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" To press the weary minutes' flagging wings; New sorrow rises as the day returns, A sister sickens, or a daughter mourns; Now kindred Merit fills the sable bier, Now lacerated Friendship claims a tear; Year chases year, decay pursues decay, Still drops... "
A Critical Enquiry Into the Moral Writings of Dr. Samuel Johnson: In which ... - Page 79
by William Mudford - 1802 - 144 pages
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Bell's Classical Arrangement of Fugitive Poetry, Volumes 5-6

John Bell - 1789 - 428 pages
...from with'ringlife away ; New forms arise, and different views engage> Superfluous lags the vet'ran oh the stage ; Till pitying Nature signs the last release, And bids afflicted worth retire to peace. But few there are Whom hours like these await, Who set unclouded in the gulphs of Fate. ^_ 3/0 From...
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Bell's Classical Arrangement of Fugitive Poetry, Volumes 5-6

John Bell - 1789 - 442 pages
...from with'ringlife away ( New forms arise, and different views engage^ Superfluous lags the vet'ran on the stage ; Till pitying Nature signs the last release, And bids afflicled worth retire to peace. But few there are whom hours like these await, Who set unclouded in...
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The Poetical Works ...: With the Life of the Author

Samuel Johnson - 1805 - 238 pages
...from with'ring life away ; New forms arise, and diff 'rent views engage, Superfluous lags the vet'ran on the stage, Till pitying nature signs the last release, And bids afflicted worth retire to peace. But few there are whom hours like these await, Who set unclouded in the gulf* of fate. From Lydia's...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.

Samuel Johnson - 1806 - 350 pages
...from with'ring lite away ; New forms arise, and diff'rent views engage, Superfluous lags the vet'ran on the stage, Till pitying Nature signs the last release, And bids afflicted worth retire to peace. But few there are whom hours like these await, Who set unclouded in the gulphs of Fate. From Lydia's...
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Letters on Literature, Taste, and Composition: Addressed to His Son, Volume 1

George Gregory - 1808 - 352 pages
...with'ring life away ; " New forms arise, and different views engage, " Superfluous lags the vet'ran on the stage, " Till pitying Nature signs the last release, " And bids afflicted worth retrre to peace." Of these lines it is hard to say which are to be preferred, the original or the imitation....
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Specimens of the British poets, Volume 2

British poets - 1809 - 526 pages
...who could wish its end ' Year chases year, decay pursues decay, Still drops some joy from withering life away ; New forms arise, and different views engage,...release, And bids afflicted worth retire to peace. But few there are whom hours like these await, Who set unclonded in the gulfs of Fate. From Lydia's...
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Works, Volume 1

Samuel Johnson - 1809 - 372 pages
...from with'ring life away; New forms arise, and diff'rent views engage, Superfluous lags the vet'ran on the stage, Till pitying Nature signs the last release, And bids afflicted worth retire to peace. But few there are whom hours like these await, Who set unclouded in the gulfs of fate. VOL. i. U From...
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Letters on Literature, Taste, and Composition, Addressed to His Son

George Gregory - 1809 - 384 pages
...with'ring life away ; ** New forms arise, and different views engage, ' Superfluous lags the vet'ran on the stage, ' Till pitying Nature signs the last...release, ' And bids afflicted worth retire to peace." Of these lines it is hard to say which are to be preferred, the original or the imitation. The original...
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Smart, Wilkie, P. Whitehead, Fawkes, Lovibond, Harte, Langhorne, Goldsmith ...

Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 648 pages
...from with'ring life away ; New forms arise, aud different views engage, Superfluous lags the vet'ran on the stage, Till pitying Nature signs the last release, And bids afflicted worth retire to peace. But few there are whom hours like these await. Who set unclouded in the gulphs of Fate. From Lydia's...
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The Poetical Works of Samuel Johnson: Collated with the Best Editions

Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 202 pages
...Friendship claims a tear. Year chases year, decay pursues decay, Still drops some joy from withering life away ; New forms arise, and different views engage,...release, And bids afflicted worth retire to peace. But few there are whom hours like these await, Who set unclouded in the gulfs of Fate. From Lydia's...
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