 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...  Avenia, Or, A Tragical Poem, on the Oppression of the Human Species, and ... - Page 311805 - 358 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Pitt (Earl of Chatham) - Europe - 1838 - 516 pages
...fearful than ihc 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 doom ;t The life which others pay let us bestow, And give to fame what we to nature owe." is gone, yesterday,... | |
 | William Pitt (Earl of Chatham) - Europe - 1838 - 544 pages
...fearful than the brave, For lust of fame, I should not vainly oare In fighting field?, nor urge thy soul to war. But since, alas ! ignoble age must come, Disease, and death's inexorable doom ;t The life which others pay let us bestow, And give to fame what we to nature owe. " is gone, yesterday,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1839 - 510 pages
...fearful than the brave, For lust of fame I should not vainly dare In fighting fields, nor urge thy soul ; And here, even then, shall my cold dust remain...resign, And wait till 'tis no sin to mix with thine. honour'd if we live, Or let us glory gain, or glory give !" He said ; his words the listening chief... | |
 | Eliza Robbins - American poetry - 1842 - 352 pages
...fearful and the brave, For lust of fame I should not vainly dare In fighting fields, nor urge my soul to war. But since, alas ! ignoble age must come, Disease...fame what we to nature owe ; Brave though we fall, arfd honoured if we live, Or let us glory gain, or glory give !" Why on these shores ? &c. These lines... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1847 - 488 pages
...fighting fields, nor urge thy soul to war. But since, alas ! ignoble age must come, Disease, and death s inexorable doom ; The life which others pay, let us...bestow, And give to fame what we to nature owe ; Brave tho' we fall, and honour'd if we live, Or let us glory gain, or glory give." — Warburton. This passage... | |
 | William Peter - English poetry - 1847 - 562 pages
...I should not vainly dare In fighting fields, nor urge thy soul to war: — But since, alas! iguoble age must come, Disease, and death's inexorable doom ; The life which others pay, let us bestow, And pive to fame what we to nature owe; Brave though we fall, and honour'd if we live, Or let us glory... | |
 | John Hunter (of Uxbridge.) - English language - 1848 - 56 pages
...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,...what we to nature owe ; Brave though we fall, and honoured if we live, Or let us glory gain, or glory give. Pope's Homer. X. THE ROSE. The rose had been... | |
 | Homer - 1849 - 582 pages
...brave, For lust of fame I should not vainly dare In fighting fields, nor urge thy soul to war : 390 But since, alas ! ignoble age must come, Disease,...what we to nature owe ; Brave though we fall, and honour'd if we live, Or let us glory gain, or glory give !" He said. His words the listening chief... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1850 - 510 pages
...fearful than the brave, For lest of fame I should not vainly dare In fighting fields, nor urge thy soul to war : — ®> But since, alas ! ignoble age must...what we to nature owe , Brave though we fall, and honour1 d if we live, Or let us glory gain, or glory give ! He said ; his words the listening chief... | |
 | Homer - 1853 - 336 pages
...brave, For lust of fame I should not vainly dare In fighting fields, nor urge thy soul to war. 390 But since, alas! ignoble age must come, Disease, and...what we to nature owe ; Brave though we fall, and honour'd if we live, Or let us glory gain, or glory give !" 3 Why boast toe. " Wherefore do I assume... | |
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