 tis madness to defer: Next day the fatal precedent will plead ; Thus on, till wisdom is push'd out of life. Procrastination is the thief of time ; Year after year it steals, till all are fled, And to the mercies of a moment leaves The vast concerns of...  Elegant Extracts - Seite 115herausgegeben von - 1809Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Henrietta Maria Moriarty - 1811
...Lorenzo! a slow, sudden death. How dreadful that deliberate surprise! Be wise to-day, 'tis madness to defer ; Next day, the fatal precedent will plead !...till all are fled, And to the mercies of a moment leave's The vast concerns of an eternal scene ! If not so frequent, would not this be strange ? That... | |
 | Henrietta Maria Moriarty - 1811
...Lorenzo! a slow, sndden death. How dreadful that deliberate surprise! Be wise to-day, 'tis madness to defer ; Next day, the fatal precedent will plead!...till all are fled, And to the mercies of a moment leave's The vast concerns of an eternal scene ! If not so frequent, would not this be strange ? That... | |
 | Edward Young - 1811
...LORENZO ! a slaw sudden death* How dreadful that deliberate surprise ! Be wise to-day ; 'tis madness to defer ; Next day the fatal precedent will plead ;...time ; Year after year it steals, till all are fled, 14* And to the mercies of a moment leaves The vast concerns of an eternal scene. If not so frequent,... | |
 | Granville Penn - 1812 - 311 Seiten
...not having hereafter to lament its misapplication. .;. . -. ./ ;.:,,h Be wise to-day, 'tis madness to defer ; Next day the fatal precedent will plead, Thus...all are fled, And to the mercies of a moment leaves ;V; ,•,; The vast concerns of an. eternal scene ! , •l-. .j . If not so frequent, would not this... | |
 | Edward Young - 1812
...Be wise to-day; 'tis madness to defer: Next day the fatal precedent will plead ; 14 THE COMPLAINT. Thus on, till wisdom is push'd out of life. Procrastination is the thief of time; Year after year it steak, till all are fled, And to the mercies of a moment leaves The vast concerns of an eternal scene.... | |
 | Edward Young - 1813 - 168 Seiten
...Lorenzo ! a slow-sudden death ; How dreadful that deliberate surprise ! Be wise to-day ; 'tis madness to defer : Next day the fatal precedent will plead >...strange ? That 'tis so frequent, this is stranger still. Of man's miraculous mistakes this bears The pahu, ' That all men are about to live/ For ever on the... | |
 | Edward Young - 1813 - 352 Seiten
...LORENZO! a slow sudden death. , How dreadful that deliberate surprise ! Be wise to-day; 'tis madness to defer : Next day the fatal precedent will plead ;...strange? That 'tis so frequent, this is stranger still. Of man's miraculous mistakes, this bears The palm, " that all men are about to live," For ever on the... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1813
...SECTION IX, On Proerastination. BE wise to-day; 'tis madness to defer? Next day the fatal preeedent will plead; Thus on, till wisdom is push'd out of...after year it steals, till all are fled; And to the mereies of a moment leaves The vast eoneerns of an eternal seene. Of man's miraeulous mistakes, this... | |
 | 1813
...what may be done to-day, may never have a morrow to do it in. " Be wist to day, 'tis madnesi to defcr. Next day the fatal precedent will plead. Thus on till...Procrastination is the thief of time ; Year after \<-;ir it steals, till all are fled, And to the mercies of a moment leaves The vast concerns of an... | |
 | Edward Young - 1815
...LORENZO ! a slow sudden death. How dreadful that deliberate surprise ! Be wise to-day; 'tis madness to defer; Next day the fatal precedent will plead ; Thus...scene. If not so frequent, would not this be strange 1 That 'tis so frequent, This is stranger still. Of man's miraculous mistakes, this bears The palm,... | |
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