 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
 | John Dryden - 1878 - 368 pages
...daily sight. Believe me, royal youth, thy fruit must be 250 (For human good depends on human will,) 255 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. Now, now she... | |
 | Robert Chambers - American literature - 1880 - 842 pages
...of their fate ; (. Whose motions, if we watch and guide with ekill — For hnmaii good depends 011 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. Now, now... | |
 | Henry George Bohn - Quotations, English - 1881 - 738 pages
...to all allotted, soon or late, Some lucky revolution of their fate ; Whose motions, if we watch aud guide with skill (For human good depends on human...smooth descent, And from the first impression takes its bent ; But if unseized, she glides away like wind, And leaves repenting folly far behind. Dry den.... | |
 | English poets - English poetry - 1889 - 596 pages
...lucky revolution of their fate : Whose motions if we watch and guide with skill, JOHN DHYDEN. 147 (Per human good depends on human will,) Our fortune rolls...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... | |
 | Henry George Bohn - Quotations, English - 1883 - 782 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. 4052 Dryden... | |
 | John Dryden, Walter Scott - English literature - 1884 - 474 pages
...their fate ; Whose motions if we watch and guide with skill (For human good depends on human will), 355 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. Now, now... | |
 | John Dryden - Poetry - 1893 - 194 pages
...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...descent " And from the first impression takes the bent ; " But, if uuseized, she glides away like wind " And leaves repenting folly far behind. " Now,... | |
 | John Dryden, Walter Scott - English literature - 1884 - 480 pages
...their fate; Whose motions if we watch and guide with skill (For human good depends on human will), 255 Our fortune rolls as from a smooth descent, And from the first impression takes the bent ; Hut, if unseized, she glides away like wind, And leaves repenting folly far behind. Now, now... | |
 | Kenyon West - Poets laureate - 1895 - 588 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. Whate'er... | |
 | Kenyon West - Literary Criticism - 1895 - 614 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. Whate'er... | |
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