 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
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1800 - 496 pages
...ignoble age muft come, Difeafe, and death's inexorable doom ; The life which others pay, let us bellow, And give to fame what we to nature owe; Brave though we fall, and honour'J if we live, Or let us glory gain, or glory five ! 395 He f:iiil; his words thcliflcning chief... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1804 - 496 pages
...ignoble age mull come, Difeafe, and death's inexorable doom ; The life which others pa)-, let us lieitow, And give to fame what we to nature owe; Brave though we fall, and honour'd if we live, 395 Or let us story gain, orglorygive! He faij ; his words theliftening chief... | |
 | Homerus - 1807 - 568 pages
...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...what we to nature owe ; Brave though we fall, and honour'd if we live, 9$ Or let us glory gain, or glory give ! He said ; his words the listening chief... | |
 | John Bell - 1807 - 470 pages
...to war. 390 ' But since, alas ! ignoble age must come, ' Disease, and death's inexorable dooiii ; ' The life which others pay, let us bestow, ' And give to fame what we to nature owe; ' Brave tho' we fall, and honor'd if we live, S9-; ' Or let us glory gain, or glory give !' He said: his words... | |
 | 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... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1810 - 760 pages
...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,...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 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...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 said ; his words the listening chief... | |
 | Stephen Jones, Charles Molloy Westmacott - English literature - 1811 - 370 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, 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... | |
 | John Nichols - Authors, English - 1812 - 842 pages
...fearful than the brave, For lust of fame, I should not vainly dare Jn fighting fields, nor urge thy soul to war. But since, alas ' ignoble age must come, Disease,...us bestow, And give to Fame what we to Nature owe. Pope's Homer, II. xii. 387. His Lordship then repeated the last word several tunes, with 4 calm and... | |
 | Richard Lovell Edgeworth - Education - 1812 - 572 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...Fame, what we to Nature owe; " Brave though we fall, arid honour'd if we lire, " Or let us glorji gain, or glory give!" CHAPTER IV. On Medical Education.... | |
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