 Nor good, nor bad, nor fools, nor wise ; They would not learn, nor could advise : Without love, hatred, joy, or fear, They led — a kind of — as it were : Nor wish'd, nor car'd, nor laugh'd, nor cried- : And so they liv'd, and so they died.  The Works of the English Poets: Prior - Page 278by Samuel Johnson - 1779Full view - About this book
 | Carolyn Wells - 1923 - 804 pages
...deposed or crowned. Nor good, nor bad, nor fools, nor wise; They would not learn, nor could advise; Without love, hatred, joy, or fear, They led — a kind of — as it were; Nor wished, nor cared, nor laughed, nor cried. And so they lived, and so they died. A SIMILE Dear Thomas,... | |
 | Lewis Saul Benjamin - 1924 - 356 pages
...joint letter. * " Neither good nor bad, nor fool nor v/ise. They would not learn nor could advise : Without love, hatred, joy, or fear, They led a kind of — as it were ; Nor wish'd nor cared, nor laugh'd nor cried : And so they lived, and so they died." t Add. MSS. 22626,... | |
 | David Nichol Smith - 1926 - 744 pages
...Depos'd, or Crown'd. Nor Good, nor Bad, nor Fools, nor Wise ; They wou'd not learn, nor cou'd advise: Without Love, Hatred, Joy, or Fear, They led a kind of as it were : Nor Wish'd, nor Car'd, nor Laugh'd, nor Cry'd : And so They liv'd ; and so They dy'd. Poems on Several... | |
 | James Boswell - 1928 - 394 pages
...Jack and idle Joan, Nor good, nor bad, nor fools, nor wisej They would not learn, nor could advise; Without love, hatred, joy, or fear, They led — a kind of — as it were. 8 Jean Hardouin, SJ (1646-1729), during the greater part of his life the librarian at College Louis-le-Grand,... | |
 | David Daiches - 1979 - 336 pages
.... . . It concludes: Nor good, nor bad, nor fools, nor wise; They would not learn, nor could advise: Without love, hatred, joy, or fear, They led— a kind of— as it were: Nor wished, nor cajed, nor laughed, nor cried; And so they lived; and so they died. He can also be pensive... | |
 | Margaret Anne Doody, Professor of English Margaret Anne Doody - 1985 - 314 pages
...Joan" do as little as possible, either good or bad, and avoid the keenness of either pain or pleasure: Without Love, Hatred, Joy or Fear, They led - a kind of- as it were: Nor Wish'd, nor Car'd, nor Laugh'd, nor Cry'd: And so They liv'd; and so They dy'd. ("An Epitaph," 1718)"... | |
 | Robert Andrews - 1989 - 414 pages
...years of marriage make her something like a public building. Oscar Wilde (1854-1900) Anglo-Irish author Without love, hatred, joy, or fear, They led — a kind of — as it were: Nor wish'd, nor car'd, nor laugh'd, nor cried: And so they liv'd, and so they died. Matthew Prior (1664-1721)... | |
 | Edith P. Hazen - 1992 - 1172 pages
...Idle Joan. (1. 1-2) 4 Nor good, nor bad, nor fools, nor wise. They would not learn, nor could advise: hollow crown wished, nor cared, nor laughed, nor cried: And so they lived; and so they died. (1. 57—62) 7 Venus,... | |
 | Randall Jarrell - 2002 - 404 pages
...Nothing all the day . . . Nor Good, nor Bad, nor Fools, nor Wise; They wou'd not learn, nor cou'd advise: Without Love, Hatred, Joy, or Fear, They led — a kind of — as it were; Nor Wish'd, nor Car'd, nor Laugh'd, nor Cry'd: And so They liv'd; and so They dy'd. Billions have lived,... | |
 | John Richetti - 2005 - 974 pages
...Depos'd, or Crown'd. Nor Good, nor Bad, nor Fools, nor Wise; They wou'd not learn, nor cou'd advise: Without Love, Hatred, Joy, or Fear, They led - a kind of- as it were: Nor Wish'd, nor Car'd, nor Laugh 'd, nor Cry'd: And so They liv'd; and so They dy'd.'7 Now this poem is... | |
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