| 1840 - 368 Seiten
...suspicious eyes, Unlocks his gold, and counts it till he dies. But grant, the virtues of a temp'rate prime Bless with an age exempt from scorn or crime ; An age that melts with unperceived decay, And glides in modest innocence away; Whose peaceful day benevolence endears,... | |
| 1842 - 408 Seiten
...equanimity, beloved and regretted by all. To him was given " The virtues of a temp'rate prime. Blest with an age exempt from scorn or crime, An age that melts with unperceived decay, And glides in modest rectitude away : Whose peaceful day benevotrnce endears,... | |
| Richard Lovell Edgeworth - 1844 - 510 Seiten
...word, to be the only certain bond of society." CHAPTER XVII. " But grant the virtues of a temperate prime ; Bless with an age exempt from scorn or crime,...Whose night congratulating conscience cheers ; The general fav'rite, as the general friend : Such age there is, and who could wish its end ? Yet, ev'n... | |
| Robert Chambers - 1844 - 738 Seiten
...suspicious eyes, Unlocks his gold, and counts it till he dies. But grant the virtues of a temperate looked upon him, and was calmed and cheered ; The ghastly colour from h with unperccived decay, And glides in modest innocence away ; Whose peaceful day benevolence endears,... | |
| Robert Chambers - 1844 - 746 Seiten
...suspicious eyes, Unlocks his gold, and counts it till he dies. But grant the virtues of a temperate primo, »leep : a fresh May-dawn it was, When I walked forth upon the with unperccived decay, And glides in modest innocence away ; Whose peaceful day benevolence endears,... | |
| Joseph Payne - 1845 - 490 Seiten
...the dreaded coast Through purple billows and a floating host. But grant,2 the virtues of a temperate prime Bless with an age exempt from scorn or crime ; An age that melts with unperceived decay, And glides in modest innocence away ; Whose peaceful day benevolence endears,... | |
| Massachusetts Historical Society - 1846 - 688 Seiten
...venerableness without feebleness to his appearance : — VOL. x. 25 " An age that melts with unperceived decay, And glides in modest innocence away ; Whose...Whose night congratulating Conscience cheers; The general favorite, as the general friend j Such age there is, and who shall wish its end t '' In July,... | |
| Nathaniel Fish Moore - 1846 - 138 Seiten
...age exempt from scorn and crime, " An age that melts with unperceived decay, " And glides in pious innocence away ; " Whose peaceful day benevolence...Whose night congratulating conscience cheers, " The general favorite as the general friend, " Such age there is, and who shall wish its end ?" CEC 5 ~... | |
| Half hours - 1847 - 580 Seiten
...eyes, Unlocks his gold, and counts it till he dies. But grant the virtues of a temp'rate prime Blest with an age exempt from scorn or crime ; An age that melts with unperceived decay, And glides in modest innocence away ; Whose peaceful day benevolence endears,... | |
| English poetry - 1848 - 468 Seiten
...suspicious eyes, Unlocks his gold, and counts it till he dies. But grant, the virtues of a temperate prime Bless with an age exempt from scorn or crime...Whose night congratulating Conscience cheers ; The general favourite, as the general friend : Such age there is, and who could wish its end ! Yet ev'n... | |
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