tis 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 mercies of a moment leaves The vast concerns of... The Complaint: Or, Night Thoughts - 22. oldalszerző: Edward Young - 1837 - 293 oldalTeljes nézet - Információ erről a könyvről
| Edward Young - 1810 - 278 oldal
...sudden death. How dreadful that deliberate surprise ! Be wise to-day ; 'tis madness to defer : Next day the fatal precedent will plead ; Thus on, till...out of life. Procrastination is the thief of time ;. ~ 'car after year it steals, till all are fled*. id to the mercies of a moment leaves ie vast concerns... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 556 oldal
...surprise ! Be wise to day ; 'tis madness to defer; Next dfjr the fatal precedent will plead ; Thus опт till wisdom is push'd out of life. Procrastination is the thief of time ; Yrar alter year it steals, till all are fled, And to the mercies of a moment leaves The vast concerns... | |
| Henrietta Maria Moriarty - 1811 - 254 oldal
...slow, sndden death. How dreadful that deliberate surprise! Be wise to-day, 'tis madness to defer ; Next day, the fatal precedent will plead! Thus on, till...till all are fled, And to the mercies of a moment leave's The vast concerns of an eternal scene ! If not so frequent, would not this be strange ? That... | |
| Henrietta Maria Moriarty - 1811 - 254 oldal
...slow, sudden death. How dreadful that deliberate surprise! Be wise to-day, 'tis madness to defer ; Next day, the fatal precedent will plead ! Thus on, till...till all are fled, And to the mercies of a moment leave's The vast concerns of an eternal scene ! If not so frequent, would not this be strange ? That... | |
| Edward Young - 1811 - 302 oldal
...sudden death* How dreadful that deliberate surprise ! Be wise to-day ; 'tis madness to defer ; Next day the fatal precedent will plead ; Thus on, till...time ; Year after year it steals, till all are fled, 14* And to the mercies of a moment leaves The vast concerns of an eternal scene. If not so frequent,... | |
| Granville Penn - 1812 - 332 oldal
...hereafter to lament its misapplication. .;. . -. ./ ;.:,,h Be wise to-day, 'tis madness to defer ; Next day the fatal precedent will plead, Thus on, till...all are fled, And to the mercies of a moment leaves ;V; ,•,; The vast concerns of an. eternal scene ! , •l-. .j . If not so frequent, would not this... | |
| Lindley Murray - 1812 - 378 oldal
...MILTOH. -SECTION IX. On procrastination. , BE *wise to-day 4 'tis madness to defer : Next day the i'atal precedent will plead ; Thus on, till wisdom is push'd out of life. Procrastination is the thief ot lime. Y> ar after year it steals, till all are fled; And, to the mercies ot a moment leaves The... | |
| Lindley Murray - 1813 - 276 oldal
...SECTION IX, On Proerastination. BE wise to-day; 'tis madness to defer? Next day the fatal preeedent will plead; Thus on, till wisdom is push'd out of...after year it steals, till all are fled; And to the mereies of a moment leaves The vast eoneerns of an eternal seene. Of man's miraeulous mistakes, this... | |
| 1813 - 596 oldal
...be done to-day, may never have a morrow to do it in. " Be wist to day, 'tis madnesi to defcr. Next day the fatal precedent will plead. Thus on till wisdom...Procrastination is the thief of time ; Year after \<-;ir it steals, till all are fled, And to the mercies of a moment leaves The vast concerns of an... | |
| Abner Alden - 1814 - 222 oldal
...speak thy praise, •!• Or fathom thy profound of love to man. » YOUNG. t ESSON XL. PROCRASTINATION. PROCRASTINATION is the thief of time. Year after year...fled, And to the mercies of a moment leaves The vast concern of an eternalscene. If not so frequent, would not tnis be strange : That 'tis so frequent,... | |
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