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" Thus would I double my life's fading space, For he that runs it well, twice runs his race. And in this true delight, These unbought sports... "
The Works of Abraham Cowley - Page 227
by Abraham Cowley - 1806
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A History of English Poetry, Volume 3

William John Courthope - 1911 - 578 pages
...the choice, of friends. Books should, not business, entertain the light ; And Sleep, as undisturb'd as Death, the night. My house a cottage more Than palace, and should f1tting be For all my use, no luxury. My garden painted o'er With Nature's hand, not Art's ; and pleasures...
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A Century of English Essays: An Anthology Ranging from Caxton to R. L ...

Ernest Rhys - 1915 - 518 pages
...but the choice of friends. Books should, not business, entertain the light, And sleep, as undisturbed as death, the night. My house a cottage, more Than...Art's ; and pleasures yield, Horace might envy in his Sabine field. Of Myself 37 Thus would I double my life's fading space, For he that runs it well, twice...
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The Essays and Other Prose Writings of Abraham Cowley

Abraham Cowley - 1915 - 416 pages
...business entertain the Light, And sleep, as undisturb'd as Death, the Night. My House a Cottage, more Then Palace, and should fitting be For all my Use, no Luxury. My Garden painted o're With Natures hand, not Arts ; and pleasures yeild, 20 Horace might envy in his Sabine field. n....
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The English Familiar Essay: Representative Texts

William Frank Bryan, Ronald Salmon Crane - 1916 - 540 pages
...the choice of friends. 10 Books should, not business, entertain the light, And sleep, as undisturbed as death, the night. My house a cottage, more Than...Art's ; and pleasures yield, Horace might envy in his Sabine field. 11 Thus would I double my life's fading space, For he that runs it well twice runs his...
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French Verse of the XVI Century

Charles Henry Conrad Wright - 1916 - 152 pages
...business, entertain the light. And sleep as undisturbed as death, the night, My house a cottage, more Thin palace, and should fitting be For all my use, no luxury....art's; and pleasures yield Horace might envy in his Sabine field. 2. herbis, pastures. 3. loucerves = loups-cemiers. 2. A son amy Lyon. In 1526 Marot was...
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The Kingdom of the mind

James Mortimer Keniston - 1916 - 272 pages
...— how to live As fits our station; and how best pursue What God has placed us in this world to do.1 Thus would I double my life's fading space, For he that runs it well, runs twice the race. And in this true delight, These unbought sports, this happy state, I would not...
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Poet Lore, Volume 29

1918 - 744 pages
...lover of gardens, and his quiet, contemplative spirit is shown in his Essays and verse. He could write: My house a cottage more Than palace, and should fitting...Garden, painted o'er With Nature's hand, not Art's, should pleasures yield, Horace might envy in his Sabine field. He never seems to be weary of the country...
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Characters from the Histories & Memoirs of the Seventeenth Century: With an ...

David Nichol Smith - 1918 - 398 pages
...entertain the Light, And sleep, as undisturb'd as Death, the Night. My House a Cottage, more 30 Then Palace, and should fitting be For all my Use, no Luxury. My Garden painted o're With Natures hand, not Arts ; and pleasures yeild, Horace might envy in his Sabine field. n. Thus...
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A Century of English Essays: An Anthology Ranging from Caxton to R.L ...

Ernest Rhys, Lloyd Vaughan - 1920 - 522 pages
...painted o'er With Nature's hand, not Art's ; and pleasures yield, Horace might envy in his Sabine fit-Id. Thus would I double my life's fading space, For he that runs it weK, twice runs his race. And in this true delight, These unbought sports, that happy state, I would...
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Fame's Twilight: Studies of Nine Men of Letters

Kenneth Newton Colvile - 1923 - 296 pages
...to love her End. He never lost the art or the philosophy which enabled him as a boy to write thus: Thus would I double my Life's fading space, For he that runs it well, runs twice his Race. And in this true Delight, These unbought Sports, this happy State, I would not...
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