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The Works of the English Poets: With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical - Page 345
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The works of the English poets. With prefaces, biographical and ..., Volume 56

English poets - 1790 - 264 pages
...creeping Ant, If I take not due care for the things I fhall want. Nor provide againft dangers in rime. When death or old age fhall ftare in my face, What...ficknefs fhall come, And pray that my fins be forgiven : Let me read in good books, and believe, and obey, That when death turns me out of this cottage of...
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Extracts, Elegant, Instructive, and Entertaining, in Poetry, Volume 1

Vicesimus Knox - English poetry - 1791 - 966 pages
...When death or old age (hall ftare in my f*&, What a wretch (hall 1 be in the end of my «}'»i • end for him up, take no cxcufe." The toil, the danger of the feas, Great Minifters ne'er t [fl»" coaK' Let me think what will fcrve me when fickacn And pray that my fins be forgiven : Let me...
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Elegant Extracts: Or, Useful and Entertaining Pieces of Poetry, Selected for ...

Vicesimus Knox - English poetry - 1796 - 574 pages
...Nor provide againft dangers in time. When death or old age Ihall ihre in my face, What a wretch Hull I be in the end of my days, If I trifle away all their prime ! Now, now, while my ftrcngth and my youth arc in bloom, [fiiall come, Let me think what will ferve me when ficknefb And...
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The Nursery Garland: Being a Selection of Short, Classical Poems, Adapted to ...

W. M. - Children - 1801 - 356 pages
...in time: When death or old age fliall (tare in my face, 'What a. wretch ftiall I be in the end of my If I trifle away all their prime ! Now, now, while my ftrength and my youth are m bloom, Let me think what will ferve me when fkknefs fliall come, And pray that my fins be forgiven....
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Elegant Extracts: Or, Useful and Entertaining Pieces of Poetry

Elegant extracts - 1805 - 1054 pages
...provide againft dangers in time : When death or old age (hall itare in my face, What a wretch mall 1 be in the end of my days, If I trifle away all their p- ime ! Now, now, while my ftrenglh and my youth are in bloom, ((hall come, Let me think what will...
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The Poetical Works of Isaac Watts ...: Collated with the Best ..., Volumes 1-2

Isaac Watts - English poetry - 1807 - 410 pages
...provide against dangers in time : Whed death or old age shall stare in my face, What a wretch shall I be in the end of my days, If I trifle away all their prime 1 4 Now, now, while ray strength and my youth are in bloom, Let me think what will serve me when sickness...
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Specimens of the Later English Poets: With Preliminary Notices, Volume 2

Robert Southey - English poetry - 1807 - 472 pages
...provide against dangers in time. When death or old age shall stare in my face, What a wretch shall I be in the end of my days, If I trifle away all my prime ! Now, now, while my strength and my youth are in bloom, Let me think what will serve me when...
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Divine Songs, Attempted in Easy Language, for the Use of Children

Isaac Watts - Children's poetry - 1800 - 82 pages
...againft Dangers in Time. When Death or old Age fhall ftare in my Face, What a Wretch fhall I be at the End of my Days, If I trifle away all their prime...are in bloom, Let me think what will ferve me when Sicknefs fhall come, And pray that my Sins be forgiv'n : Let me read in good Books, and believe, and...
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The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper;: Watts, A. Philips ...

Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1810 - 556 pages
...provide against dangers in time. When Death or Old Age shall stare in my face, What a wretch shall I be in the end of my days, If I trifle away all their prime ! Now, now, while my strength and my youth are in bloom, Let me think what will serve me when sickness shall come, And pray...
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The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper: Including ..., Volume 13

Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1810 - 558 pages
...provide against dangers in time. When Death or Old Age shall stare in my face, What a wretch shall I he in the end of my days, If I trifle away all their prime! Now, now, while my strength and my youth are in hloom, Let me think what will serve me when sickness shall come, And pray...
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