Total extinction of th' enlighten'd soul, Who would in such a gloomy state remain Longer than nature craves? 4680 Thomson :...