 | Lindley Murray - 1815 - 276 pages
...wise : At thirty, man suspects himself a fool; Knows it at forty, and reforms his plan ; At fifty, chides his infamous delay; Pushes his prudent purpose...wounded, like the .wounded air, Soon close ; where, past the shaft, po trace is found, As from the wing no scar the sky retains ; The parted wave no furrow... | |
 | Edward Young - 1815 - 332 pages
...more wise. At thirty man suspects himself a fool ; Knows it at forty, and reforms his plan ; At fifty chides his infamous delay, Pushes his prudent purpose...Themselves, when some alarming shock of fate Strikes thro' their wounded hearts the sudden dread But their hearts wounded, like the wounded air, Soon close;... | |
 | Edward Young - Death - 1816 - 390 pages
...himself a fool ; Knotvs it ?& forty, and reforms his plan ; At fifty chides his infamous delay, Plushes his prudent purpose to resolve ; In all the magnanimity...Themselves, when some alarming shock of fate Strikes thro' their wounded hearts the sudden dread ; But their hearts wounded, like the wounded air, Soon... | |
 | Lindley Murray - English language - 1816 - 328 pages
...ami re*resolves, then dies the same. And why ? because bethinks himself immortal. All men think alt men mortal but themselves ; Themselves, when some...wounded, like the wounded air, Soon close; where, past the shaft, no trace is found. As from the wing no scar the sky retain*; The parted wave no furrow... | |
 | Edward Young - 1816 - 284 pages
...wise. At thirty, man suspects himself a fool ; Knows it at forty, and reforms his plan ; At fifty, chides his infamous delay, Pushes his prudent purpose...re-resolves ; then dies the same. And why ? because he tjiinks himself immortal. AH men think all men mortal but themselves : Themselves, when some alarming... | |
 | Edward Young - Fore-edge paintings - 1817 - 372 pages
...wise. At thirty, man suspects himself a fool ; Knows it at forty, and reforms his plan ; At fifty, chides his infamous delay, Pushes his prudent purpose...shock of fate Strikes through their wounded hearts the suddcu dread : But their hearts wounded, like the wounded air, Soon close; where pass'd the shaft,... | |
 | English poetry - 1817 - 314 pages
...more wise. At thirty man suspects himself a fool; Knows it at forty, and reforms his plan ; At fifty chides his infamous delay, Pushes his prudent purpose...thought Resolves, and re-resolves; then dies the same. How dreadful that deliberate surprise! Be wise to-day ;' 'tij madness to defer : Next day the fatal... | |
 | William Scott - Elocution - 1817 - 416 pages
...Hamlet^ 10. At thirty, man suspects himself * fool ; Knows it at forty, and reforms his plan ; At lifty chides his infamous delay, Pushes his prudent purpose...thought, Resolves and re-resolves — then dies the s#me.-— Young. VII. — JSjcamfilet of the firinaifial Emotions and Passions—' ADMIRATION, CONTEMPT,... | |
 | William Hazlitt - English literature - 1818 - 358 pages
...more wise. At thirty man suspects himself a fool ; Knows it at forty, and reforms his plan ; At fifty chides his infamous delay, Pushes his prudent purpose...wounded, like the wounded air, Soon close ; where past the shaft, no trace is found. As from the wing no scar the sky retains; The parted wave no furrow... | |
 | 1818 - 510 pages
...holiness of lite. Few installent So proclaim the scrioutnest ami certainly of death. Young well observes : All men think all men mortal but themselves : Themselves,...wounded, like the wounded air. Soon close, where, past the shaft, no trace is found, As from the wing no scar the sky retains. Yet among rich or poor,... | |
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Unanxious for ourselves ; and only wish, As duteous sons, our fathers were more wise. At thirty man suspects himself a fool: Knows it at forty, and reforms his plan; At fifty chides his infamous delay, Pushes his prudent purpose to resolve ; In all the... 
