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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 ;... "
The poetical works of John Milton, with the life of the author by S. Johnson - Page 30
by John Milton - 1807
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Charles Kingsley: his letters and memories of his life, ed. by his wife [F.E ...

Charles Kingsley - 1877 - 528 pages
...answer them in the words of the wise Poet, and in the name of Christ, who conquered death : ' ' Fly envious Time, till thou run out thy race ; Call on...our loss, So little is thy gain ! For when as each bad thing thou hast entomb'd, And, last of all, thy greedy self consumed, Then long Eternity shall...
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Charles Kingsley: His Letters and Memoires of His Life, Volume 2

Charles Kingsley - Authors, English - 1877 - 534 pages
...the words of the wise Poet, and in the name of Christ, who conquered death : " Fly envious Time,till thou run out thy race ; Call on the lazy leaden-stepping...our loss, So little is thy gain ! For when as each bad thing thou hast entomb'd, And, last of all, thy greedy self consumed, Then long Eternity shall...
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Charles Kingsley: His Letters and Memoires of His Life, Volume 2

Charles Kingsley - Authors, English - 1877 - 526 pages
...of the wise Poet, and in the name of Christ, who conquered death : " Fly envious Time, till thou rim out thy race; Call on the lazy leaden-stepping hours,...our loss, So little is thy gain ! For when as each bad thing thou hast entomb'd, And, last of all, thy greedy self consumed, Then long Eternity shall...
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Charles Kingsley: His Letters and Memoires of His Life, Volume 2

Charles Kingsley - Authors, English - 1877 - 526 pages
...words of the wise Poet, and in the name of Christ, who conquered death : " Fly envious Time, till them run out thy race ; Call on the lazy leaden-stepping...dross ; So little is our loss, So little is thy gain ! l''or when as each bad thing thou hast entomb'd, And, last of all, thy greedy self consumed, Then...
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Charles Kingsley: His Letters and Memories of His Life

Charles Kingsley - Authors, English - 1877 - 532 pages
...Poet, and in the name of Christ, who conquered death : " Fly envious Time.till thou run out thy race, And glut thyself with what thy womb devours, Which...our loss, so little is thy gain. For when as each bad thing thou hast entombed, And, last of all, thy greedy self consumed, The Victory of Life. Then...
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A dictionary of poetical illustrations

Robert Aitkin Bertram - 1877 - 766 pages
...! Holmes. 3350. TIME. Triumph over FLY, envious Time, till thou run out thy race; Call on the 1027, e, Bids the rash gazer wipe his eye, Thy root is ever...die. Sweet spring ! full of sweet days and A box whe is false and vain, And merely mortal dross ; So little is our loss, So little is thy gain ! For when...
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Charles Kingsley: His Letters and Memories of His Life, Volume 2

Charles Kingsley - 1878 - 526 pages
...of the wise Poet, and in the name of Christ, who conquered death : " l-'ly envious Time, till them run out thy race ; Call on the lazy leaden-stepping...loss, •So little is thy gain ! For when as each bad thing thou hast entomb' il, And, last of all, thy greedy self consumed, Then long Eternity shall...
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Who is he? By the marquis of ****.

Who - 1879 - 384 pages
...TEMPUS ! " Fly, envious Time, till thou run out thy race ; Call on the lazy leaden-stepping Hoars, Whose speed is but the heavy plummet's pace And glut...dross ; So little is our loss So little is thy gain ! " MILTON. MIDNIGHT sounded from the church clock slowly and sadly ; each hour seemed to strike upon...
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Charles Kingsley: his letters and memories of his life, ed. by his wife [F.E ...

Charles Kingsley - 1880 - 392 pages
...answer them in the words of the wise Poet, and in the name of Christ, who conquered death: " ' Fly, envious Time, till thou run out thy race, Call on...our loss, So little is thy gain. For when as each bad thing thou hast entombed, And, last of all, thy greedy self consumed, Then long Eternity shall...
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The Poetical Works of John Milton

John Milton - 1880 - 654 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...So little is our loss, So little is thy gain! For, whenas each thing bad thou hast entombed, And, last of all, thy greedy self consumed, ic Then long...
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