 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
 | John Nichols - Authors, English - 1812 - 794 pages
...urge thy soul to war. But since, alas ! ignoble age must come, Disease, and death's inexorable doom j The life which others pay let us bestow, And give to Fame what we to Nature owe. Popes Homer, 11. xii. 38*. His Lordship then repeated the last word several times, with a calm and... | |
 | John Nichols - Authors, English - 1812 - 782 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 which others pay let us bestow, And give to Fame what we to Nature owei ,, Pope's Homer,... | |
 | William Melmoth - English letters - 1815 - 314 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,...inexorable doom ; The life which others pay, let us kslow, And give to fame what we to nature owe ; Brave though we fall, and honour'd if we live, Or let... | |
 | Thomas Ewing - Elocution - 1819 - 448 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,...what we to nature owe ! Brave though we fall, and honour'd if we live, Or let us glory gain, or glory give. Pope's Homer. 25. — Alexander the Great.... | |
 | British prose literature - 1821 - 336 pages
...vainly dale In BghtiRg fields, nor urge thy soul to war. But since, alas ! ignoble age must corrc. Disease, and death's inexorable doom ;. The life which...what we to nature owe ; Brave though we fall, and honour'd if we live, Or let us glory gain, or glory give. PopeIf any thing can be justly objected to... | |
 | Homer - 1822 - 342 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 ; B,rave 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 - Poets, English - 1822 - 426 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 honour'd if we live, Or let us glory gain, or glory give." This passage was the first specimen our... | |
 | Alexander Pope - Poets, English - 1822 - 428 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 honour'd if we live, Or let us glory gain, or glory give." This passage was the first specimen our... | |
 | British poets - Classical poetry - 1822 - 348 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 honour'd if we live, Or let us glory gain, or glory give!' He said ; his words the listening chief... | |
 | Ezekiel Sanford - English poetry - 1822 - 344 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 honour'd if we live, Or let us glory gain, or glory give !" He said; his words the listening chief... | |
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