 For ever on the brink of being born. All pay themselves the compliment to think They one day shall not drivel : and their pride On this reversion takes up ready praise ; At least, their own ; their future selves...  On the Structure of English Verse - Page 144by Charles Witcomb - 1884 - 162 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Lindley Murray - 1832 - 260 pages
...- ( » • 2 Of man's miraculous mistakes, this bears The palm, " That all men are about to live :" For ever on the brink of being born. All pay themselves the compliment to think, On this reversion, takes up ready praise ; At least their own ; their future selves applaud ; How excellent... | |
 | Joseph Emerson - 1832 - 122 pages
...tremble at myself. And in myself am lost .' \t homo, astranger,45 Thought wonders up and down, surpris'd, For ever on the brink of being born. All pay themselves the compliment to thmk They one day shall not drivel pride, On this reversion, takes up ready praise ; 2< At least their... | |
 | James Hedderwick - 1833 - 232 pages
...eternal scene. Of man's miraculous mistakes, this bears The palm, " That all men are about to live" — For ever on the brink of being born. All pay themselves...lead! Time, lodged in their own hands, is folly's veil; That, lodged in fate's, to wisdom they consign; The thing they can't but purpose, they postpone.... | |
 | Edward Young - 1834 - 370 pages
...stranger still. Of man's miraculous mistakes, this bears The palm, " That all men are about to live," For ever on the brink of being born. All pay themselves...How excellent that life they ne'er will lead ! Time lodg'd in their own hands is folly's vails ; That lodg'd in fate's, to wisdom they consign; The thing... | |
 | Andrew Thomson - 1835 - 302 pages
...an eternal scent Of man's miraculous mistakes, this bears The palm, That all men are about to live: For ever on the brink of being born. All pay themselves...How excellent that life they ne'er will lead ! Time lodg'd in their own hands is folly's vails ; That lodg'd in fate's, to wisdom they consign ; The thing... | |
 | 1836 - 558 pages
...stranger still. Of man's miraculous mistakes this bears The palm, ' That all men are about to live,' For ever on the brink of being born : All pay themselves...will lead ! Time lodged in their own hands is Folly's vailt; That lodged in Fate's to wisdom they consign; The thing they can't but purpose, they postpone.... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1836 - 264 pages
...eternal scene. 2 Of man's miraculous mistakes, this bears The palm, " That all men are about to live ." For ever on the brink of being born. All pay themselves...At least their own ; their future selves applauds 5 How excellent that life they ne'er will lead ! Time lodg'd in their own hands is folly's vails ;... | |
 | 1836 - 424 pages
...stranger still, Of man's miraculous mistakes this bears The palm, " That all men are about to live," For ever on the brink of being born : All pay themselves...praise ; At least their own ; their future selves applaud, How excellent that life they ne'er will lead ! Time lodged in their own hands is Folly's vails... | |
 | Jonathan Barber - 1836 - 404 pages
...stranger still. Of man's miraculous mistakes, this bears The palm, that all men are about to live, Forever on the brink of being born. All pay themselves the...their pride On this reversion takes up ready praise, How excellent that life they, ne'er will lead ! At least their own : their future selves applaud ;... | |
 | Author of The young man's own book - 1836 - 336 pages
...stranger still. Of man's mirat ulous mistakes this bears The palm, " That all men are about to live," For ever on the brink of being born : All pay themselves the complunent to think They one day shall not drivel, and their pride On this reversion takes up ready... | |
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