 | 1743 - 642 pages
...Even age itftlf: frejb hopes are hourly Jown In furrow' d orowj. So gentle life's defcent, We fliut our eyes, and think it is a plain : We take fair days in winter, for thefpring: We turn our blefßngs into bane ; ßnce oft Man muß compute that age he cannot feel; Ha... | |
 | Edward Young - 1750 - 416 pages
...Day ; Ev'n Age itfelf. Frefh Hopes are hourly fown In furrow'd Brows. So gentle Life's Defcent , We fhut our Eyes, and think it is a Plain. We take fair Days in Winter, for the Spring; And turn our Bleflings into Bane. Since oft Man muft compute that Age He cannot fed, He fear... | |
 | Edward Young - 1750 - 350 pages
...Day ; Ev'n Age itfelf. Frefh Hopes are hourly fown In furrow'd Brows. So gentle Life's Defcent, We fhut our Eyes, and think it is a Plain. We take fair Days in Winter, for the Spring ; And turn our Bleffings into Bane. Since oft Man muft compute that Age He cannot feel, He fcarce... | |
 | Edward Young - 1762 - 292 pages
...day ; Ev'n age itfelf. Frefh hopes are hourly fown ; In furrow'd brows. So gentle life's defcent, We fhut our eyes, and think it is a plain. We take fair...into bane. Since oft Man muft compute that age he cannot feel, He fcarce believes he's older for his years. Thus, at life's latefteve, we keep in ftore... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1779 - 288 pages
...; Ev'n age itfelf. Frefh hopes are hourly fown In furrow'd brows. To gentle life's defcent We fhnt our eyes, and think it is a plain. We take fair days in winter, for the fpring ; 440 And turn our bleffings into bane. Since oft Man muft compute that age he cannot feel, He fcarce... | |
 | Lucius Annaeus Seneca - 1786 - 458 pages
...fate. Id. {/} " . Frefli hopes are hourly fown " In furrow'd brows. So gentle life's defcent, " We (hut our eyes, and think it is a plain. " We take fair days in winter for the fpringr ** And turn our bleffings into bane.— Since oft " Man mult compute that age he cannot fe«I,... | |
 | English poets - 1790 - 280 pages
...of day; Ev'n age itfelf. Frefh hopes are hourly fown In furrow'd brows. To gentle life's defcent We fhut our eyes, and think it is a plain. . We take fair days in winter, for the fpring ; 440 And turn our bleffings into bane. Since oft Man muft compute that age he cannot feel, He fcarce... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - 1791 - 510 pages
...; Ev'n age itfelf. Frcfh hop« are hourly Iowa In furrow'd brows. To gentle life's dcfcent We {hut our eyes, and think it is a plain. We take fair days...into bane. Since oft Man muft compute that age he cannot feel, He fcarce believes he's older for his уе.чг:.. Thus, at life's latcft eve, we keep... | |
 | Edward Young - 1792 - 354 pages
...of day ; Ev'n age itfelf. Frefh hopes are hourly fown In furrow'd brows. To gentle life's defcent We fhut our eyes, and think it is a plain. We take fair...into bane. Since oft Man muft compute that age he cannot feel, He fcarce believes he's older for his years. Thus, at life's lateft eve, we keep in ftore... | |
 | Robert Anderson - 1795 - 1036 pages
...Ev'n age itfelf. Frelh hopes are hourly (own In furrow'd brows. . To geoile life's defcent We (hut our eyes, and think it is a plain. We take fair days in winter, for the fpring; Ami turn our bleflings into bane. Since oft Man iMiii'l .•••_.«(•• that age he cannot feel,... | |
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To gentle life's descent We shut our eyes, and think it is a plain. We take fair days in winter, for the spring; And turn our blessings into bane. 
