 | 1891 - 556 pàgines
...pleasure than if unemployed. Lord Chesterfield. Time wasted Is existence ; used, Is life. Dr. Young. О Time! than gold more sacred; more a load Than lead...moment granted man without account? What years are squander'd, wisdom's debt unpaid ! Our wealth in days all d ue to that discharge. Young. Nothing is... | |
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - 1896 - 794 pàgines
...And to the mercies of a moment leaves The vast concerns of an eternal scene. YOUNG: Night Thoughts. O Time ! than gold more sacred ; more a load Than...moment granted man without account ? What years are squander'd, wisdom's debt unpaid ! Our wealth in days all due to that discharge. YOUNG: Night Thoughts.... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1902 - 860 pàgines
...eternity belong to me, Poor pensioner on the bounties of an hour ? (From Tkt Complaint— Night I.) O time ! than gold more sacred ; more a load Than...moment granted man without account ? What years are squandered, wisdom's debt unpaid ? Our wealth in days all due to that discharge. Haste, haste, he lies... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1902 - 864 pàgines
...eternity belong to me, Poor pensioner on the bounties of an hour? (From The Complaint— Night I.) О ? Wrhat years are squandered, wisdom's debt unpaid ? Our wealth in days all due to that discharge.... | |
 | Adeline M. Butterworth - 1911 - 104 pàgines
...? * I know thou say'st it : says thy life the same ? He mourns the dead, who lives as they desire. Where is that thrift, that avarice of time, O glorious avarice ! thought of death inspires, As rumour' d robljeries endear our gold ? O time ! than gold more sacred ; more a load Than lead, to fools;... | |
 | Horatio Hastings Weld - 1869 - 474 pàgines
...shiver, &.nd measureless thy joy or grief, When Time and thee shall part, for ever ! SIR WALTER SCOTT, 0 TIME ! than gold more sacred ; more a load Than lead...moment granted man without account? What years are squandered, wisdom's debt unpaid! Our wealth in days all clue to that discharge. TOIL— LABOUR. IN... | |
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What years are squander'd, wisdom's debt unpaid ? Our wealth in days, all due to that discharge. Haste, haste, he lies in wait, he's at the door, Insidious death ! should his strong hand arrest, No composition sets the prisoner free. Eternity's inexorable... 
