| William Enfield - 1804 - 418 σελίδες
...madness to defer : Next day the fatal precedent will plead : Thus on , till wisdom is push'd out of life. Procrastination is the thief of time ; Year after year it steals , till all are fled, E4 And to the mercies of a moment leaves Thf vast concerns of an eternal scene. Ol 'man's miraculous... | |
| Edward Young - 1805 - 284 σελίδες
...madness to defer; Next day the fatal precedent will plead ; Thus on, 'till wisdom is push'd out of life. Procrastination is the thief of time; Year after year...moment leaves The vast concerns of an eternal scene, f not so frequent would not this be strange ? hat 'tis so frequent, this is stranger stillOf man's... | |
| Edward Young - 1805 - 238 σελίδες
...to defer ; Next day the fatal precedent will plead: Thus on, 'till wisdom is push'd out of life. [ Procrastination is the thief of time ; Year after year it steals, till all are fletl, And to the mercies of a moment leaves The vast concerns of an eternal scene. If not so frequent,... | |
| Elegant extracts - 1805 - 1054 σελίδες
...wifdom is pum'd out of life ; Pr<x. raft in.-it ion is the thief of time, Year after year it Iteals, till all are fled, And to the mercies of a moment leaves The vaft concerns of an eternal fcene ! If not fo frequent, would not this be ftrange ? That 'tis fo frequent,... | |
| 1806 - 408 σελίδες
...madness to defer; Next day the fatal precedent will plead; Thus on, 'till wisdom is push'd out of life. Procrastination is the thief of time ; Year after year it steals, till all are fled, And to the rpercies of a moment leavep The vast concerns of an eternal scene. Of man's miraculous mistakes, this... | |
| Edward Young, Thomas Park - 1808 - 336 σελίδες
...madness to defer: Next day the fatal precedent will plead ; Thus on, till wisdom is push'd out of life. Procrastination is the thief of time ; Year after...moment leaves The vast concerns of an eternal scene. / If not so frequent, would not this be strange^ j That 'tis so frequent, this is stranger still. Of... | |
| William Enfield - 1808 - 434 σελίδες
...madness to defer ; Next day the fatal precedent wilf plead ; Thus on, till wisdom is push'd out of life. Procrastination is the thief of time : Year after...moment leaves The vast concerns of an eternal scene. • Of man's miraculous mistakes, this bears The palm, " That all men are about to live," For ever... | |
| Cabinet - 1808 - 524 σελίδες
...madness to defer; Next day the fatal precedent will plead; Thus on, till wisdom is pushd out of life. Procrastination is the thief of time; Year after year...moment leaves The vast concerns of an eternal scene. •• If not so frequent, would not this be strange ? That 'tis so frequent, this is stranger still.... | |
| Vicesimus Knox - 1809 - 604 σελίδες
...madness 10 defer ; Next day the fatal precedent will plead ! Thus on, till wisdom is push'd out of life ; , Still, as of old, encumber'd villany ! C'ould France ! If not so frequent, would not this be strange ? That 'tis so frequent, this is stranger still. §... | |
| British poets - 1809 - 526 σελίδες
...futurities, expire. Kezt day the fatal precedent will plead ; Thus on, till wisdom is push'd out of life. Procrastination is the thief of time; Year after year it steals, till all are ftcd, And to the mercies of a moment leaves The vast concerns of an eternal scene. If not so frequent,... | |
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