 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
 | Joseph Edwards Carpenter - 1868 - 340 pages
...lay Of victory. MILTON. He in the battle had a thirsty sword, And well 'twas glutted there. DKYDEN. The life which others pay, let us bestow, And give...what we to nature owe. Brave, though we fall, and honoured if we live, Or let us glory gaiu, or glory give. POPE. Night closed around the conqueror's... | |
 | Alexander Pope - Poets, English - 1889 - 574 pages
...brave, For lust of fame I should not vainly dare In fighting field*, nor urge the soul to war. Bat since, alas ! ignoble age must come, Disease, and...what we to nature owe ; Brave though we fall, and honoured if we lire, Or let us glory gain, or glory give." As the work proceeded the poet's subscribers... | |
 | Alexander Pope - Poets, English - 1871 - 544 pages
...I should not vainly dare In fighting fields, nor urge thy soul to war But since, alas ! ignoble nge must come, Disease, and death's inexorable doom ;...what we to nature owe ; Brave though we fall, and honoured if we live, Or let us glory gain, or glory give. — WARBURTON. The passage quoted by Warburton... | |
 | Charles John Smith - English language - 1871 - 630 pages
...Internal gloriation or triumph of the mind." GLOSSARY. GOODNESS. " But since, alas ! ignoble age mast come, Disease, and death's inexorable doom, The life...Fame what we to Nature owe. Brave though we fall, and honoured if we live, Or let us glory gain, or glory give." Pope, Homer. " Honour makes a great part... | |
 | James Tod - India - 1873 - 798 pages
...human sculls. i Queen of the Apsaras, or celestial nymphs. II rope makes Sarpedon say : The life that others pay, let us bestow, And give to fame what we to nature owe. ' ie, blood. * ' The city of the moon.' t The lunar abode seems that allotted for all bards, who never... | |
 | Homerus - 1874 - 494 pages
...fighting fields, nor urge thy soul to war. But since, alas ! ignoble age must come, 4 3 ll'hy boast we. Disease, and death's inexorable doom The life, which...what we to nature owe ; Brave though we fall, and honourM if we live, Or let us glory gain, or glory give ! " He said ; his words the listening chief... | |
 | Homer - 1877 - 558 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... | |
 | Matthew Arnold - Celtic literature - 1883 - 340 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,...us bestow, And give to fame what we to nature owe." Nothing could better exhibit Pope's prodigious talent; and nothing, too, could be better in its own... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1889 - 590 pages
...fearful than the brave, For lust of fame I should not vainly dare In fighting fields, nor urge the soul to war. * But since, alas ! ignoble age must come,...what we to nature owe ; Brave though we fall, and honoured if we live, Or let us glory gain, or glory give." As the work proceeded the poet's subscribers... | |
 | Alexander Pope - Poets, English - 1889 - 574 pages
...should not vainly dare In fighting fields, nor urge the soul to war. 168 LIFE OF POPE. [CILAP. vin. 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." As the work proceeded the poet's subscribers... | |
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