 There vows and there unnumbered prayers remain, Which oft to God the sinner makes in vain ; The frequent tears that lovers' eyes suffuse, The sighs they breathe, the days that gamesters lose ; The leisure given which fools so oft neglect, The weak designs...  Orlando Furioso - Page 32by Lodovico Ariosto - 1807Full view - About this book
 | 1854 - 532 pages
...devours. There vows and there unnumbered prayers remain, Which oft to God the sinner makes in vain ; The frequent tears that lovers' eyes suffuse, The...The weak designs that never take effect. Whate'er desires the mortal breast assail, In countless numbers fill the encumbered vale : For, know, whate'er... | |
 | Louis Du Pont Syle - English poetry - 1897 - 110 pages
...vows and there unnumber'd prayers remain Which oft to God the sinner makes in vain. The frequent tear that lovers' eyes suffuse ; The sighs they breathe...effect. Whate'er designs the mortal breast assail In countless numbers fill th' encumber'd vale. For know, whate'er is lost by human kind Ascending here,... | |
 | 1854 - 534 pages
...devours. There vows and there unnumbered prayers remain, Which oft to God the sinner makes in vain ; The frequent tears that lovers' eyes suffuse, The...The weak designs that never take effect. Whate'er desires the mortal breast assail, In countless numbers fill the encumbered vale : For, know, whate'er... | |
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