And wait th' appointed hour, till they're relieved. Those only are the brave that keep their ground, And keep it to the last. To run away Is but a coward's trick: to run away From this world's ills, that at the very worst Will soon blow o'er, thinking... Armstrong Magney, by Heraclitus Grey - Pàgina 241per Charles Marshall (novelist.) - 1867Visualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
| James Roach - 1792 - 284 pàgines
...time is bejl. J He that enduretb to the end, the fame jhall 6a Javed, MATT. x. 22. By boldly rent'ring on a world unknown, And plunging headlong in the dark ! 'tis mad : No frenzy half fo defperate as thn. Tell us ye dead! will none of you, in phy To thofe you left behind, difelofe the... | |
| 1800 - 322 pàgines
...ground, And keep it to the last. To run away Is but a coward's trick. To run away From this world's ills, that, at the very worst, Will soon blow o'er, thinking to mend ourselves, By boldly vent'ring on a world unknown, And plunging headlong in the dark; 'tis mad 3. No phreuzy half so desp'rate... | |
| Robert Blair - 1802 - 160 pàgines
...ground, And keep it to the last. To run away Is but a coward's trick: to run away From this world's ills, that at the very worst Will soon blow o'er, thinking to mend ourselves, By boldly vent'ring on a world unknown, And plunging headlong in the dark; — 'tis mad; TJo frenzy half so desperate... | |
| Robert Blair - 1804 - 132 pàgines
...And keep it to the last. To run away Is but a coward's trick : to run away From this world's ills, that at the very worst Will soon blow o'er, thinking to mend ourselves By boldly venf'ring on a world unknown, And plunging headlong in the^ dark ! 't is mad: No frenzy half so desperate... | |
| 1806 - 330 pàgines
...ground, And keep it to the last. To run away Is but a coward's trick. To run away From this world's ills, that, at the very worst, Will soon blow o'er, thinking...And plunging headlong in the dark ; 'tis mad ; No phrenzy half so desp'rate as this. Tell us, ye dead; will none of you, in pity To those you left behind,... | |
| 1806 - 184 pàgines
...ground, And keep it to the last. To run away Tc but a coward's trick : to run away m this world's ills, that at the very worst Will soon blow o'er, thinking to mend ourselves By boldly vent'ring on a world unknown, And plunging headlong in the dark! 'tis mad; Ho frenzy half so desperate... | |
| English poetry - 1809 - 308 pàgines
...And keep it to the last. To run away Is but a coward's trick : to run away From this world's ills, that at the very worst Will soon blow o'er, thinking...venturing on a world unknown, And plunging headlong in the dark;—'tis mad; No frenzy half so desperate as this. • Tell us, ye dead, will none of you, in pity... | |
| Vicesimus Knox - 1809 - 604 pàgines
...And keep it to the last. To run away Is but a coward's trick : to run away From this world's ills, ice be join'd, And fill the gcn'ral chorus of mankind. Hail, Hards triumphant ! vent'ring on a world unknown. And plunging headlong in the dark , 'tis mad : ilo frenzy half so desperate... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 680 pàgines
...ground, And keep it to the last. To ran away Is but a coward's trick. To run away From this world's ills, that, at the very worst, Will soon blow o'er, thinking...And plunging headlong in the dark;— 'tis mad; No phrensy half so desperate as this. Tell us, ye dead; will none of you, in pity To those you left behind,... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 680 pàgines
...last. To run awuy Is but a coward's trick. To run away From this world's ills, that, at the very werst, Will soon blow o'er, thinking to mend ourselves, By...a world unknown, And plunging headlong in the dark ;— '( is mad ; No phrensy half so desperate as this. Tell us, ye dead; will none of you, in pity... | |
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