 | Several Hands - 1760 - 588 pagina’s
...following picture of Old Age may fcrye our Readers as a ftccimen. i. And next, in order fad, Old-age we found : • His beard all hoar, his eyes hollow and blind : With drooping cheer flill poiing on the ground. As on the place where Nature him afiignM To relt. when that the bitters... | |
 | Thomas Warton - 1781 - 620 pagina’s
...Without refpeft, efteemed equally King CROESUS* pomp and IRUS* poverty. And next, in order fad, OLD-AGE we found : His beard all hoar, his eyes hollow and blind ; With drooping cheer ftill poring on the ground, As on the place where nature him affign'd To reft, when that the fifters... | |
 | Sir Egerton Brydges - 1809 - 914 pagina’s
...tide, and oft that never be ; Without respect esteeming equally King Cracsus' pomp, and Irus' povertj. And next in order sad OLD AGE we found: His beard...With drooping cheer still poring on the ground, As on ihe place where Nature him assign'd To rest, when that the sisters had untwin'd His vital thread, and... | |
 | 1809 - 562 pagina’s
...in the Orphan to be -with age grown double. And so Sackville, in Higgins's Tales of Princes, p. 263. And next in order sad old age we found, His beard all hoare, his eyes hollow and blind, With drouping chere still poring on the ground. As on the place where... | |
 | Henry Headley - 1810 - 246 pagina’s
...the ground, As on the place where nature him assign'd To rest, when that the Sisters had untwin'd x His vital thread, and ended with their knife' The fleeting course of fast declining life. * the still night's feere torts lie.'} ie companion. Shakspeare's eulogium on... | |
 | John Walker - 1811 - 568 pagina’s
...the Orphan to be -with age grortm double. And so Sackville, in Higgins's Tales of Princes, p. 263. And next in order sad old age we found, His beard all hoare, his eyes hollow and blind, With drouping chere still poring on the ground. As on the place where... | |
 | Sir Egerton Brydges - 1813 - 354 pagina’s
...tide, and oft that never be ; Without respect esteeming equally King Croesus' pomp, and Irus' poverty. And next in order sad OLD AGE we found : His beard...poring on the ground, As on the place where Nature him assign'd To rest, when that the sisters had untwin'd His vital thread, and ended with their knife The... | |
 | Sir Egerton Brydges - 1815 - 434 pagina’s
...tide, and oft that never be ; Without respect esteeming equally King Craesus' pomp, and Irus' poverty. And next in order sad OLD AGE we found : His beard...all hoar, his eyes hollow and blind, With drooping chear still poring on the ground, As on the place where Nature him assign'd To rest, when that the... | |
 | 1815 - 564 pagina’s
...in order sad, Old Age wee found, His beard all hoare, his eyes hollow and bliud, With drouping chere still poring on the ground, As on the place where nature him assinde To rest, when that the sisters had vntwynde His vitall thred, and ended with their knyfe The... | |
 | Francis Wrangham - 1816 - 616 pagina’s
...throne Of high renown ; but as a living death, So dead alive, of life he drew the breath.) ***** ' And next in order sad Old Age we found, His beard...all hoar, his eyes hollow and blind ; With drooping chere (countenance) still poring on the ground, As on the place where Nature him assign'd To rest,... | |
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And next in order sad Old Age we found, His beard all hoar, his eyes hollow and blind, With drooping cheer still poring on the ground, As on the place where nature him... 
