 For who would bear the whips and scorns of time, The oppressor's wrong, the proud man's contumely, The pangs of despised love, the law's delay, The insolence of office, and the spurns That patient merit of the unworthy takes, When he himself might his...  Reflections on Death - Pagina 1de William Dodd - 1815 - 206 paginiVizualizare completă - Despre această carte
 | 1804 - 188 pagini
...against a sea of troubles, And by opposing, end them !....To die. ...to sleep.... No more ; and by a sleep, to say, we end The heart-ach, and the thousand...of despised love, the law's delay, The insolence of office, and the spurns That patient merit of tii' unworthy takes, When he himself might his quietus... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1806 - 492 pagini
...calamity of so long life. For who would bear the whips and scorns of time, Tli' oppressor's wrong, the proud man's contumely, The pangs of despised love, the law's delay, The insolence of office, and the spurns That patient merit ofth' unworthy take?, When he himself might his quietus make... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1809 - 350 pagini
...sleep, to say, we end The heart-ache, and the thousand natural shocks That flesh is heir to; 'tis-a consummation Devoutly to be wish'd. — To die —...of office, and the spurns That patient merit of th' unworthy takes, When he himself might his quietua make With a bare bodkin ! Who would fardles bear,... | |
 | Lord Alexander Fraser Tytler Woodhouselee - 1813 - 466 pagini
...makes calamity of so long life: For who would bear the whips and scorns of time, The oppressor's wrong, the proud man's contumely, The pangs of despised love, the law's delay, The insolence of office, and the spurns That patient merit of the unworthy takes, When he himself might his quietus... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1818 - 290 pagini
...makes calamity of so long life. For who would bear the whips and scorns of time, The oppressor's wrong, the proud man's contumely, The pangs of despised love, the law's delay, The insolence of office, and the spurns That patient merit of the unworthy takes, When Jie himself might his quietus... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1820 - 486 pagini
...dreams may come, When we have shuffled off this mortal coil, Must give us pause. There 's the respect That makes calamity of so long life. For who would...of office, and the spurns That patient merit of th' unworthy takes, When he himself might his quietus make With a bare bodkin ? Who would fardles bear,... | |
 | William Scott - 1819 - 366 pagini
...coil, Must give us pause. There's the respect, That makes calamity of so long life ; For, who could bear the whips and scorns of time, Th' oppressor's...despised love — the law's delay — The insolence of oflice, and the»'spurns . ff'' That patient merit of the unworthy takes—- When he himself might... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1820 - 514 pagini
...calamity of so long life ; For who would bear the whips and seorns of time, The oppressor's wrong, the proud man's contumely, The pangs of despised love, the law's delay, The insolence of office, and the spurns That patient merit of the unworthy takes, When he himself might his quietus... | |
 | 1821 - 384 pagini
...calamity of so long life ; For who would bear the whips and scorns of time, The oppressor's wrong, the proud man's contumely, The pangs of despised love, the law's delay, The insolence of office, and the spurns That patient merit of the unworthy takes, When he himself might his quietus... | |
 | William Scott - 1823 - 396 pagini
...coil, Must give us pause. — There's the respect, That makes calamity of so long life ; For, who could bear the whips and scorns of time, Th' oppressor's...despised love — the law's delay — The insolence of office, and the spurns That patient merit of the unworthy takes — When he himself might his quietus... | |
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