 Proceed, illustrious youth, And Virtue guard thee to the throne of Truth ! Yet should thy soul indulge the gen'rous heat Till captive Science yields her last retreat; Should Reason guide thee with her brightest ray, And pour on misty doubt resistless...  The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. - Seite 20von Samuel Johnson - 1806Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | 1782
...Nor Praife relax, nor Difficulty fright ; Should tempting Novelty thy cell refrain, And Sloth effufe her opiate fumes in vain ; Should Beauty blunt on...claim the triumph of a letter'd heart ; Should no Difeafe thy torpid veins invade, Nor Melancholy's phantoms haunt thy made; Yet hope not life from grief... | |
 | Robert Dodsley - 1782
...Nor Praife relax, nor Difficulty fright ; Should tempting Novelty thy cell refrain, And Sloth effufe her opiate fumes in vain ; Should Beauty blunt on...claim the triumph of a letter'd heart ; Should no Difeafe thy torpid veins invade, Nor Melancholy's phantoms haunt thy fhade; Yet hope not life from... | |
 | Decimus Junius Juvenalis - 1784
...And pour on mifty doubt refifllefa day ; Should no falfe Kindnefs lure to loofe delight, Nor Fraile relax, nor Difficulty fright; Should tempting Novelty thy cell refrain, And Sloth effufe her opiate fumes in vain ; ' Should beauty blunt on fops her fatal dart, Nor claim the triumph... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1785 - 196 Seiten
...greater than B»on fhall pail under it. Should tempting Novelty thy cell refrain, And Sloth effufe her opiate fumes in vain ; Should Beauty blunt on...claim the triumph of a letter'd heart ; Should no Difeafe thy torpid veins invade, Nor Melancholy's phantom* haunt thy fliade ; Yet hope not life from... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787
...And pour on mifty Doubt refiftlefs day ; Should no falfe kindnefs lure to loofe delight, Nor praife relax, nor difficulty fright ; Should tempting Novelty thy cell refrain, And Sloth effufe her opiate fumes in vain ; Should Beauty blunt on fops her fatal dart, Nor claim the triumph... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787
...And pour on mifty Doubt refiftlefs day ; Should no falfe kindnch. lure to loofe delight, Nor praife relax, nor difficulty fright ; Should tempting Novelty thy cell refrain, And Sloth effufe her opiate fumes in vain ; Should Beauty blunt on fops her fatal dart, Nor claim the triumph... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787
...And pour on mifty Doubt refiftlefs day ; Should no falfe kindnefs lure to loofe delight, Nor praife relax, nor difficulty fright ; Should tempting Novelty thy cell refrain, And Sloth effufe her opiate fumes in vain ; Should Beauty blunt on fops her fatal dart, Nor claim the triumph... | |
 | John Bell - 1789
...Yet should thy soul indulge the gen'rous heat, Till captive Science yields her last retreat ; Should Reason guide thee with her brightest ray, And pour...of a letter'd heart ; Should no Disease thy torpid reins invade, Nor Melancholy's phantoms haunt thy shade ; «8 EPISTLES SATIRICAL fftUt.Ji. Yet hope... | |
 | John Bell - 1789
...Yet should thy soul indulge the gen'rous heat, Till captive Science yields her last retreat ; Should Reason guide thee with her brightest ray, And pour...fatal dart, Nor claim the triumph of a letter'd heart ; . •• si Should no Disease thy torpid reins invade, Nor Melancholy's phantoms haunt thy shade... | |
 | English poets - 1790
...And pour on mifty Doubt refiftlefs day ; Should no falfe kindnefs lure to loofe delight, Nor praife relax, nor difficulty fright ; Should tempting Novelty thy cell refrain, And Sloth effufe her opiate fumes in vain ; Should Beauty blunt on fops her fatal dart, Nor claim the triumph... | |
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