 | Slave trade - 1805 - 378 pages
...on instant death ; Could all our care elude the gloomy grave, Which claim no less the fearful than the brave, For lust of fame I should not vainly dare In fighting fields, nor urge your souls to war ; But since alas, ignoble age must come, Disease and death's inexorable doom ; The... | |
 | John Bell - 1807 - 472 pages
...imitate ! 386 ' Could all our care elude the gloomy grave, ' Which claims no less the fearful than the brave; ' For lust of fame I should not vainly...In fighting fields, — nor urge thy soul to war. 390 ' But since, alas ! ignoble age must come, ' Disease, and death's inexorable dooiii ; ' The life... | |
 | Homerus - 1807 - 568 pages
...our care elnde the gloomy grave. Which claims no less the fearful than the brave, For lust of fame 1 should not vainly dare In fighting fields, nor urge thy soul to war. 390 But since, alas! ignoble age must come, Disease, and death's inexorable doom; The life which others... | |
 | Homerus - 1808 - 574 pages
...imitate ! 386 Could all our care elnde the gloomy grave, Which claims no less the fearful than the hrave, For lust of fame I should not vainly dare In fighting fields, nor urge thy soul to war. 300 But since, alas! ignohle age must come, Disease, and death's inexorahle doom ; The life which others... | |
 | Richard Lovell Edgeworth - Education - 1809 - 516 pages
...estimate of what is really valuable in life, and with hearts proud of suffering for our country. " The life, which others pay, let us bestow; " And give to Fame, wh^t we to Nature owe; '* Brave though we fall, and honour'd if we live, " Or let us glory gain, or... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 790 pages
...ckiims no less the fearful than the brare, For lust of fame I should not vainly dare In fighting fu ids, nor urge thy soul to war. But since, alas! ignoble...others pay, let us bestow, And give to fame what we to nature owe; Brave though we fall, and honour'd if we live, Or let us glory gain, or glory give!" lie... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 770 pages
...the brve, For lust of fame I should not vaiuly dare In fighting fields, nor urge thy soul to war. Hut since, alas ! ignoble age must come, Disease, and...others pay, let us bestow, And give to fame what we to nature owe; Brave though we fall, and honour'd if we lire, Or let us glory gain, or glory give!" He... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1810 - 760 pages
...dare not imitate !' fould all our care elude the gloomy grave, Which claims no less the fearful than the brave, For lust of fame I should not vainly dare In lighting fields, nor urge thy soul to war. But since, alas ! ignoble age must come, Disease, and death's... | |
 | Stephen Jones, Charles Molloy Westmacott - English literature - 1811 - 370 pages
...dare not imitate!" Could all our care elude the gloomy grave, That claims no less the fearful than the brave, For lust of fame I should not vainly dare...come, Disease, and death's inexorable doom, The life that others pay let us bestow, And give to fame what we to nature owe. Brave, though we fall, yet honour'd... | |
 | Charles Molloy Westmacott - English literature - 1811 - 370 pages
...dare not imitate !" Could all our care elude the gloomy grave, That claims no less the fearful than the brave, For lust of fame I should not vainly dare...fighting fields, nor urge thy soul to war. But since, aias! ignoble age must come, Disease, and death's inexorable doom, The life that others pay let us... | |
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Could all our care elude the gloomy grave, Which claims no less the fearful than the brave, For lust of fame I should not vainly dare In fighting fields, nor urge thy soul to war. But since, alas ! ignoble age must come, Disease, and death's inexorable... 
