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 - 1815 - 332 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...scene. If not so frequent, would not this be strange 1 That 'tis so frequent, This is stranger still. Of man's miraculous mistakes, this bears The palm,... | |
| Lindley Murray - 1815 - 276 oldal
...PnoCRABTINATIpN. Be wise to-day ; 'tis madness to defer ; Next day the fatal precedent will plead ; Thus OD, till wisdom is push'd out of life. Procrastination...moment leaves The vast concerns of an eternal scene. Of man's miraculous mistakes, this bears The palm, " that all men are about to live ;" For ever on... | |
| Lindley Murray - 1815 - 262 oldal
...till wifdom is pufh'd out of life. Procraftination is the thief of time. Year after year it fteals, till all are fled ; And to the mercies of a moment leaves The vaft concerns of an eternal fcene. ^?Of man's miraculous miftakes, this bears The palm, " That all... | |
| Edward Young - 1816 - 390 oldal
...alma-sudden death. How dreadful that deliberate surprize ! Be wise to-day, 'tis madness to defer ; Next day the fatal precedent will plead ; Thus on, till...scene. If not so frequent, would not this be strange i That 'tis so frequent, Ma is stranger still. Of man's miraculous mistakes, this bears The palm, "... | |
| Lindley Murray - 1816 - 328 oldal
...do thine." I MILTON. SECTION IX. , On Procrastination. 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 ; AIM], to the mercies of a moment leaves The vast concerns of an eternal scene. Of man's miraculous... | |
| Timothy East - 1817 - 246 oldal
...present, as the " accepted time," the day of salvation. " Be wise" to-day ; 'tis mndness to defer j Next day the fatal Precedent will plead ; ' Thus on, 'till...of a moment leaves The vast concerns of an eternal scene."LETTER II. JF thc objections which arc sometimes adMinced to deter you from becoming decidedly... | |
| William Hazlitt - 1818 - 338 oldal
...known lines on Procrastination are in his best manner: " Be wise to-day; 'tis madness to defer; Next day the fatal precedent will plead; Thus on, till...moment leaves The vast concerns of an eternal scene. Of man's miraculous mistakes, this bears The palm, " That all men are about to live," For ever on the... | |
| John Aikin - 1821 - 412 oldal
...sudden death. How dreadful that deliberate surprise ! Be wise to-day ; 't is madness to defer ; Next day the fatal precedent will plead ; Thus on, till...all are fled, And to the mercies of a moment leaves Hie vast concerns of an eternal scene. If not so frequent, would not this be strange .' That 't is... | |
| Lindley Murray - 1821 - 280 oldal
...his part ; do thine." SECTION IX. &n Procrastination. . 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 leases The vast concerns of an eternal scene. . Of man's miraculous mistakes, this bears For ever on... | |
| Priscilla Wakefield - 1821 - 238 oldal
...conscience, and the reproofs of a faithful counsellor. Be wise to-day : 'tis madness to defer; Next day the fatal precedent will plead ; Thus on, till wisdom is push'd out of life; The Duke of Sully, considered either in his public or private character, is a model for imitation ;... | |
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