 | William Enfield - 1804 - 418 pages
...Spring encircle all. THOMSON, CHAP. XXIII. On Procrastination. B E wise to-day ; 'tis madness to defer : Next day the fatal precedent will plead : Thus on...time ; Year after year it steals , till all are fled, E4 And to the mercies of a moment leaves Thf vast concerns of an eternal scene. Ol 'man's miraculous... | |
 | Edward Young - 1805 - 284 pages
...slow-sudden death. How dreadful that deliberate surprize ! Be wise to-day : 'tis madness to defer; Next day the fatal precedent will plead ; Thus on,...of a moment leaves The vast concerns of an eternal scene, f not so frequent would not this be strange ? hat 'tis so frequent, this is stranger stillOf... | |
 | Edward Young - English poetry - 1805 - 238 pages
...slow sudden death. How dreadful that deliberate surprise ! Be wise to-day ; 'tis madness to defer ; Next day the fatal precedent will plead: Thus on,...of time ; Year after year it steals, till all are fletl, And to the mercies of a moment leaves The vast concerns of an eternal scene. If not so frequent,... | |
 | Edward Dayes, Edward Wedlake Brayley - Artists - 1805 - 432 pages
...continuance of which is so uncertain, and its loss so irrecoverable. Be wise to-day ; 'tis madness to defer ; Next day the fatal precedent will plead : Thus on, till wisdom is push'd out of life. YOUNG. Indolence the grand enemy to the attainment o£ eminence. In forming compositions it will not... | |
 | Lindley Murray - English language - 1805 - 348 pages
...of thae ; 'Tis all thou art, and all the proud shall be. Be wise to-day, 'tis madness t5 defer ; ' Next day the fatal precedent will plead ; Thus on, till wisdom is push'd out of life. This is called the Heroic measure. In its simplest form it consists of five Iambuses ; but by the admission... | |
 | Elegant extracts - 1805 - 1054 pages
...wifdom is pum'd out of life ; Pr<x. raft in.-it ion is the thief of time, Year after year it Iteals, till all are fled, And to the mercies of a moment leaves The vaft concerns of an eternal fcene ! If not fo frequent, would not this be ftrange ? That 'tis fo frequent,... | |
 | English poetry - 1806 - 408 pages
...Relieve our wants, and.spare our Mushes too. On PROCRASTINATION; BE wise to-day ; 'tis madness to defer; Next day the fatal precedent will plead; Thus on,...after year it steals, till all are fled, And to the rpercies of a moment leavep The vast concerns of an eternal scene. Of man's miraculous mistakes, this... | |
 | Cabinet - 1808 - 524 pages
...life's futurities, expire. How dreadfel that deliberate surprise! Be wise to-day; 'tis madness to defer; Next day the fatal precedent will plead; Thus on,...of a moment leaves The vast concerns of an eternal scene. •• If not so frequent, would not this be strange ? That 'tis so frequent, this is stranger... | |
 | Edward Young, Thomas Park - 1808 - 336 pages
...a slow-sudden death, How dreadful that deliberate surprise ! Be wise to-day; 'tis madness to defer: Next day the fatal precedent will plead ; Thus on,...of a moment leaves The vast concerns of an eternal scene. / If not so frequent, would not this be strange^ j That 'tis so frequent, this is stranger still.... | |
 | William Enfield - Elocution - 1808 - 434 pages
...THOMSON. 6N PROCRASTINATION. BE wise to day ; 'tis madness to defer ; Next day the fatal precedent wilf plead ; Thus on, till wisdom is push'd out of life....of a moment leaves The vast concerns of an eternal scene. • Of man's miraculous mistakes, this bears The palm, " That all men are about to live," For... | |
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tis madness to defer: Next day the fatal precedent will plead ; Thus on, till wisdom is push'd out of life. Procrastination is the thief of time ; Year after year it steals, till all are fled, And to the mercies of a moment leaves The vast concerns of... 
