 | Tibullus - Latin poetry - 1759 - 276 pages
...noftri, Sive erimus, feu nos fata fuifle volent. Interea rrgras pecudcs promitcite Diti, lit nivei lactis pocula mixta mero. ELEGIA In Life's laft Scene what...Fears of the Brave, and Follies of the Wife ; From Marlboroujh's Eyes the Streams of Dotage flow, And Swift expires a Driv'ler and a Show. Its great Beauty... | |
 | William Belsham - Great Britain - 1793 - 396 pages
...Houfe of Peers for the fuppreffion of blafphemy * " In life's laft fcene what prodigies furprize I Fears of the brave, and follies of the wife ! From MARLBOROUGH'S eyes the ftreams of dotage flow, And Swift expires — a driveller and a fhow.*' JOHNSON'S Im. of Juv. Sat.... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1801 - 416 pages
...Lydia's monarch fhould the fearch defcend, By Solon caution'd to regard his end, , In life's laft fcene what prodigies furprize, Fears of the brave, and follies of the wife ! From Marlb'rough's eyes the ftreams of dotage flow, And Swift expires a driv'ler and afhow. * The teeming... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - Biography - 1801 - 422 pages
...Lydia's monarch fhould the fearch defcend, By Solon caution'd to regard his end, In life's laft fcene what prodigies furprize, Fears of the brave, and follies of the wife ! From Marlb'rough's eyes the ftreams of dotage flow, And Swift expires a driv'ler and a Ihow. * The teeming... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1806 - 436 pages
...Lydia's monarch mould the fearch defcend, By Solon caution'd to regard his end, In life's laft fcene what prodigies furprize, Fears. of the brave, and follies of the wife ! From Marlb'rough's eyes the ftreams of dotage flow, And Swift expires a driv'ler and a fhow. * The teeming... | |
 | British poets - English poetry - 1809 - 526 pages
...his end ; In life's last scene what prodigies surprise, Fears of the brave, and follies of the wise ? From Marlborough's eyes the streams of dotage flow, And Swift expires a driveller and a show. The teeming mother, anxious lor her race, Begs for each birth the fortune of... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Francis William Blagdon - English fiction - 1811 - 250 pages
...his end ; In life's last scene what prodigies surprise, Fears of the brave, and follies of the wise ? From Marlborough's eyes the streams of dotage flow, And Swift expires a driveller and a show. The teeming mother, anxious for her race, Begs for each birth the fortune of... | |
 | Francis Wrangham - Great Britain - 1816 - 530 pages
...lampooner : ' In life's last scene what prodigies surprise, Fears of the brave, and follies of the wise ; From Marlborough's eyes the streams of dotage flow, And Swift expires — a driveller and a show.' easiness, as if he anticipated what was to happen to himself. No sooner was... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1816 - 154 pages
...his end, In life's last scene what prodigies surprise, Fears of the brave, and follies of the wise! From Marlborough's eyes the streams of dotage flow, And Swift expires a driveller, and a show. The teeming mother, anxious for her race, Begs for each birth the fortune of... | |
 | British anthology - 1825 - 464 pages
...his end ; In life's last scene what prodigies surprise, Fears of the brave, and follies of the wise ! From Marlborough's eyes the streams of dotage flow, And Swift expires a driveller and a show. The teeming mother, anxious for her race, Begs for each birth the fortune of... | |
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In life's last scene what prodigies surprise, Fears of the brave, and follies of the wise ! From Marlborough's eyes the streams of dotage flow, And Swift expires a driveller and a show. 
