From six i' th' hundred to six hundred more ? Indulge, and to thy genius freely give ; For, not to live at ease, is not to live. Death stalks behind thee, and each flying hour Does some loose remnant of thy life devour. Live, while thou liv'st; for death... The British Poets: Including Translations ... - Strana 147podľa British poets - 1822Úplné zobrazenie - O tejto knihe
| John Dryden - 1887 - Počet stránok 420
...behind thee, and each flying hour Does some loose remnant of thy life devour. Live while thou liv'st ; for death will make us all A name, a nothing but an old wife's tale." 225 Speak ; wilt thou Avarice, or Pleasure, choose To be thy lord ? Take one, and one refuse. But both... | |
| George Gregory Smith - 1897 - Počet stránok 392
...behind thee, and each flying Hour Does some loose Remnant of thy Life devour, Live, while thou liv'st t for Death will make us all A Name, a Nothing but an...Wife's Tale, Speak} wilt thou Avarice or Pleasure chuse To be thy Lord ? Take one, and one refuse/ When a Government flourishes in Conquests, and is... | |
| John Dryden - 1909 - Počet stránok 1122
...behind thee, and each flying hour Does some loose remnant of thy life devour. Live, while thou liv'st; for death will make us all A name, a nothing but an...both, by turns, the rule of thee will have, And thou, bewixt 'em both, wilt be a slave. Nor think, when once thou hast resisted one, 330 That all thy marks... | |
| Frederick Parkes Weber - 1918 - Počet stránok 850
...satisfaction of the dead man's relatives and friend:;. PART IV.-i.] ENGRAVED GEMS, &C. GIL liv'st; for death will make us all a name, a nothing but an old wife's tale." See Persius, Sat. 5, lines 151 et seq. : — "Indulge genio : carpamus duk-ia ; nostrum est Quod vivis... | |
| 1910 - Počet stránok 594
...Dryden's FIG. 87. — Allegory of posthumous fame. (After King.) translation) : " Live while thou liv'st ; for death will make us all a name, a nothing but an old wife's tale." It is, holding forth an unguontarium : an Epicurean hint to enjoy life whilst one can." In connexion... | |
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