 tis madness to defer: Next day the fatal precedent will plead ; Thus on, till wisdom is push'd out of life. Procrastination is the thief of time ; Year after year it steals, till all are fled, And to the mercies of a moment leaves The vast concerns of...  Elegant Extracts - Page 115edited by - 1809Full view - About this book
 | British poets - Classical poetry - 1822 - 284 pages
...Lorenzo! a slow, sudden death : How dreadful that deliberate surprise! Be wise to-day; 'tis madness to defer: Next day the fatal precedent will plead ; Thus...strange? That 'tis so frequent, this is stranger still. Of man's miraculous mistakes this bears The palm, 'That all men are about to live,' For ever on the... | |
 | Lindley Murray, Jeremiah Goodrich - Literature - 1822 - 322 pages
...done his part; do thine." / MH.TON SECTION IX. On Procrastination. I. BE wise to-day; 'tis madness to defer: Next day the fatal precedent will plead: Thus...moment leaves The vast concerns of an eternal scene. 8. Of man's miraculous mistakes, this bears For ever on the brink of being born. All pay themselves... | |
 | William Jillard Hort - English literature - 1822 - 234 pages
...bound at length should disappear, And infinite perfection close the scene. I'ROCRASl'INATION.' Youftg* PROCRASTINATION is the thief of time; Year after year...moment, leaves The vast concerns of an eternal scene. Of man's miraculous mistakes, this bears The palm ; that all men are about to live ; For ever on the... | |
 | William Enfield - 1823 - 412 pages
...unbounded Spring encircle all. THOMSON. CHAP. XXIII. ON PROCRASTINATION. BE wise to day ; 'tis madness to defer: Next day the fatal precedent will plead ; Thus...the mercies of a moment leaves The vast concerns of ah eternal scene. Of man's miraculous mistakes this bears The palm, " That all men are about to live,"... | |
 | William Hazlitt - English poetry - 1824 - 1062 pages
...And, if a God there is, that God how great ! AGAINST PROCRASTINATION. Be wise to-dny; 'tis madness to lished by William C. Hall Of man's miraculous mistakes, this bears The palm, That all men are about to live, For ever on the... | |
 | Edward Young - 1824 - 356 pages
...will plead ; Thus on, fill wisdom is push'd out of life. Procrastination is the thief of time ; fear after year it steals, till all are fled, And to the...strange ? That 'tis so frequent, this is stranger still. Of man's miraculous mistakes, this bears The palm, " that all men are about to live," For ever on the... | |
 | British poets - 1824 - 676 pages
...fatal precedent will plead ; Thus on, till wisdom is push'd out of life. Young's Night Tlioughts, n. 1. Procrastination is the thief of time ; Year after...moment leaves The vast concerns of an eternal scene. Ibid. DESPAIR. Methinks we stand on ruin ; Nature shakes About us ; and the universal frame's So loose,... | |
 | Lindley Murray - Readers - 1825 - 270 pages
...done his part j do thine." MILTON SECTION IX. On procrastination. BE wise to-day ; 'tis madness to defer : Next day the fatal precedent will plead ;...moment leaves The vast concerns of an eternal scene. Of man's miraculous mistakes, this bears The palm, " That all men are about to live :" For ever on... | |
 | Lindley Murray, Jeremiah Goodrich - Readers - 1825 - 316 pages
...'tis madness to defer: Next day the fatal precedent will plead ; Thus on, till wisdom is push'd put of life. Procrastination is the thief of time. Year after year it steals, till all are fled; And to ths mercies of a moment leaves •The vast concerns of an Pternal scene. MILTOIf. 2. Of man's miraculous... | |
 | Lindley Murray - Readers - 1826 - 286 pages
...hath done his part ; do thine." SECTION IX. On procrastination. 1 Be wise to-day ; 'tis madness to defer : Next day the fatal precedent will plead ;...; And, to the mercies of a moment leaves The vast concers of an eternal scene. 3 Of man's miraculous mistakes, this bears The palm, "That all men are... | |
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