 Believe me, royal youth, thy fruit must be, Or gather'd ripe, or rot upon the tree. Heav'n has to all allotted, soon or late, Some lucky revolution of their fate: Whose motions if we watch and guide with skill, (For human good depends on human will,)...  The Works of John Dryden: In Verse and Prose - Page 41by John Dryden - 1859Full view - About this book
 | Sarah Josepha Buell Hale - Quotations, English - 1856 - 624 pages
...t Ditpensary Heav'n has to all allotted, soon or late, Some lueky revolution of their fate : Whose motions if we wateh and guide with skill, (For human good depends on human will) Oar fortune rolls as from a smooth deseent, And from the first impression takes its bent; But if unseiz'd,... | |
 | Lionel J F. Hexham - 1859 - 392 pages
...has to all allotted, soon or late, Some lucky revolutions of their fate ; Whose motions, if we watch and guide with skill, (For human good depends on human...smooth descent, And from the first impression takes the bent." — DKYDEN. IT was a hot and sultry day. The sun had attained his meridian height, and his scorching... | |
 | Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitt Southworth - Fiction - 1859 - 402 pages
...has to all allotted, soon or late, Some lucky revolution of their fate ; Whose motions if we watch and guide with skill (For human good depends on human...smooth descent, And from the first impression takes its bent. Now, now she meets you with a glorious prize, And spreads her locks before her as she flies.... | |
 | Felix John Hamel - Crime - 1859 - 382 pages
...has to all allotted, soon or late, Some lucky revolutions of their fate ; Whose motions, if we watch and guide with skill, (For human good depends on human...from a smooth descent, And from the first impression takea the bent." — DRYDEN. IT was a hot and sultry day. The sun had attained his meridian height,... | |
 | Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu - 1859 - 616 pages
...lucky revolution of their fate ; Whose motions if we watch and guide with skill, For human good dipendt on human will. Our fortune rolls as from a smooth descent. And from the first impression takes the bent; But if unseized! she glides away like wind, And leaves repenting folly far behind! The ume sentiment... | |
 | English poets - 1862 - 626 pages
...has to all allotted, soon or late, Some lucky revolution of their fate : Whose motions if we watch and guide with skill, (For human good depends on human...smooth descent, And from the first impression takes the bent: But, if unseized, she glides away like wind, And leaves repenting folly far behind. Now, now... | |
 | John Dryden - 1866 - 348 pages
...fate: vVhose motions if we watch and guide with skill, (For human good depends on human will,) ass Our fortune rolls as from a smooth descent, And from the first impression takes the bent : But, if unseiz'd she glides away like wind, And leaves repenting folly far behind. Now, now... | |
 | Henry George Bohn - Quotations - 1867 - 752 pages
...has to all allotted, soon or late, Some lucky revolution of their fate ; W hose motions, if we watch and guide with skill (For human good depends on human...smooth descent, And from the first impression takes its bent ; But if unsized, she glides away like wind, And leaves repenting folly far behind. Dryden.... | |
 | John Dryden - 1867 - 556 pages
...their fate : Whose motions if we watch and guide with skill, (For human good depends on human will,) 2M authority than such discussions can ever reach. His literature, thongh not always f bent : But, if unseized, she glides away like wind, And leaves repenting folly far behind. Now, now... | |
 | John Dryden - 1868 - 554 pages
...has to all allotted, soon or late, Some lucky revolution of their fate : Whose motions if we watch and guide with -skill, (For human good depends on human will,) Our fortune rolls as_ from a smooth descent, And from the first impression takes the bent : But, if unseized, she glides... | |
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