 Nor luft, nor wine, impair the fprings of life. Him Fortune cannot fink, nor much elate, Whofe views extend beyond this mortal ftate ; By age when fummon'd to refign his breath, Calm, and ferene, he fees approaching death, As the fafe port, the peaceful...  The Works of Soame Jenyns, Esq. ...: Including Several Pieces Never Before ... - Seite 243von Soame Jenyns, Charles Nalson Cole - 1791 - 411 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Collection - 1758 - 354 Seiten
...ftrife, Nor luft, nor wine, impair the fprings of life. Him Fortune can not fink, nor much elate, Whofe views extend beyond this mortal ftate ; By age when...death, As the fafe port, the peaceful filent fhore, Where he may reft, life's tedious voyage o'er : He, and he only, is of death afraid, Whom his own confcience... | |
 | Collection - 1765 - 418 Seiten
...ftrife, Nor luft, nor wine, impair the fprings of life. Him Fortune cannot fink, nor much elate, Whofe views extend beyond this mortal ftate ; By age when...approaching death, As the fafe port, the peaceful filent more, Where he may reft, life's tedious voyage o'er : He, and he only, is of death afraid, Whom his... | |
 | Robert Dodsley - 1765 - 412 Seiten
...flrife, Nor luflr, nor wine, impair the fprings of life. Him Fortune cannot fink, nor much elate, Whofe views extend beyond this mortal ftate ; By age when...breath, Calm, and ferene, he fees approaching death, G 4 - . As As the fafe port, the peaceful filent fhore, Where he may reft, life's tedious voyage o'er... | |
 | Isaac Hawkins Browne - 1768 - 182 Seiten
...Nor luft, nor wine, impair the fprings Of life. 280 Him Fortune can not fink, nor much elate, Whofe views extend beyond this mortal ftate; By age when...approaching death, As the fafe port, the peaceful filent more, 385 Where he may reft, life's tedious voyage o'er: He, and he only, is of death afraid, Whom... | |
 | Soame Jenyns - 1770 - 468 Seiten
...ftrife, Nor luft, nor wine, impair the fprings of life. Him Fortune cannot fink, nor much elate, Whofe views extend beyond this mortal ftate ; By age when...approaching death, As the fafe port, the peaceful filent more, Where he may reft, life's tedious voyage o'er : He, and he only, is of death afraid, Whom his... | |
 | Soame Jenyns - 1790 - 324 Seiten
...Nor luft, nor wine, impair the fprings of life. 280 Him Fortune cannot fink, nor much elate, Whofe views extend beyond this mortal ftate ; By age when...Where he may reft, life's tedious voyage o'er : He, Scilicet hunc unum mortis vicinia terret, 275 Qui fibi praemetuit fi quid poft funera reftet ; Non... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - 1796 - 574 Seiten
...Whofe views extend beyond this mortal ftatc ; By age when fumtnon'd to rcfig'i his breath, Calm, anil ferene, he fees approaching death, As the fafe port, the peaceful filent (höre, Where he may reft, life's tedious voyage o'er : He, and he only, is of death afraid, Whom his... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - 1809 - 604 Seiten
...serene, he sees approaching death, A< the safe port, the peaceful silent shore, \\ here he may rest, the sml cypress gloom ; The land of apparitions, cmptv shades ; A \\ horn his own conscience has a coward made ; Whilst he who Virtue's radiant course has run, Descends... | |
 | Ezekiel Sanford, Robert Walsh - 1822 - 560 Seiten
...and serene, he sees approaching death As the safe port, the peaceful silent shore, Where he may rest, life's tedious voyage o'er: He, and he only, is of death afraid, Whom his own conscience has a coward made ; Whilst he, who virtue's radiant course has run, Descends like a serenely... | |
 | 1843 - 280 Seiten
...serene, he sees approaching death, As the safe port, the peaceful silent shore, Where he may rest, life's tedious voyage o'er : He, and he only, is of death afraid, Whom his own conscience has a coward made; Whilst he, who Virtue's radiant course has run, Descends like a serenely... | |
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