 The lamp of life is soon burnt out ; Then who'd for riches make a rout, Except a doating blockhead ? When Charon takes 'em both aboard, Of equal worth's the miser's hoard And spendthrift's empty pocket. In such a scurvy world as this We must not hope...  Poems - Side 39af Edward Lysaght - 1811 - 110 siderFuld visning - Om denne bog
 | Stephen Jones, Charles Molloy Westmacott - 1804 - 478 sider
...In fuch a forry world as this We may not hope for. per/eft blifs Ami length of days, together]: We We have no moral liberty At will to live, at will to die, In fair or ftormy weather. ROCKINGHAM, good as he was great, Was feiz'd by unrelenting Fate, Our freedom whilft... | |
 | 1806 - 560 sider
...spendthrift's empty pocket. In such a sorry world as this, We may not hope for perfect bliss And length of days together; We have no moral liberty At will to live, at will to die, In fair or stormy weather. ROCKINGHAM, good as he is great, Was seiz'd by unrelenting Fate, Our freedom whilst he guarded; Others,... | |
 | 1806 - 540 sider
...spendthrift's empty pocket. In such a sorry world as this, We may not hope for perfect bliss And length of days together ; We have no moral liberty At will to live, at will to die, • In fair or stormy weather. ROCKINGHAM, good as he is great, Was seiz'd by unrelenting fate, Our freedom whilst he guarded ; Others,... | |
 | Charles Welsh - 1907 - 650 sider
...When Charon takes 'em both aboard, Of equal worth's the miser's hoard And spendthrift's empty pocket. In such a scurvy world as this We must not hope for...to live, at will to die, In fair or stormy weather. Many, I see, have riches plenty — Fine coaches, livery, servants twenty ; — Yet envy never pains... | |
 | Charles Welsh - 1907 - 1184 sider
...When Charon takes 'em both aboard, Of equal worth's the miser's hoard And spendthrift's empty pocket. In such a scurvy world as this We must not hope for...no moral liberty At will to live, at will to die, Many, I see, have riches plenty — Fine coaches, livery, servants twenty ; — Yet envy never pains... | |
 | Charles Welsh - 1907 - 650 sider
...Of equal worth's the miser's hoard And spendthrift's empty pocket. In such a scurvy world as tfcis We must not hope for perfect bliss, And length of...to live, at will to die, In fair or stormy weather. Many, I see, have riches plenty — Fine coaches, livery, servants twenty; — Yet envy never pains... | |
 | William Stanley Braithwaite - 1909 - 1334 sider
...When Charon takes 'em both aboard, Of equal worth's the miser's hoard And spendthrift's empty pocket. In such a scurvy world as this We must not hope for...to live, at will to die, In fair or stormy weather. Many, I see, have riches plenty — Fine coaches, livery, servants twenty; — Yet envy never pains... | |
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