 | George Oliver - 1856 - 250 pages
...to fail. UCXVI. Beware of procrastination. It is truly styled the thief of time. He who puts off a work from day to day, Does on a river's bank expecting stay, Till the swift stream that stops him shall be gone, Which, as it runs, for ever will run on. LXXVII. When a... | |
 | George Payn Quackenbos - 1857 - 470 pages
...says, as an example of representative versification, " perhaps no other English line can equal." " He who defers this work from day to day, Does on a...river's bank expecting stay, Till the whole stream that stopped him shall be gone,— Which runs, and, as it runs, forever thall run on." Pope furnishes... | |
 | Richard Ray (of Milton.) - 1861 - 190 pages
...159 IV. KEFEBENCE TO TABLET AND TOMB 159 " Begin, be bold, and venture to be wise. He who defers the work from day to day Does on a river's bank expecting stay, Till the whole stream, which stopp'd him, should be gone, That runs, and as it runs, for ever will run on." " Nature stamps all... | |
 | George Payn Quackenbos - 1865 - 476 pages
...says, as an example of representative versification, " per haps no other English linc cau equal." i' He who defers this work from day to day, Does on a river's hank expecting stay, Till the whole stream that shipped him shall be gonc,— Wki* k runt, and) as... | |
 | Abraham Cowley - 1868 - 240 pages
...horam, Busticus exspectat, dum labitur amuis : at ille Labitur, et labetur in onme volubilis sevum."* Begin, be bold, and venture to be wise ; He who defers...That runs, and as it runs, for ever will run on.* 8 Lib. i. Agric. 4 Ep. I. ii. 40. 4 This translation gives the sense, but not the grace, of the original... | |
 | William Henry Davenport Adams - 1872 - 396 pages
...Ift'sySjH EGIN, be bold, and venture to be wise ; IB.ElGJBl He who defers this work from day to da)', Does on a river's bank expecting stay, Till the whole stream which stopped him should be gone, That runs, and as it runs, for ever will run on. [ABRAHAM COWLEY. From... | |
 | George Payn Quackenbos - 1874 - 468 pages
...says, as an example of representative versification, " perhaps no other English line can equal ". " He who defers this work from day to day, Does on a...river's bank expecting stay, Till the whole stream that stopped him shall be gone, — Which runs, anil, as it runs, forever shall run on." Pope furnishes... | |
 | Alan Benjamin Cheales - 1877 - 192 pages
...the milch cow of the field, Their worship is to calculate The butter she will vield. PROCBASTINATION. Begin, be bold, and venture to be wise : He, who defers...river's bank expecting stay Till the whole stream that stops him shall be gone, Which runs, and as it runs for ever shall run on. Cowley. AGE. 'Tis greatly... | |
 | Horace - 1878 - 252 pages
...42. Rusticus, " like the countryman in the fable." 43. The sound here aptly imitates the sense. So Cowley, — " Begin, be bold, and venture to be wise...river's bank expecting stay Till the whole stream that stopped him shall be gone, Which runs, and as it runs, for ever shall run on." 44. Quœritur,... | |
 | Maine. Board of Agriculture - 1879 - 338 pages
...skill, industry and research should be directed. " Begin, be bold, and venture to be wise, He who delays this work from day to day, Does on a river's bank expecting stay, Till the whole stream that stopt him shall be gone, Which runs, and as It runs, forever will run on." , DISCUSSION. Mr. KEYES.... | |
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Begin, be bold, and venture to be wise : He who defers this work from day to day, Does on a river's bank expecting stay Till the whole stream which stopp'd him should be gone, Which runs, and, as it runs, for ever will run on. 
