 Who quits a world where strong temptations try, And, since 'tis hard to combat, learns to fly! For him no wretches, born to work and weep, Explore the mine, or tempt the dangerous deep...  Oliver Goldsmith: A Biography - Pagina 264door Washington Irving - 1868 - 427 pagina’sVolledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1770 - 44 pagina’s
...dangerous deep ; No furly porter ftands in guilty ftate To fpurn imploring famine from his gate, But on he moves to meet his latter end, Angels around...; Sinks to the grave with unperceived decay, While refignation gently flopes the way ; And all his profpecls brightening to the la/1, His Heaven commences... | |
 | Ralph Griffiths, G. E. Griffiths - 1770 - 604 pagina’s
...dangerous deep ; No furly porter Hands in guilty ftate To fpurn imploring famine from his gate, But on he moves to meet his latter end, Angels around...; Sinks to the grave with unperceived decay, While refignation gently Hopes the way ; And all his profpefts brightening to the la!l, His heaven commences... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1771 - 590 pagina’s
...dangerous deep, j No ftfrly portt-r ftands in guilty ftate, To fpurn imploring famine from the gate, Bat on he moves to meet his latter end, Angels around befriending virtue's friend ; Bends to the grave with unperceived decay* While resignation gently flopes the way ; And all his... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1774 - 70 pagina’s
...dangerous deep ; No furly porter ftands in guilty ftate To fpurn imploring famine from the gate ; But on he moves to meet his latter end, Angels around befriending Virtue's friend ; Bends to the grave with unperceived decay, While refignation gently flopes the way ; And all his... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1780 - 204 pagina’s
...dangerous deep j No furly porter ftands in guilty ftate, To fpurn imploring famine from his gate; But on he moves to meet his latter end, Angels around...befriending virtue's friend ; Sinks to the grave with unperceiv'd decay, While refignation gently flopes the way ; And all his profpedts brightning to the... | |
 | 1785 - 304 pagina’s
...dang'rous deep ; No furly porter ftands in guilty ftate, To fpurn imploring famine from the gate ; But on he moves to meet his latter end, Angels around...befriending virtue's friend; Sinks to the grave with unperceiv'd decay, While refignatio-i gently flopes the way ; And all his profpeAs bright'ning to the... | |
 | 1787 - 430 pagina’s
...dang'rous deep ; No furly porter ftands., in guilty ftate, To fpurn imploring famine from the gate : But on he moves to meet his latter end, Angels around befriending virtue's friend ; Bends to the grave with unperceiv'd decay, While refignation gently flopes the way, And all his profpefts,... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1791 - 206 pagina’s
...dang'rous deep; No" furly porter Hands in guilty ftate, To fpurn imploring famine from the gate ; But on he moves to meet his latter end, Angels around...befriending virtue's friend; Sinks to the grave with unperceiv'd decay, While refignation gently Hopes the way ; And, all his profpecls bright'ning to the... | |
 | 1791 - 302 pagina’s
...dang'rous deep ; No furly porter ftands in guilty ftate, To fpurn imploring famine from his gate : But on he moves to meet his latter end, Angels around befriending virtue's friend; Ģinks to the grave with unperceiv'd decay, While refignation gently flopes the way ;_ And all his... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1792 - 308 pagina’s
...dang'rous deepf No fui-ly porter ftands, in guilty ftate, To fpurn imploring famine from his gate : But on he moves, to meet his latter end, Angels around...befriending Virtue's friend; Sinks to the grave, with unperceiv'd decay, While refignation gently flopes the way; And all his profpefts bright'ning at the... | |
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