Meantime, when thoughts of death disturb thy head, Consider, Ancus, great and good, is dead; Ancus, thy better far, was born to die, And thou, dost thou bewail mortality? So many monarchs with their mighty state, Who ruled the world, were overruled by... Of the Nature of Things: In Six Books - Sivu 272tekijä(t) Titus Lucretius Carus - 1714Koko teos - Tietoja tästä kirjasta
| John Dryden - 1702 - 362 sivua
...Mean timc,when thoughts of Death difturb thy head;, Confidcr, Ancus great and good is dead j Anciis, thy better far-, was born to die, And thou, doft thou bewail mortality? So many Monarchs with their mighty State, Who rul'd the World, were over-rul'd by fate. MISCELLANT... | |
| Titus Lucretius Carus, Thomas Creech - 1714 - 508 sivua
...of Death difturb thy Head, Coniidcr, Ancus, Great and Good, is dead : Ancus, thy Better far, was bom to die : And thou, do'ft thou bewail Mortality ? Dryd....the Inevitablenefs of that Deftiny , which fuch, and fa^reat Men, efpecially Democrittts, and Epicurus, have willingly, «ay, joyfully undergone. \ Confider,... | |
| Charles Gildon - 1718 - 490 sivua
...for Ufe, to none for Property. Therefore when Thoughts of Death difturb thy Head , Confider, Anna, great and good, is dead ; Ancus, thy better far was born to dye ; And thou, doft thou bewail Mortality ? So many Monarchs, with their mighty State, Who rul'd the... | |
| Henry Baker - 1737 - 580 sivua
...When careful Thoughts of Death difturb thy Head, Confider, Ancus, great and good, is dead : Апсш, thy better far, was born to die : And Thou ! doft Thou bewail Mortality ? How many Monarchs with their mighty State, Who rul'd the World, were over-rul'd by Fate ? That haughty... | |
| John Dryden - 1743 - 352 sivua
...Breath : This makes an Hell on Earth, and Life a Death. * Mean-time, when thoughts of death difturb thy Head > Confider, Ancus great and good is dead...born to die ; And thou, doft thou bewail mortality ? So many Monarchs with their mighty State, Who rul'd the World, were over rul'd by Fate. That haughty... | |
| John Dryden - 1760 - 528 sivua
...of breath : This makes an hell on earth, and life a death. Mean-time when thoughts of death difturb thy head; Confider, Ancus great and good is dead ;...born to die ; And thou, doft thou bewail mortality ? So many monarchs with their mighty ftate, Who rul'd the world, were over-rul'd by fate. That haughty... | |
| John Dryden - 1760 - 488 sivua
...of breath : This makes an hell on earth, and life a death. Mean-time when thoughts of death difturb thy head; Confider, Ancus great and good is dead ;...born to die ; And thou, doft thou bewail mortality ? So many monarchs with their mighty ftate, Who rul'd the world, were over-rul'd by fate. That haughty... | |
| John Dryden - 1767 - 388 sivua
...: This makes an hell on earth, and life a death. Z 3 Mean-Mean-time when thoughts of death difturb thy head; Confider, Ancus great and good is dead ;...born to die ; And thou, doft thou bewail mortality ? So many monarchs with their mighty ftate, Who rul'd the world, were over-rul'd by fate. That haughty... | |
| John Dryden - 1767 - 386 sivua
...an hell on earth, and life a death. Z 3 . Mean.1 Mean-time when thoughts of death difturb thy hea<J; Confider, Ancus great and good is dead ; Ancus, thy...born to die; And thou, doft thou bewail mortality ? So many monarchs with their mighty ftate, Who rul'd the world, were over-rul'd by fate. That haughty... | |
| John Duncombe, John Hughes - 1773 - 998 sivua
...54th year of his age, three days befor* the date ef this letter. f They are as follows : " Anru ., thy better far was born to die, •< And thou, doft thou, bewail mortality ; ' " The founders of invented arts are loft, •' And wits who mad* eternity their boa!:. "And thou.doft... | |
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