 tis hard to combat, learns to fly! For him no wretches, born to work and weep, Explore the mine, or tempt the dangerous deep; No surly porter stands in guilty state, To spurn imploring famine from the gate: But on he moves to meet his latter end, Angels...  The Works of Washington Irving ... - Pagina 248door Washington Irving - 1861Volledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1804 - 114 pagina’s
...fly! For him no wretches, born to work and weep, Explore the mine, or tempt the dangerous deep ; No surly porter stands, in guilty state, To spurn imploring...to the last, His heaven commences ere the world be pass'd ! Sweet was the sound, when oft, at evening's close, Up yonder hill the village murmur rose... | |
 | 1814 - 310 pagina’s
...fly ! For him no wretches, born to work and weep, Explore the mine, or tempt the dangerous deep ; No surly porter stands in guilty state, To spurn imploring...the last, His Heaven commences ere the world be past ! Sweet was the sound, when oft, at evening's close, Up yonder hill the village murmur rose ; There,... | |
 | New Church gen. confer - 640 pagina’s
...autumn, show each year the consolations that compose and satisfy a quiet, faithful, sweet old age. " For on he moves to meet his latter end, Angels around...last, His heaven commences ere the world be past." We have mentioned that in autumn the ivy blossoms. The bright yellowish-green flowers, emblems of truth... | |
 | Elegant poems - 1814 - 132 pagina’s
...meet bis latter end, Angels around befriending virtue's friend ; Sinks to the grave with unperceiv'd decay, While resignation gently slopes the way, And...last, His heaven commences ere the world be past! Sweet was the sound, when oft at evening's close, Up yonder hill the village murmur rose : There, as... | |
 | New Church gen. confer - 1874 - 608 pagina’s
...Sinks to the grave with unperceived demy, While resignation gently slopes the way ; 1 Isaiah xlL 19. And all his prospects brightening to the last, His heaven commences ere the world be past." The main design and purpose of Divine prophecy is not to give vain inquirers a foreknowledge of what... | |
 | John Nichols, John Bowyer Nichols - 1817 - 882 pagina’s
...friend, Sinks to the grave with unperceived decay, While resignation gently slopes the way, And all bis prospects brightening to the last, His heaven commences, ere the world be past. This envied portion of human felicity was not granted to Mr. Clarke. The evening of his dav was overcast... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1818 - 274 pagina’s
...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 resignation...last, His heaven commences ere the world be past! Sweet was the sound, when oft at evening's close Up yonder hill the village murmur rose; There, as... | |
 | Thomas Zouch, Francis Wrangham - 1820 - 466 pagina’s
...life's flame from wasting by repose. Thus, to proceed in the language of the Poet, he prepares himself to meet his latter end, Angels around befriending...last, His heaven commences, ere the world be past. This envied portion of human felicity was not granted to Mr. Clarke. The evening of his day was overcast... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1821 - 236 pagina’s
...fly ! For him no wretches, born to work and weep, Explore the mine, or tempt the dangerous deep; No surly porter stands in guilty state, To spurn imploring...the last, His heaven commences ere the world be past ! Sweet was the sound, when oft, at evening's close, Up yonder hill the village murmur rose ; There,... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1821 - 446 pagina’s
...meet his latter end, Angels aromid befriending virtue's friend ; Sinks to the grave with unperceiv'd decay, While resignation gently slopes the way ; And,...to the last, His heaven commences ere the world be pastSweet was the sound, when oft, at evening's close, Up yonder hill the village murmur rose ; •... | |
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