 tis madness to defer: Next day the fatal precedent will plead; Thus on, till wisdom is pushed 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 an...  High and low; or, Life's chances and changes - Стр. 204авторы: Henry John Coke (hon.) - 1854Полный просмотр - Подробнее о книге
 | Timothy East - 1817 - Страниц: 246
...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...of a moment leaves The vast concerns of an eternal scene."LETTER II. JF thc objections which arc sometimes adMinced to deter you from becoming decidedly... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1818 - Страниц: 338
...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...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... | |
 | 1819 - Страниц: 792
...incidents as the above occur here every hour, and are therefore not thought remarkable. 'If not to frequent would not this be strange ? That 'tis so frequent ; this is stranger still !* Of some tifthe fault* of English Manners. rred by his being seen to converse with one of ' tin sort of... | |
 | John Aikin - 1821 - Страниц: 412
...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 Hie vast concerns of an eternal scene. If not so frequent, would not this be strange .' That 't is... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1821 - Страниц: 280
...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 leases The vast concerns of an eternal scene. . Of man's miraculous mistakes, this bears For ever on... | |
 | John Newton - 1821 - Страниц: 620
...to think inferior to themselves either in judgment or integrity, are compelled to differ from them. If not so frequent, would not this be strange ? That 'tis so frequent— this stranger still ! Be assured, dear Sir, that in thus apologizing for my brethren, I write not only without... | |
 | William Jillard Hort - 1822 - Страниц: 234
...infinite perfection close the scene. I'ROCRASl'INATION.' Youftg* PROCRASTINATION is the thief of time; Year after year it steals, till all are fled, And,...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... | |
 | Lindley Murray, Jeremiah Goodrich - 1822 - Страниц: 322
...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...moment leaves The vast concerns of an eternal scene. 8. Of man's miraculous mistakes, this bears For ever on the brink of being born. All pay themselves... | |
 | William Enfield - 1823 - Страниц: 412
...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...the 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,"... | |
 | British poets - 1824 - Страниц: 676
...wisdom is push'd out of life. Young's Night Tlioughts, n. 1. Procrastination is the thief of time ; Year after year it steals, till all are fled, And...moment leaves The vast concerns of an eternal scene. Ibid. DESPAIR. Methinks we stand on ruin ; Nature shakes About us ; and the universal frame's So loose,... | |
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