The lust of lucre, and the dread of death. In vain to deserts thy retreat is made, The Muse attends thee to thy silent shade ; 'Tis hers the brave man's latest steps to trace, Rejudge his acts, and dignify disgrace. When Interest calls off all her sneaking... The Director [ed. by T.F. Dibdin]. - Sivu 209muokkaaja - 1807Koko teos - Tietoja tästä kirjasta
| 1814 - 580 sivua
...mad torrent of popular delusion. When interest calls oil' all her sneaking train, And all the obliged desert, and all the vain, She waits, or to the scaffold or the cell, Wlieo the last lingering friend has bid farewell. 'Tis her's the BRAVE MAN'S latent steps to trace,... | |
| Francis Wrangham - 1816 - 530 sivua
...his acts, and dignify disgrace. When interest calls off all her sneaking train, And all th' obliged desert, and all the vain ; She waits or to the scaffold,...cell, When the last lingering friend has bid farewell. E'en now, she shades thy evening walk with bays, No hireling she, no prostitute of praise : E'en now,... | |
| Ralph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths - 1820 - 570 sivua
...his act* and dignify disgrace. When interest calls off all her sneaking train, And all the obliged desert, and all the vain; She waits or to the scaffold or the cell, When the Jast lingering friend has bid farewell. E'en now she shades thy evening walk with bays, (No hireling... | |
| John Aikin - 1820 - 832 sivua
...ile-judge his acts, and dignify disgrace. iViii'ii interest calls off all her sneaking train, And all Son, by thee This I perform ; speak thou, and •Vhen the last lingering friend lias bid farewell. 1 Vn now she shades thy evening-walk with bay*... | |
| John Aikin - 1821 - 402 sivua
...trace, Re-judge his acts, and dignify disgrace. When interest calls off all her sneaking train, And all th' oblig'd desert, and all the vain ; She waits,...lingering friend has bid farewell. Ev'n now she shades thy evening-walk with bays (No hireling she, no prostitute to praise) ; Ev'n now, observant of the parting... | |
| British poets - 1822 - 276 sivua
...his acts, and dignify disgrace. When Interest calls off all her sneaking train, And all the' obliged desert, and all the vain, She waits, or to the scaffold...cell, When the last lingering friend has bid farewell. Even now she shades thy evening walk with bays; (No hireling she, no prostitute to praise) E'en now,... | |
| British poets - 1822 - 272 sivua
...his acts, and dignify disgrace. When interest calls off all her sneaking train, When all the' obliged desert, and all the vain; She waits, or to the scaffold,...cell, When the last lingering friend has bid farewell. E'en now she shades thy evening-walk with bays, (No hireling she, no prostitute to praise) E'en now,... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1822 - 402 sivua
...Rejudge his acts, and dignify disgrace. 30 When Int'rest calls off all her sneaking train, And all th' oblig'd desert, and all the vain : She waits, or to the scaffold, or the cell, When the last ling'ring friend has bid farewell. Ev'n now, she shades thy Ev'ning-walk with bays (No hireling she,... | |
| William Hazlitt - 1824 - 1062 sivua
...trace. Re-judge his acts, and dignify disgrace. When interest calls off all her sneaking train, And all D// evening-walk with bays (No hireling she, no prostitute to praise) ; Ev'n now, observant of the parting... | |
| Alexander Pope, William Roscoe - 1824 - 400 sivua
...Rejudge his acts, and dignify disgrace. 30 When Int'rest calls off all her sneaking train, And all th' oblig'd desert, and all the vain; She waits, or to the scaffold, or the cell, When the last ling'ring friend has bid farewell. Ev'n now, she shades thy Ev'ning-walk with bays, (No hireling she,... | |
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