 Man's feeble race what ills await ! . Labour, and Penury, the racks of Pain, Disease, and Sorrow's weeping train, And Death, sad refuge from the storms of fate ! The fond complaint, my song, disprove, And justify the laws of Jove.  Poems by Mr. Gray - Page 61by Thomas Gray - 1768 - 187 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1870 - 464 pages
...: O'er her warm cheek and rising bosom move 40 The bloom of young Desire and purple light of Love. Man's feeble race what ills await, Labour and penury, the racks of pain, Disease, and sorrow's weeping train, And death, sad refuge from the storms of fate ! 45 The fond complaint,... | |
 | 1870 - 974 pages
...sends the day, by its cheerful presence, to dispel the gloom and the terrors of night.] STBOFHI II. Man's feeble race what ills await! — Labour and penury, the racks of pain, Disease, and sorrow'** weeping train, And death, sad refuge from the storms of fate. 45 The fond complaint,... | |
 | Daniel Scrymgeour - 1870 - 644 pages
...O'er her warm cheek and rising bosom move The bloom of young Desire, and purple light3 of Love. II. Man's feeble race what ills await, Labour and Penury, the racks of Pain, Disease, and Sorrow's weeping train, And Death, sad refuge from the storms of Fate ! 1 Comp. Hor. Odes... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - English poetry - 1870 - 456 pages
...way: O'er her warm cheek and rising bosom move The bloom of young desire and purple light of love. Man's feeble race what ills await — * Labour, and penury, the racks of pain, Disease, and sorrow's weeping train, And death, sad refuge from the storms of fate ! The fond complaint,... | |
 | Charles John Smith - English language - 1871 - 630 pages
...folly and unreason. We are sad when we reflect upon loss, privation, disappointment, and the like. " Man's feeble race what ills await : Labour and Penury, the racks of Pain, Disease and Sorrow's weeping train, And Death, sad refuge from the storms of fate." Gray. sad in its... | |
 | John Wesley Hales - 1872 - 552 pages
...her warm cheek, and rising bosom, move 40 The bloom of young Desire, and purple light of Love. ii. I. Man's feeble race what ills await ! Labour and Penury, the racks of Pain, Disease, and Sorrow's weeping train, And Death, sad refuge from the storms of Fate ! 45 The fond complaint,... | |
 | Anthologia Anglica - 1873 - 512 pages
...her warm cheek, and rising bosom, move The bloom of young Desire, and purple light of Love. II.— 1. Man's feeble race what ills await ! Labour and Penury, the racks of Pain, Disease, and Sorrow's weeping train, And Death, sad refuge from the storms of Fate ! The fond complaint,... | |
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - Quotations, English - 1875 - 794 pages
...venerate himself as mr\n. GOLDSMITH. These.little things are great to little man. GOLDSMITH: Traveller. Man's feeble race what ills await ! Labour and penury, the racks of pain, Disease and sorrow's sweeping train, And death, sad refuge from the storms of fate. GRAY : Progress... | |
 | Cassell, ltd - 1875 - 452 pages
...way : O'er her warm cheek and rising bosom move The bloom of young Desire and purple light of Love. Man's feeble race what ills await ! Labour, and Penury, the racks of Pain, Disease, and Sorrow's weeping train, And Death, sad refuge from the storms of Fate 1 The fond complaint,... | |
 | Thomas Frost - Great Britain - 1876 - 404 pages
...torture the possessor with such pains and penalties as to make him oftentimes curse the possession. " Man's feeble race, what ills await ! Labour and penury, — the racks of pain : Disease and sorrow's mournful train, And death, sad refuge from the storms of fate. " If I continue... | |
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