 | Edward Young - 1815 - 332 oldal
...us not our wish. How distant oft the thing we doat on most, From that from which we doat, felicity ! The smoothest course of nature has its pains ; And...ills, And sighs might sooner fail, than cause to sigh. , . A part how small of the terraqueous globe Is tenanted by man; the rest a waste, Rocks, deserts,... | |
 | Edward Young - 1816 - 390 oldal
...us not our wish ; How distant oft the thing we dote on most, From that for which we dote, felicity ! The smoothest course of nature has its pains, And...And sighs might sooner fail, than cause to sigh-. A part how small of the terraqueous globe Is tenanted by man ! the rest a waste, Rocks, deserts, frozen... | |
 | Edward Young - 1816 - 284 oldal
...most From that for which we doat, felicity ! The smoothest course of Nature has its pains, And trnest friends, through error, wound our rest. Without misfortune...ills, And sighs might sooner fail than cause to sigh. A part how small of the terraqneou , globe Is tenanted by man ! the rest a waste, Rocks, deserts, frozen... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - 1819 - 498 oldal
...us not our wish. How distant oft the thing we doat on most From that for which we doat, felicity ! The smoothest course of nature has its pains ; And...ills, And sighs might sooner fail, than cause to sigh. APOLOGY FOR THE SERIOUSNESS OF THE SUBJECT. FROM NIGHT II. THOU say'st I preach, Lorenzo ; 'tis confest.... | |
 | John Aikin - 1821 - 412 oldal
...us not our wish. How distant oft the thing we doat on most, From that for which we doat, felicity ! The smoothest course of Nature has its pains ! And...ills, And sighs might sooner fail, than cause to sigh. A part how small of the terraqueous globe Is tenanted by man ! the rest a waste, Rocks, deserts, frozen... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 274 oldal
...us not our wish. How distant oft the thing we dote on most From that for which we dote, felicity ! The smoothest course of Nature has its pains, And...ills, And sighs might sooner fail than cause to sigh. A part how small of the terraqueous globe Is tenanted by man ! the rest a waste, Rocks, deserts, frozen... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 284 oldal
...ns not our wish. From that for which we dote, felicity ! How distant oft the thing we dote on most The smoothest course of Nature has its pains, And truest friends, through error, wound our rest. AVithout misfortune, what calamities! And what hostilities, without a foe ! Nor are foes wanting to... | |
 | British poets - 1824 - 676 oldal
...Young's Night Thoughts, n. 1. The smoothest course of nature has its pains ; And truest friends, thro' error, wound our rest. Without misfortune, what calamities...ills, And sighs might sooner fail, than cause to sigh. Ibid. Life's little stage is a small eminence, Inch-high the grave above ; that home of man, Where... | |
 | Edward Young - 1824 - 356 oldal
...us not our wish. How distant oft the thing we dote on most, From that for which we dote, felicity ! The smoothest course of nature has its pains; And...hostilities, without a foe ! Nor are foes wanting to the hest on earth. But endless is the list of human ills, And sighs might sooner fail, than cause to sigh.... | |
 | John Thornton - 1824 - 394 oldal
...tabernacle." Job xxix. 2 — 4. Sometimes the Christian murmurs at the state of his present circumstances. " The smoothest course of nature has its pains, And truest friends, through error, wound our peace." But when unusual impediments block up our path, — when troubles come not singly, but in troops... | |
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And truest friends, through error, wound our rest Without misfortune, what calamities! And what hostilities, without a foe! Nor are foes wanting to the best on earth. But endless is the list of human ills, And sighs might sooner fail than cause to sigh. 
