 This world a hunting is, The prey poor man, the Nimrod fierce is Death ; His speedy greyhounds are Lust, sickness, envy, care, Strife that ne'er falls amiss, With all those ills which haunt us while we breathe. Now, if by chance we fly Of these the eager...  The Student: A Series of Papers - Seite 302von Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton - 1835 - 205 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | George Ellis - 1790 - 346 Seiten
...heav'n ? Sweet artlefs fongfter, thou my mind doft raife To airs of fpheres, yes, and to angels' lays. THIS world a hunting is, The prey poor man ; the Nimrod fierce is death; His fpeedy greyhounds are Luft, ficknefs, envy, care, Strife, that ne'er falls amifs, With all thofe... | |
 | English poets - 1801 - 488 Seiten
...heav'n ? Sweet artless songster, thou my mind dost raise To airs of spheres, yes, and to angel's lays. THIS world a hunting is, The prey poor man ; the Nimrod fierce is Death ; . His speedy greyhounds are Lust, sickness, envy, care, • Strife, that ne'er falls amiss, With... | |
 | 1832 - 614 Seiten
...inadequate notion of the exaggerating extent to which we have carried despondency. He therein makes Sorrow in hell, introducing the reader to the principal...in our history ! With our earlier writers Young was in-, innately acquainted and deeply imbued. But of all great poets his plagiarisms are the least naked.... | |
 | John Johnstone - 1827 - 596 Seiten
...obey'd his cry ? Only the echoes, which he made relent, Rung from their flinty caves, repent, repent. This world a hunting is, The prey poor man, the Nimrod fierce is death, His speedy greyhounds are, Lust, sickness, envy, care, Strife that ne'er falls amiss, With all those... | |
 | Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton - 1832 - 228 Seiten
...inadequate notion of the exaggerating extent to which we have carried despondency. He therein makes Sorrow in hell, introducing the reader to the principal...acquainted and deeply imbued. But of all great poets hie plagiarisms are the least naked. Drummond says— E 3 " This world a hunting is; The prey poor... | |
 | William Drummond, Peter Cunningham - 1833 - 358 Seiten
...shape doth change ; that lies despis'd, Which was so dear of late, and highly priz'd. THE WOULD A GAME. THIS world a hunting is — The prey, poor man ; the Nimrod fierce, is Death ; His speedy greyhounds are, Lust, Sickness, Envy, Care; Strife that ne'er falls amiss, With all those... | |
 | William Drummond, Peter Cunningham - 1833 - 354 Seiten
...shape doth change ; that lies despis'd, Which was so dear of late, and highly priz'd. THE WOULD A GAME. THIS world a hunting is — The prey, poor man ; the Nimrod fierce, is Death; His speedy greyhounds are, Lust, Sickness, Envy, Care ; Strife that ne'er falls amiss, With all those... | |
 | Susan Fenimore Cooper - 1854 - 482 Seiten
...rupture, and we find The bodily spirit mounting to the mind. Sim KGEBTOM BEYDOK, 1762-188". LINES. This world a hunting is The prey, poor man ; the Nimrod fierce is Death ; His speedy grayhounds are Lust, sickness, envy, care, Strife that ne'er falls amiss, With all those... | |
 | Susan Fenimore Cooper - 1855 - 510 Seiten
...rapture, and we find The bodily spirit mounting to the mind. Sra EGERTON BEYDGBS, 1762-1887 LINES. This world a hunting is The prey, poor man ; the Nimrod fierce is Death ; His speedy grayhounds are Lust, sickness, envy, care, Strife that ne'er falls amiss, With all those... | |
 | Charles Godfrey Leland - 1856 - 292 Seiten
...And one with whines and howls — a dreadful chase, That only ceases when horns sound "Amort!" BORER. This world a hunting is, The prey poor man ; the Nimrod fierce is Death ; His speedy greyhounds are Lust, Sickness, Envy, Care ; Strife that ne'er falls amiss Now, if by chance... | |
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