 As feeble damsels, for his sake, Would have been proud to undertake ; And bravely ambitious to redeem The world's loss and their own, Strove who should have the honour to lay down, And change a life with him...  Oxford and Cambridge Miscellany Poems - Page 350by Elijah Fenton - 1707 - 400 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Samuel Butler, Sir Roger L'Estrange - Characters and characteristics - 1715 - 302 pages
...proud to undertake, . And bravely ambitious to redeem The World's Lofs and their own, Strove who fhould have the Honour to (lay down. And change a Life with...But finding all their Hopes in vain., To move his fix'd determin'd Fate. They Life it felf began to hate, And all the World befide difdain: Made loud... | |
 | Great Britain - 1754 - 358 pages
...proud to undertake, And bravely ambitious to redeem The World's lofs and their own, Strove who fhould have the honour to lay down, And change a life with...him : But finding all their hopes in vain, To move his-fixt determin'd fate, They life itfelf began to hate, And all the world befide difdain : Made load... | |
 | Samuel Butler, Robert Thyer - 1759 - 538 pages
...proud to undertake ; And bravely ambitious to redeem The World's Lofs, and their own, Strove who fhould have the Honour to lay down, And change a Life with...: But finding all their Hopes in vain To move his fix'd determin'd Fate, Their Life itfelf began to hate, As if it were an Infamy To live, when he was... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1779 - 376 pages
...damfels, for his fake, Would have been proud to undertake ; And, bravely ambitious to redeem The world's lofs and their own, Strove who mould have the honour to lay down 1 50 And change a life with him ;. But, finding all their hopes in vain To move his fixt determin'd... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1819 - 644 pages
...proud to undertake ; And, bravely ambitions to redeem The world's loss and their own, Strove who should have the honour to lay down And change a life with him ; But, Unding all their hopes in vain Tn move his fixt detcrmin'd fate, Trair life itself began to hate, As... | |
 | British poets - Classical poetry - 1822 - 312 pages
...to undertake ; And, bravely' ambitious to redeem The world's loss and their own, Strove who should have the honour to lay down And change a life with...; But finding all their hopes in vain To move his llx'd determined fate, Their life itself began to hate, As if it were an infamy To live when he was... | |
 | Charles Mackay - Fiction - 1841 - 426 pages
...proud to undertake., And, bravely ambitious to redeem The world's loss and their own, Strove who should have the honour to lay down, And change a life with him." Among the noted thieves of France, there is none to compare with the famous Aimerigot T£tenoire, who... | |
 | Samuel Butler - 1854 - 312 pages
...proud to undertake ; And bravely ambitious to redeem The world's loss and their own, Strove who should have the honour to lay down, And change a life with...: But finding all their hopes in vain To move his fix'd determined fate, Their life itself began to hate, As if it were an infamy To live, when he was... | |
 | Samuel Butler, George Gilfillan - English poetry - 1854 - 318 pages
...proud to undertake ; And bravely ambitious to redeem The world's loss and their own, Strove who should have the honour to lay down, And change a life with...: But finding all their hopes in vain To move his fix'd determined fate, Their life itself began to hate, As if it were an infamy To live, when he was... | |
 | Samuel Butler - 1877 - 610 pages
...proud to undertake ; And bravely ambitious to redeem The world's loss and their own, Strove who should have the honour to lay down, And change a life with...: But finding all their hopes in vain To move his fix'd determined fate, Their life itself began to hate, As if it were an infamy To live, when he was... | |
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