 Yet, fooled with hope, men favour the deceit; Trust on, and think to-morrow will repay: To-morrow's falser than the former day; Lies worse, and, while it says, we shall be blest With some new joys, cuts off what we possest.  The Complete Art of Poetry ... - Page 201by Charles Gildon - 1718Full view - About this book
 | 1854 - 311 pages
...what we pos«est. Strange cozenage ', none would live past yeais again ; • Yet all hope pleasure in what yet remain ; And from the dregs of life think to receive AVhat the first sprightly running coirld not give." " Dryden, quite likely wrote that," said Charles,... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - Drama - 1854
...CUIH otf what we possest. Strange eozenage ! none would live past years again ; Yet all hope pleasure in what yet remain ; And from the dregs of life think to reeeive Whatthe first sprightly running eould not give." Life of Mmson, vol. viii. p. 304, ed. 1S3B.]... | |
 | 1856
...cuts off what we possest. Strange cozenage ! None would live past years again, Yet all hope Pleasure in what yet remain ; And, from the dregs of life, think to receive, What the first sprightly running could not give. Fm tired with waiting for this chemic G-old, Which fools us... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - History - 1856
...cuts ofT what we posaest. Strange cozenage ! none would live pan years again ; Yet all hope pleasure in what yet remain ; And from the dregs of life think to receive What the first sprightly running could not give." Li/e of Johiwc •ion of future happiness. He came, tasted... | |
 | John Timbs - 1858 - 247 pages
...cuts off what we possess'd. Strange cozenage ! None would live past years again, Yet all hope pleasure in what yet remain ; And from the dregs of life think to receive What the first sprightly running could not givo." Auruugzebe, act iv. sc. 1. Mr. Macaulay says of this noble... | |
 | Sunbeams - 1861
...off what we possest. Strange cozenage ! none would live past years again, Yet all hope pleasure iu what yet remain ; And from the dregs of life think to receive What the first sprightly running could not give. J>ryden. — Let us always consider life, as it really is,... | |
 | George Philip Philes - Antiques & Collectibles - 1862
...be bled With fome new joys, cuts off what we pofTcft. Strange cozenage ! None would live paft yeans again, Yet all hope pleafure in what yet remain ;...What the firft fprightly running could not give. I'm tired with waiting for this chcmic gold, Which fools us young, and beggars us when old." The reply... | |
![The Philobiblion [ed. by G.P. Philes].](http://bks1.books.google.co.nz/books?id=JLMEAAAAQAAJ&printsec=frontcover&img=1&zoom=5&edge=curl "The Philobiblion [ed. by G.P. Philes].") | Philobiblion - History - 1862
...With fome new joys, cuts off what we poffeft. Strange cozenage ! None would live paft years again, Vet all hope pleafure in what yet remain ; And from the...receive What the firft fprightly running could not give. Гт tired with waiting for this chemic gold, Which' fools us young, and beggars us when old.** The... | |
 | Reference - 1862
...cuts off what we poffeft. Strange cozenage ! None would live paft years again, Yet ..Jl hope pleafnre in what yet remain ; And from the dregs of life think...What the firft fprightly running could not give. I'm tired with waiting for this chemic gold, Which fools us young, and beggars us when old." The reply... | |
 | Dublin city, univ - 1864
...essay on the lines — " Strange cozenage ! None would live past years again ; Yet all hope pleasure in what yet remain ; And from the dregs of life think to receive What the first sprightly running could not give." • Or, compare the character of King James II. with that... | |
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