 | Edward Young - 1750 - 416 pagina’s
...unlovely ; hugging her to Death. We give to Time Eternity's Regard ; And, dreaming, take our Taffage for our Port, Life has no Value as an End, but Means...Then 'tis the Seat of Comfort, rich in Peace ; In Profpeft, richer far ; Important ! Awful ! Not to be mention'd but with Shouts of Praife ! Not to be... | |
 | Edward Young - 1762 - 292 pagina’s
...unlovely ; hugging her to death. We give to Time Eternity's regard ; And, dreaming, take our paffage for our port. Life has no value as an end, but means ; An end deplorable ! a means divine ! When 'tis oar all, 'tis nothing ; worfe than nought ; A neft of pains ; when held as nothing, much : Like force... | |
 | Edward Young - 1771 - 282 pagina’s
...unlovely ; hugging her to death. We give to time eternity's regard ; And, dieamhg, take our paft'age fnr our port.. Life has no value as an end, but means;...deplorable ! a means divine ! (When 'tis our all, 'tis nuthing ; worfe than nought ;. A neft of pains ; when held as nuthing, much ; Like feme fair hum'rifts,... | |
 | Edward Young - 1775 - 408 pagina’s
...unlovely; hugging her to death. We give to time eternity's regard; And, dreaming, take our paflage for our port. Life has no value, as an end, but means;...pains; when held as nothing, much: Like fome fair 1 hum'rifts, life is mof t enjoy'd, When courted leaft; moft worth, when difcfteem'd; Then 'tis the... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1779 - 858 pagina’s
...her to death. We give to Time Eternity's regard; And, dreaming, take our pafiage for our port. 405 Life has no value as an end, but means ; An end deplorable...our all, 'tis nothing; worfe than nought; A neft of painsi when held as nothing, muchi Like fome fair humourifts, life is moll enjoy'd, 410 When courted... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1779 - 288 pagina’s
...her to death. We give to Time Eternity's regard ; And, dreaming, take our paflage for our port. 405 Life has no value as an end, but means ; An end deplorable...a means divine ! When 'tis our all, 'tis nothing; wort'e than nought} A neft of pains : whea held as nothing, much : Like fome fair humourifts, life... | |
 | George Wright (author of The rural Christian.) - 1788 - 326 pagina’s
...happinefs of the other, and chearfully facrifice the pleasures of a few years to thofe of an eternity. Life has no value as an end, but means ; An end deplorable, a means divine ; When 'tis our all, 'tis nothing t worfe than nought ; Aneft of pains ; when held as nothing, much. - — -- moft worth, when difefteem'dj... | |
 | English poets - 1790 - 280 pagina’s
...her to death. We give to Time Eternity's regard ; And, dreaming, take our paffage for our port. 405 Life has no value as an end, but means ; An end deplorable...pains : when held as nothing, much : Like fome fair humourifts, life is moft enjoy 'd, 410 When courted leaft ; moft worth, when difefteem''d : • Then... | |
 | Edward Young - 1792 - 354 pagina’s
...unlovely ; hugging her to death. We give to Time Eternity's regard; And, dreaming, take our paflage for our port. Life has no value as an end, but means...When 'tis our all, 'tis nothing ; worfe than nought j A neft of pains : when held as nothing, much : Like fome fair hum'rifts, life is moft enjoy'd, When... | |
 | Robert Anderson - 1795 - 1036 pagina’s
...unlovely ; hugging her to death. We give to time eurnity's regard; And, dreaming, take our paffage for onr port. Life has no value as an end, but means; An end deplorable ! a means divine ! \Vhcu 'tis our all, 'tis nothing; worfe than nought; A nefl. of pains : when held as nothing, tnach... | |
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What is this life ? How few their fav'rite know ! Fond in the dark, and blind in our embrace, By passionately loving life, we make Lov'd life unlovely; hugging her to death. We give to Time Eternity's regard; And, dreaming, take our passage for our port.... 
