 ... prays; Hides from himself his state, and shuns to know, That life protracted is protracted woe. Time hovers o'er, impatient to destroy, And shuts up all the passages of joy; In vain their gifts the bounteous seasons pour, The fruit autumnal, and the...  The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. - Seite 23von Samuel Johnson - 1806Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | John Wesley Hales - 1872 - 552 Seiten
...their gifts the bounteous seasons pour, The fruit autumnal and the vernal flow'r; With listless eyes the dotard views the store : He views, and wonders...more. Now pall the tasteless meats and joyless wines, 265 And Luxury with sigbs her slave resigns. Approach, ye minstrels, try the soothing strain, Diffuse... | |
 | Samuel Orchart Beeton - 1873 - 782 Seiten
...pour, The fruit autumnal, and the vernal flower ; With listless eyes the dotard views the store, i He views, and wonders that they please no more ; Now...lenitives of pain : No sounds, alas ! would touch the impervious ear, Though dancing mountains witness'd Orpheus near ; Nor lute nor lyre his feeble... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron, Thomas Moore - 1873 - 798 Seiten
...their gifts the bounteous seasons pour, The fruit autumnal, and the vernal flow'r ; With listless eyes the dotard views the store, He views, and wonders that they please no more." Vanity of Human ll'ului.] * [" What opposite discoveries we have seen ! ( Signs of true genius, and... | |
 | 1876 - 848 Seiten
...their gifts the bounteous seasons pour, The fruit autumnal and the vernal flower ; With listless eyes the dotard views the store, He views and wonders that...joyless wines, And luxury with sighs her slave resigns. That is not bad verse of its sort, but it must be admitted that it does not paint the vanity of the... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1876 - 76 Seiten
...seasons pour, The fruit autumnal, and the vernal flow'r ; With listless eyes the dotard views thé store, He views, and wonders that they please no more...; Now pall the tasteless meats and joyless wines, 265 And Luxury with sighs her slave resigns. Approach, ye minstrels, try the soothing strain, Diffuse... | |
 | Juvenal, Sulpicia - 1876 - 588 Seiten
...eat and what I drink ? can I hear any more the voice of singing men and singing women ?" 3 Vini. " Now pall the tasteless meats, and joyless wines, And Luxury with sighs her slave resigns." Johnson. 4 Vtribus. Shakspeare, King Henry IV., Part ii., Act ii., sc. 4, "Is it not strange that desire... | |
 | Charles Anderson Dana - 1878 - 882 Seiten
...pour, The fruit autumnal and the vernal flower ; With listless eyes the dotard views the store, По views, and wonders that they please no more; Now pall...tuneful lenitives of pain ; No sounds, alas! would touch the impervious ear, Though dancing mountains witnessed Orpheus near ; Nor lute nor lyre his feebler... | |
 | John Wesley Hales - 1878 - 772 Seiten
...He views, and wonders that they please no more. Now pall the tasteless meats and joyless wines, 265 And Luxury with sighs her slave resigns. Approach,...ear, Though dancing mountains witness'd Orpheus near ; 270 Nor lute nor lyre his feeble pow'rs attend, Nor sweeter musick of a virtuous friend ; But everlasting... | |
 | 1878 - 446 Seiten
...their gifts the bounteous seasons pour, The fruit autumnal and the vernal flower: With listless eyes the dotard views the store; He views and wonders that they please no more. Now palls the tasteless meats and joyless wines, And Luxury with sighs her slave resigns. Approach, ye... | |
 | Henry Troth Coates - 1881 - 1138 Seiten
...their gifts the bounteous seasons pour, The fruit autumnal and the vernal flower ; With listless eyes 881 : Ko sounds, alas ! would touch th' impervious ear, . Though dancing mountains witness'd Orpheus near... | |
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