 | John Milton - 1839 - 496 pages
...weeping] Jeremiah, ix. 10. ' For the mountains will I take up a weeping,' &c. Warion. ON TIME.* FLY envious Time, till thou run out thy race, Call on...devours, Which is no more than what is false and vain, 5 And merely mortal dross ; So little is our loss, So little is thy gain ! For when as each thing bad... | |
 | John Milton - 1843 - 364 pages
...thou do, he will an offspring give, That till the world's last end shall make thy name to live. FLY, envious Time, till thou run out thy race ; Call on...is thy gain ! For when as each thing bad thou hast entomb'd, And, last of all, thy greedy self consumed, Then long eternity shall greet our bliss With... | |
 | Gem book - 1846 - 398 pages
...O! God! be thou, Who art the widow's friend, her comforter! SOUTH EY. TIMES AND SEASONS. TIME. FLY, envious Time, till thou run out thy race, Call on...is thy gain. For when as each thing bad thou hast entomb'd, And last of all thy greedy self consum'd, Then long eternity shall greet our bliss With an... | |
 | John W. Curtis - American poetry - 1846 - 180 pages
..." ancient night " do reign ; * Vide an irregular piece, " written to be set on a clock-caae." " Fly envious Time, till thou run out thy race, Call on...plummet's pace ; And glut thyself with what thy womb devoursWhich is no more than what is false and vain, And merely mortal dross ; So little is our loss,... | |
 | Thomas Vincent Fosbery - Hymns, English - 1850 - 416 pages
...And thou becom'st like that which fills thy sight. eberlasting life after trr atfi ? ON TIME. FLY, envious Time, till thou run out thy race, Call on...is thy gain. For when as each thing bad thou hast entombed, And last of all thy greedy self consumed, Then long Eternity shall greet our bliss With an... | |
 | John Milton - 1850 - 704 pages
...will an offspring give, That, till the world's last end, shall make thy name to live. ON TIME. FLY, envious Time, till thou run out thy race: Call on...dross; So little is our loss, So little is thy gain 1 For when as each thing bad thou hast entomb'd. And last of all thy greedy self consumed, Then long... | |
 | John Milton - 1852 - 424 pages
...will an offspring give, That till the world's last end shall make thy name to live. v. ON TIME. s FLY, envious Time, till thou run out thy race; Call on...is thy gain ! For when as each thing bad thou hast entomb'd, And, last of all, thy greedy self consumed, Then long eternity shall-greet our bliss With... | |
 | 1852 - 596 pages
...dispassionately considered. PASSAGES IN THE LIFE OF AN ENQUIRER. ( Concluded from page 27Q.) CHAPTER VIII. Fly. envious Time, till thou run out thy race ; Call on...leaden-stepping hours, Whose speed is but the heavy plummet's space; And glut thyself with what thy worms devours, Which is no more than what is fabe and vain, And... | |
 | Frederick Denison Maurice - Religion - 1853 - 524 pages
...distinction between Time and Eternity, I should wish my readers to meditate these lines of Milton. "Fly, envious Time, till thou run out thy race; Call on...thou hast intomb'd, And last of all thy greedy self consumed, Then long Eternity shall greet our bliss With an individual kiss; And joy shall overtake... | |
 | Frederick Denison Maurice - Theology - 1853 - 540 pages
...distinction between Time and Eternity, I should wish my readers to meditate these lines of Milton. " Fly, envious Time, till thou run out thy race; Call on...thou hast intomb'd, And last of all thy greedy self consumed, Then long Eternity shall greet our bliss With an individual kiss; And joy shall overtake... | |
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FLY, envious Time, till thou run out thy race ; Call on the lazy leaden-stepping hours, Whose speed is but the heavy plummet's pace ; And glut thyself with what thy womb devours, Which is no more than what is false and vain, And merely mortal dross ;... 
