 Adam, well may we labour still to dress This garden, still to tend plant, herb, and flower, Our pleasant task enjoin'd ; but, till more hands Aid us, the work under our labour grows, Luxurious by restraint ; what we by day Lop overgrown, or prune, or...  The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: The Rambler - Page 111by Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787Full view - About this book
 | Samuel Johnson - 1824 - 454 pages
...Drawn back, rebounded (as a flood) on those From whom it sprung ; impossible to mix With blessedness. What we by day Lop overgrown, or prune, or prop, or...wanton growth derides, Tending to wild. The paths and bow Ys doubt not but our joint hands Will keep from wilderness with case as wide As we need walk, till... | |
 | Jacques Delille - English poetry - 1824 - 404 pages
...task enjoin'd ; but, till more hands Aid us, the work under our labour grows, Luxurious by restraint; what we by day Lop overgrown, or prune, or prop, or...or two with wanton growth derides, Tending to wild. Thou therefore now advise, Or hear what to my mind first thoughts present : Let us divide our labours;... | |
 | John Milton - 1824 - 572 pages
...task enjoin'd, but till more hands Aid us, the work under our labour grows, Luxurious by restraint ; what we by day Lop overgrown, or prune, or prop, or bind, 210 One night or two with wanton growth derides Tending to wild. Thou therefore now advise, Or bear... | |
 | John Milton - 1824 - 580 pages
...human life. For not to irksome toil, but to delight He made us, and delight to reason join'd. These paths and bow'rs doubt not but our joint hands Will keep from wilderness with ease, as wide 245 As we need walk, till younger hands ere 'long Assist us : but if... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English literature - 1825 - 526 pages
...Drawn back, redounded (as a flood) on those From whom it tprung ; impossible to mix With bleuednat. -What we by day Lop overgrown, or prune, or prop,...wild. The paths and bow'rs doubt not but our joint handi Will keep from wilderness with ease as wide As we need walk, till younger hands ere long Assist... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 530 pages
...(as a flood') on those From whom it sprung ; impossible to mix With blessedness. -What we by day Ixip overgrown, or prune, or prop, or bind, One night or...bow'rs doubt not but our joint hands Will keep from wilderness with ease as wide As we need walk, till younger hands ere long Assist iii. The rest -in... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English literature - 1825 - 538 pages
...Drawn back, redounded (as a floodl on those From whom it sprung ; impossible to mix With bletsedness. -What we by day Lop overgrown, or prune, or prop,...night or two with wanton growth derides, Tending to uilii. The paths and bow'rs doubt not but our joint hands Will keep from wilderness with ease as wide... | |
 | Thomas Curtis - Aeronautics - 1829 - 804 pages
...The pnmfr'i hand with letting blood must quench MIY heat, and thy ejub'rant parts retrench. Denham. What we by day Lop overgrown, or prune, or prop, or bind, One night with wanton growth derides, Tending to wild. Millón t í'aradise Lost. Horace will our superfluous... | |
 | Zenas Campbell - Imprints (Publishers' and printers' statements) - 1829 - 184 pages
...overgrown, Derides and spurns our care ; Thou therefore mayest now advise, Or my first thoughts may hear i Or prune, or prop, or bind. One night or two with wanton growth 159 Let us divide our labors now; Thou where thy choice leads thee, Whether to tend thy plants, or... | |
 | John Milton - 1831 - 306 pages
...task enjoin'd ; but, till more hands Aid us, the work under our labour grows, Luxurious by restraint ; what we by day Lop overgrown, or prune, or prop, or bind, 210 One night or two with wanton growth derides, Tending to wild. Thou therefore now advise, Or bear... | |
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