 Nor think the doom of man revers'd for thee: Deign on the passing world to turn thine eyes, And pause awhile from letters to be wise; There mark what ills the scholar's life assail, Toil, envy, want, the patron, and the jail. See nations, slowly wise...  The Poetical Works of Johnson, Parnell, Gray, and Smollett - Page 30by Samuel Johnson - 1855 - 254 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Lindley Murray - Authors - 1816 - 298 pages
...patton, and the jail. See nations flowly wife, and meanly jult, To buried merit raife the tardy buft. If dreams yet flatter, once again attend, Hear Lydiat's...life, and Galileo's end. Nor deem, when learning her laft prize beftows, The glitt'ring eminence exempt from foes ; See, when the vulgar 'fcapes, defpis'd... | |
 | English poetry - 1817 - 314 pages
...be wise; There mark what ills the scholar's life assail, Toil, envy, want, the patron, and the jail. See nations slowly wise, and meanly just, To buried...again attend, Hear Lydiat's life, and Galileo's end. The festal blazes, the triumphal show, The ravish'd standard, and the captive foe, The senate's thanks,... | |
 | England - 1823 - 746 pages
...their subjects, do but recall the ingratitude, bigotry, and indifference of the ci-devant republic — See nations slowly wise and meanly just, To buried merit raise the tardy bust. Dante, Petrarch, and Boccacio were Florentines ; but where repose the all Etruscan three ? How long... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1818 - 420 pages
...be wise; There mark what ills the scholar's life assail, Toil, envy, want, the patron, and the gaol. See nations, slowly wise and meanly just, To buried...Nor deem, when Learning her last prize bestows, The glitt'ring eminence exempt from foes ; See, when the vulgar 'scapes, despis'd or aw'd, Rebellion's... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - Authors, English - 1819 - 498 pages
...wise ; There mark what ills the scholar's life assail, Toil, envy, tvant, the patron, and the jail. See nations, slowly wise and meanly just, To buried...Nor deem, when Learning her last prize bestows, The glitt'ring eminence exempt from foes ; See, when the vulgar 'scapes, despis'd or aw'd, Rebellion's... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - English literature - 1820 - 368 pages
...wise ; There mark what ills the scholar's life assail, Toil, envy, want, the patron, and the gaol. See nations, slowly wise and meanly just, To buried...Nor deem, when Learning her last prize bestows, The glitt'ring eminence exempt from foes ; See, when the vulgar 'scapes, despis'd or aw'd, Rebellion's... | |
 | Ralph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths - 1820 - 574 pages
...and whose posthumous honours form a painful illustration of the forcible couplet of the satirist, " See nations slowly wise, and meanly just, To buried merit raise the tardy bust." The prose of Mr. Tobin, which sometimes succeeds in alternate elegance to his poetry, has on several... | |
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1821 - 314 pages
...be wise; There mark what ills the scholar's life assail, Toil, envy, want, the patron, and the jail. See nations, slowly wise and meanly just, To buried...eminence exempt from foes; See, when the vulgar 'scapes, despis'd or aw'd, Rebellion's vengeful talons seize on Laud. From meaner minds, though smaller fines... | |
 | John Bowdler - Hymns, English - 1821 - 510 pages
...wise ; There mark what ills, the scholar's life assail. Toil, envy, want, the patronv and the gaol. See nations, slowly wise and meanly just, To buried...Nor deem, when Learning her last prize bestows, The glitt'ring eminence exempt from foes. See, when the vulgar 'scapes, despised or aw'd, Rebellion's vengeful... | |
 | British poets - Classical poetry - 1822 - 320 pages
...be wise; There mark what ills the scholar's life assail, Toil, envy, want, the patron, and the jail. See nations slowly wise, and meanly just, To buried...once again attend, Hear Lydiat's life, and Galileo's end4. Nor deem.whenLearningher last prize bestows, The glittering eminence exempt from woes; See when... | |
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