 | 1866 - 376 pages
...had, when he wrote it, and nothing satisfied with what was begun, left it unfinished. ON TIME.* FLY, envious Time, till thou run out thy race, Call on...devours, Which is no more than what is false and vain, * * In Milton's MS. written with his own hand,—' On Time. To be set on a clock-case.' Wart/on. 61... | |
 | Charles Kingsley - Religion - 1867 - 346 pages
...time, till thou run out thy race, And glut thyself with what thy womb devours, Which is no more thau what is false and vain And merely mortal dross. So little is our loss, so little is thy gain, ¥ or when as each bad thing thou hast entombed, And, last of all, thy greedy self consumed, Then long... | |
 | English poetry - 1867 - 556 pages
...bad, whe n he wrote it, and nothing satisfied with what was begun, left Ц unfinished. ON TIME.» FLY, envious Time, till thou run out thy race ; Call on the lazy leaden-stepping hours, IVhose speed is but the heavy plummet's pace ; And glut thyself with what thy womb devours, Wbich is... | |
 | John Milton, Edward Phillips - English poetry - 1868 - 632 pages
...when he wrote it, and nothing satisfied with what was begun, left it unfinished.] V. ON 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 consumed, Then long eternity shall greet our bliss With an... | |
 | Thomas Vincent Fosbery - Christian poetry - 1868 - 414 pages
...thoti becom'st like that which fills thy sight. rforlastmg life after Seatfj ? ON TIME. Milton. 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... | |
 | George MacDonald - English literature - 1868 - 356 pages
...certainly the grandest of them. It is a little ode, written to be set on a clock-case. ON TIME. 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... | |
 | Great Britain - 1868 - 978 pages
...race ; Call on the lazy leaden stepping hours, Whose speed is but the heavy plummet 'я расе ; And glut thyself with what thy womb devours, Which...more than what is false and vain, And merely mortal drost ; So little is our loss, So little is thy gain ! for when as each thing bad thou hast entombed,... | |
 | Sir Norman Lockyer - Electronic journals - 1914 - 926 pages
...iron embryology. And so in the end the appeal is again to Time, who — as Milton says — devours 41 No more than what is false and vain, And merely mortal...dross. So little is our loss. So little is thy gain." SECTION L. EDUCATIONAL SCIENCE. FROM THE OPENING ADDRESS BY PRINCIPAL EH GRIFFITHS, LL.D., FRS, PRESIDENT... | |
 | John Milton - 1870 - 436 pages
...measure ev'n, 10 To that same lot, however mean, or high, ON TIME. To be set on a clock case. 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 - 1871 - 530 pages
...had, when he wrote it, and nothing satisfied with what was begun, left it unfinished ON 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 consumed, Then long Eternity shall greet our bliss With... | |
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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 ;... 
