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" In health, in sickness, thus the suppliant prays; Hides from himself his state, and shuns to know, That life protracted is protracted woe. Time hovers o'er, impatient to destroy, And shuts up all the passages of joy: In vain their gifts the bounteous... "
The Works of Lord Byron - Page 147
by George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1904
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.

Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1820 - 368 pages
...suppliant prays ; Hides from himself his state, and shuns to know, That life protracted is protracted woe. Time hovers o'er, impatient to destroy, And shuts...bounteous seasons pour, The fruit autumnal, and the vernal flower ; With listless eyes the dotard views the store, He views, and wonders that they please no more...
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The Plain Englishman [ed. by C. Knight and E.H. Locker]., Volume 1

Charles Knight - 1820 - 636 pages
...suppliant prays ; Hides from himself his state, and shuns to know, That life protracted is protracted woe. Time hovers o'er, impatient to destroy, And shuts...: In vain their gifts the bounteous seasons pour, Th<! fruit autumnal, and the vernal flow'r, With listless eyes the dotard views the store, He views,...
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Select Works of the British Poets: With Biographical and Critical ..., Volume 9

John Aikin - 1821 - 314 pages
...suppliant prays: Hides from himself its state, and shuns to know, That life protracted is protracted woe. Time hovers o'er, impatient to destroy, And shuts...store, He views, and wonders that they please no more ; Now pall the tasteless meats, and joyless wines, And Luxury with sighs her slave resigns. Approach,...
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Poems Divine and Moral: Many of Them Now First Published

John Bowdler - 1821 - 510 pages
...and shuns to know That life protracted, is protracted woe. Time hovers o'er, impatient to destroy, In vain their gifts the bounteous seasons pour, The...vernal flow'r ; With listless eyes the dotard views the-store, He views, and wonders that they please no more ; Now pall the tasteless meats, and joyless...
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The British Poets: Including Translations ...

1822 - 292 pages
...suppliant prays; Hides from himself his state, and shuns to know, That life protracted is protracted woe. Time hovers o'er, impatient to destroy, And shuts...bounteous Seasons pour, The fruit autumnal, and the vernal flower, With listless eyes the dotard views the store, He views, and wonders that they please no more...
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The minstrel, a collection of moral and religious poems

Minstrel - 1824 - 246 pages
...his state, and shuns to know. That hfe protracted, is protracted woe. Time hovers o'er, iuipam-iil to destroy, And shuts up all the passages of joy : In vain their gilts the bounteous season* pour, The fruit autuimml, and the vernal flow'r, With listless eyes the...
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Sequel to the English Reader: Or, Elegant Selections in Prose and Poetry ...

Lindley Murray - 1825 - 310 pages
...suppliant prays : Hides from himself his state, and shuns to know, That life protracted is protracted wo. Time hovers o'er, impatient to destroy, , And shuts...store, * He views, and wonders that they please no more ; * Now pall the tasteless meats, and joyless wines, And luxury with sighs her slave resigns. Approach...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 1

Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 508 pages
...suppliant prays ; Hides from himself his state, and shuns to know, That life protracted is protracted woe. Time hovers o'er, impatient to destroy, And shuts...store, He views, and wonders that they please no more ; Now pall the tasteless meats, and joyless wines, And luxury with sighs her slave resigns. Approach,...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: With Murphy's Essay, Volume 6

Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 728 pages
...suppliant prays : Hides from himself his state, and shuns to know, That life protracted is protracted woe. Time hovers o'er, impatient to destroy, And shuts...listless eyes the dotard views the store, He views, and v/onders that they please no more ; Now pall the tasteless meats, and joyless wines, And Luxury with...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.

Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 750 pages
...Hides from himself his state, and shuns to know, That life protracted is protracted wo. Time hovera o'er, impatient to destroy, And shuts up all the passages...bounteous seasons pour, The fruit autumnal, and the vernal flower ; With listless eyes the dotard views the store, He views, and wonders that they please no more...
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