 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 149by George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1904Full view - About this book
 | Henry Stebbing - 1832 - 858 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...all the passages of joy : In vain their gifts the hounteous seasons pour, The fruit autumnal, and the vernal flower, With listless eyes the dotard views... | |
 | 1832 - 704 pages
...luxury are forbidden to pass. ' Time hovers o'er, impatient to destroy, And closes all the avenues of joy. In vain their gifts the bounteous seasons pour, The fruit autumnal, and the vernal shower ; With listless eyes the dotard views the store, He views, and wonders that they please no more.... | |
 | Sir John Forbes, Alexander Tweedie, John Conolly - 1832 - 858 pages
...luxury are forbidden to pass. ' ' Time hovers o'er, impatient to destroy. And closes all the avenues of joy. In vain their gifts the bounteous seasons pour, The fruit autumnal, and the vernal shower; With listless eyes the dotard views the storc, He views, and wonders that they please no more.... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron, Thomas Moore - 1833 - 364 pages
...weep, 'Tis that our nature cannot always bring Itself to apathy, for we must steep (1) £" Time ho\ ers o'er, impatient to destroy, And shuts up all the passages...store, He views, and wonders that they please no more." JOHNSON'S Vanity of Human Wishes. " ' T is a grand poem— and so true ! — true as the 10th of Juvenal... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron, Thomas Moore - 1833 - 358 pages
...and if I weep, 'Tis that our nature cannot always bring Itself to apathy, for we must steep (1) [" Time hovers o'er, impatient to destroy, And shuts...bounteous seasons pour, The fruit autumnal, and the Ternal flow'r ; With listless eyes the dotard views the store, He Tiews, and wonders that they please... | |
 | John Evans - 1834 - 306 pages
...celebrity. POPE has these lines, inimitably tender and affecting : — LIFE protracted is protracted woe! Time hovers o'er impatient to destroy, And shuts up...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... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1836 - 360 pages
...and if I weep, 'Tis that our nature cannot always bring Itself to apathy, for we must steep (1) [" Time hovers o'er, impatient to destroy, And shuts...store, He views, and wonders that they please no more." JOHNSON'S Vanity of Human Wishes " ' T is a grand poem— and so true ! — true as the 10th of Juvenal... | |
 | Samuel Carter Hall - 1837 - 448 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. * * * *... | |
 | Samuel Carter Hall - 1837 - 438 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. * * * *... | |
 | Juvenal - 1837 - 306 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 up all the passages of joy: 260 In vain their gifts the bounteous seasons pour— The fruit autumnal, and the vernal flow'r—... | |
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