 | Alfred Cecil Buckland - 1819 - 226 Seiten
...FAMILIES, THE MAN OF BUSINESS, THE LOVEK OF NATURE, THE STUDENT, AND THE CHRISTIAN. And is there anght in sleep can charm the wise? To lie in dead oblivion,...fleeting moments of too short a life? Total extinction of the enlightened soul ! Thornton's Seaiotu—Summtr. We are not of the night, nor of darkness : therefore... | |
 | Increase Cooke - 1819 - 490 Seiten
...he dwells ; And from the crouded fold, in order, drives His flock to taste the verdure of the Morn. Falsely luxurious, will not man awake ; And, springing from the bed of Sloth, en joy The cool, the fragrant, and the silent hour, To meditation due and sacred song ? For is there... | |
 | Catherine Talbot - 1819 - 414 Seiten
...and long: Weak reason that, for sleeping past the morn Yet nrg'd by sloth, and by indulgence born. * For is there aught in sleep can charm the wise ? To lie in dull oblivion, losing half The fleeting moments of too short a life ! Thomson's Summer. Oh rather haste... | |
 | John Aikin - 1820 - 832 Seiten
...he dwells ; And from the crowded fold, in order, drives His flock to taste the verdure of the morn. Falsely luxurious, will not man awake ; And, springing...due and sacred song ? For is there aught in sleep ran charm tlie wise ? To lie in dead oblivion, losing half The fleeting moments of too short a life... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1821 - 278 Seiten
...he dwells ; And from the crowded fold, in order, drives His flock to taste the verdure of the-morn. Falsely luxurious, will not man awake ; And, springing...a life ; Total extinction of th' enlightened soul ! Or else to feverish vanity alive, Wilder'd, and tossing thro' distemper'd dreams ? Who would, in... | |
 | Joseph Robertson, Society of Ancient Scots - 1821 - 414 Seiten
...very early riser. Was ever the bed of sloth more eloquently reprobated than in the following lines ? Falsely luxurious, will not man awake ; And, springing...moments of too short a life ; Total extinction of th' enlighten'd soul ! Or else, to feverish vanity alive, Wilder'd and tossing thro' distemper'd dreams... | |
 | 1821 - 614 Seiten
...greater than the plague. To the Editor of the Cottager's Monthly Visitor. ON THE ADVANTAGES OF READING. Falsely luxurious will not man awake, And, springing...due, and sacred song? For is there aught in sleep to charm the wise, To lie in dead oblivion, losing half The fleeting moments of too short a life, Total... | |
 | John Bowdler - 1821 - 510 Seiten
...children leave ; Of fancy, reason, virtue, nought can me bereave.. THE SEASONS. — Summer, 1. 67. For is there aught in sleep can charm the wise ? To...a life ; Total extinction of th' enlightened soul 1 Or else to feverish vanity alive, Wildered, and tossing thro' distemper'd dreams ? Who would in such... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1821 - 280 Seiten
...fold, in order drives His (lock to taste the verdure of the morn.. Falsely luxurious, will not nsan awake ; And, springing from the bed of sloth, enjoy...hour To meditation due and sacred song ? For is there ought in sle'ep can charm the wise ?. To lie in dead oblivion, losing half The fleeting moments of... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1821 - 280 Seiten
...luxurious, will not man awake ; And, springing fr^m the bed of sloth, enjoy The cool, the frajrant, and the silent hour, To meditation due and sacred song ? For is there ought in sleep can charm the wise To lie in dead oblivion, losing half The fleeting moments of too... | |
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Falsely luxurious ! will not man awake ; And, springing from the bed of sloth, enjoy The cool, the fragrant, and the silent hour, To meditation due, and sacred song... 
