 | Alexander Pope - 1844 - 94 σελίδες
...chain'd his country, gay, Or he whose virtue sigh'd to lose a day ? VI. ' But sometimes virtue starves while vice is fed.' What then ? Is the reward of virtue bread ? 150 That, vice may merit, 'tis the price of toil ; The knave deserves it, when he tills the soil... | |
 | J. Victor Wilson - 1846 - 344 σελίδες
...disobedience ' of any law or commandment that is therein declared. " 'But sometimes Virtue starves, while Vice is fed.' What then ? Is the reward of Virtue...Vice may merit, 'tis the price of toil ; The knave deserves it if he lills the soil. • Health and possessions e'en the rogue may have, If prudence and... | |
 | J. Victor Wilson - 1846 - 334 σελίδες
...the disobedience of any law or commandment that is therein declared. "'But sometimes Virtue starves, while Vice is fed.' What then ? Is the reward of Virtue bread i That, Vice may merit, 'tis the price of toil ; The knave deserves it if he li'ls the soil. Health... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1847 - 524 σελίδες
...chain'd his country ? say ! Or he whose virtue sigh'd to lose a day ? " But sometimes virtue starves, while vice is fed." What then ? Is the reward of virtue bread ? 150 That, vice may merit ; 'tis the price of toil ; The knave deserves it, when he tills the soil... | |
 | J. Aiken - 1848 - 106 σελίδες
...same kind of men that thus call the Universalisls at the present day.) 'What though virtue starves, while vice is fed? What then — is the reward of virtue bread? What nothing earthly gives nor can destroy — The soul's calm sunshine, and the heart-fell joy, IB... | |
 | Goold Brown - 1848 - 324 σελίδες
...precepts all your business lies Would you be great be virtuous and be wise But sometimes virtue starves while vice is fed What then is the reward of virtue bread A life all turbulence and noise may seem To him that leads it wise and to be prais'd But wisdom is... | |
 | Alexander Pope, William Charles Macready - 1849 - 646 σελίδες
...whose virtue sigh'd to lose a day ! " But sometimes virtue starves, while vice is fed." What then 1 Is the reward of virtue bread ? That, vice may merit, 'tis the price of toil ; The knave deserves it, when he tills the soil, The knave deserves it, when he tempts the main, Where folly fights... | |
 | Ebenezer Porter - 1835 - 320 σελίδες
...that draws all to agree, And drawn supports, upheld by God or t/ice ? But sometimes virtue starves, while vice is fed: What then, ? — is the reward of virtue bread? 4. The metrical accent of poetry is subordinate to sense, and to established usage in pronunciation.... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1850 - 94 σελίδες
...his country , say, Or he whose Virtue sigh'd to lose a day ? VI. « But sometimes Virtue starves , while Vice is fed. » What then ? Is the reward of...Vice may merit , 'tis the price of toil ; The knave deserves it , when he tills the soil , V. Ce inonde, si propre pour les scélérats, ne vous contente... | |
 | Goold Brown - 1851 - 324 σελίδες
...precepts all your business lies Would you be great be virtuous and be wise But sometimes virtue starves while vice is fed What then is the reward of virtue bread A life all turbulence and noise may seem To him that leads it wise and to be prais'd , But wisdom is... | |
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tis the price of toil; The knave deserves it, when he tills the soil, The knave deserves it, when he tempts the main, Where folly fights for kings, or dives for gain. The good man may be weak, be indolent; Nor is his claim to plenty, but content. 
