 | British poets - Classical poetry - 1822 - 284 pages
...be strange? That 'tis so frequent, this is stranger still. Of man's miraculous mistakes this bears The palm, 'That all men are about to live,' For ever on the brink of being born: All pay themselves the compliment to think They one day shall not drivel, and their pride On this reversion... | |
 | William Jillard Hort - English literature - 1822 - 234 pages
...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 ever on the brink of being born. All promise is poor dilatory man, And that through every stage ; when young, indeed, In full content we... | |
 | William Enfield - 1823 - 412 pages
...mercies of a moment leaves The vast concerns of ah eternal scene. Of man's miraculous mistakes this bears The palm, " That all men are about to live," For ever on the brink of being born. All pay themselves the compliment to think, They one day shall not drivel ; and their pride On this reversion... | |
 | William Hazlitt - English poetry - 1824 - 1062 pages
...be strange ? That 'tis so frequent, this is stranger still. Of man's miraculous mistakes, this bears 98/ 98/ 98/ themselves the compliment to think They one day shall not drivel ; and their pride On this reversion... | |
 | William Hazlitt - English poetry - 1825 - 600 pages
...be strange ? That 'tis so frequent, this is stranger still. Of man's miraeulous mistakes, this bears The palm, That all men are about to live, For ever on the brink of being born. All pay themselves the eompliment to think They one day shall not drivel ; and their pride On this reversion... | |
 | Lindley Murray - Readers - 1825 - 270 pages
...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 ever on the brink of being born. All pay themselves the compliment to think, , They, one day, shall not drivel ; and their pride On this reversion... | |
 | Lindley Murray, Jeremiah Goodrich - Readers - 1825 - 316 pages
...Pternal scene. MILTOIf. 2. Of man's miraculous linistakes, this bears The palm. " That all men are aboof to live:" For ever on the brink of being born. All pay themselves tap compliment to think, They one day sliali not d'ive!; aod ':hcir pride On this reversion... | |
 | Lindley Murray - Readers - 1826 - 268 pages
...leaves The vast concerns of an eternal scene. Of man's miraculous mistakes, this bears * The palnij " That all men are about to live :" For ever on the brink of being born. *• All pay themselves the compliment to think, They, one day, shall not drivel ; and their pride On this reversion... | |
 | John Johnstone - 1827 - 596 pages
...be strange ? That 'tis so frequent, this is stranger still. Of man's miraculous mistakes this bears The palm, " That all men are about to live," For ever on the brink of being born : All pay themselves the compliment to think They one day shall not drivel, and their pride On this reversion... | |
 | Lindley Murray - Readers - 1827 - 262 pages
...of a moment leaves The vast concerns of an eternal scene. 2 Of man's miraculous mistakes, this hears The palm, "That all men are about to live : " For ever on the brink of being born. All pay themselves the compliment to think, They one day, shall hot drivel ; and their pride nn this reversion,... | |
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Of man's miraculous mistakes this bears The palm, ' That all men are about to live, For ever on the brink of being born.' All pay themselves the compliment to think They one day shall not drivel : and their pride On this reversion takes up ready praise... 
