 Proceed, illustrious youth, And Virtue guard thee to the throne of Truth ! Yet should thy soul indulge the gen'rous heat Till captive Science yields her last retreat; Should Reason guide thee with her brightest ray, And pour on misty doubt resistless...  The Age of Johnson (1748-1798) - Σελίδα 215των Thomas Seccombe - 1902 - 366 σελίδεςΠλήρης προβολή - Σχετικά με αυτό το βιβλίο
 | Richard Garnett - 1899 - 442 σελίδες
...Human Wishes." When he came to the following lines, he usually broke down, and who can wonder ? — And pour on misty doubt resistless day ; Should no...on fops her fatal dart, Nor claim the triumph of a lettered heart ; Should no disease thy torpid veins invade, Nor melancholy's phantoms haunt thy shade... | |
 | Richard Garnett, Léon Vallée, Alois Brandl - 1899 - 432 σελίδες
...truth ! Yet should thy soul indulge the gen'rous heat, Till captive science yields her last retreat ; Should reason guide thee with her brightest ray, And pour on misty doubt resistless day ; Should tempting novelty thy cell refrain, And sloth effuse her opiate fumes in vain; Should beauty blunt on... | |
 | R. McWilliam - 1900 - 834 σελίδες
...Truth ! Yet should thy Soul indulge the gen'rous Heat, Till captive Science yields her last Retreat ; Should Reason guide thee with her brightest Ray, And pour on misty Doubt resistless Day ; Should no Disease thy torpid Veins invade, Nor Melancholy's Phantoms haunt thy Shade ; Yet hope not Life from... | |
 | Henry Troth Coates - 1901 - 1080 σελίδες
...illustrious youth, And Virtue guard thee to the throne of Truth ! Yet should thy soul indulge the generous s stomach craves for dainty diffuse her opiate fumes in vain ; Should Beauty blunt on fops her fatal dart. Nor claim the triumph... | |
 | William John Courthope - 1905 - 528 σελίδες
...Truth ! Yet should thy soul indulge the generous heat, Till captive Science yields her last retreat ; Should Reason guide thee with her brightest ray, And...on fops her fatal dart, Nor claim the triumph of a lettered heart ; Should no Disease thy torpid veins invade, Nor Melancholy's phantoms haunt thy shade,... | |
 | Jeannette Leonard Gilder - 1905 - 330 σελίδες
...Truth ! Yet should thy soul indulge the generous heat Till captive Science yields her last retreat; Should Reason guide thee with her brightest ray, And...Should tempting Novelty thy cell refrain, And Sloth diffuse her opiate fumes in vain; Should Beauty blunt on fops her fatal dart, Nor claim the triumph... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1905 - 582 σελίδες
...man of wit and a man of sense ; but, I am confident, would not insist on being denominated poet.' * ' Should reason guide thee with her brightest ray, And pour on misty doubt resistless day.' JOHNSON, Vanity of Human Wishes, 1. 145. " ' Johnson repeated two passages from Young's Love of Fame... | |
 | Margaret Lynn - 1907 - 528 σελίδες
...! Yet, should thy soul indulge the gen'rous heat Till captive Science yields her last retreat ; 145 Should Reason guide thee with her brightest ray, And...fright ; Should tempting Novelty thy cell refrain, 15° And Sloth effuse her opiate fumes in vain ; Should Beauty blunt on fops her fatal dart, Nor claim... | |
 | Margaret Lynn - 1907 - 506 σελίδες
...! Yet, should thy soul indulge the gen'rous heat Till captive Science yields her last retreat ; 145 Should Reason guide thee with her brightest ray, And...fright ; Should tempting Novelty thy cell refrain, 15° And Sloth effuse her opiate fumes in vain ; Should Beauty blunt on fops her fatal dart, Nor claim... | |
 | Margaret Lynn - 1907 - 506 σελίδες
...loose delight, Nor praise relax, nor difficulty fright ; Should tempting Novelty thy cell refrain, 150 And Sloth effuse her opiate fumes in vain ; Should Beauty blunt on fops her fatal daft, Nor claim the triumph of a lettered heart ; Should no disease thy torpid veins invade, Nor Melancholy's... | |
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