 | Several Hands - 1760 - 588 pages
...following picture of Old Age may fcrye our Readers as a ftccimen. i. And next, in order fad, Old-age we found : • His beard all hoar, his eyes hollow and blind : With drooping cheer flill poiing on the ground. As on the place where Nature him afiignM To relt. when that the bitters... | |
 | Thomas Warton - English poetry - 1781 - 620 pages
...Without refpeft, efteemed equally King CROESUS* pomp and IRUS* poverty. And next, in order fad, OLD-AGE we found : His beard all hoar, his eyes hollow and blind ; With drooping cheer ftill poring on the ground, As on the place where nature him affign'd To reft, when that the fifters... | |
 | Sir Egerton Brydges - Bibliography - 1809 - 914 pages
...and oft that never be ; Without respect esteeming equally King Cracsus' pomp, and Irus' povertj. And next in order sad OLD AGE we found: His beard all...With drooping cheer still poring on the ground, As on ihe place where Nature him assign'd To rest, when that the sisters had untwin'd His vital thread, and... | |
 | Anecdotes - 1809 - 562 pages
...in order sad old age we found, His beard all hoare, his eyes hollow and blind, With drouping chere still poring on the ground. As on the place where nature him assign'd To resit... unable to support in the best and most upright manner, the weight of the head... | |
 | Henry Headley - English poetry - 1810 - 246 pages
...the ground, As on the place where nature him assign'd To rest, when that the Sisters had untwin'd x His vital thread, and ended with their knife' The fleeting course of fast declining life. * the still night's feere torts lie.'} ie companion. Shakspeare's eulogium on... | |
 | John Walker - 1811 - 568 pages
...in order sad old age we found, His beard all hoare, his eyes hollow and blind, With drouping chere still poring on the ground. As on the place where nature him assign'd To rest. A weakness in the thorax or chest, by which it becomes unable to support in the best... | |
 | Sir Egerton Brydges - 1813 - 354 pages
...and oft that never be ; Without respect esteeming equally King Croesus' pomp, and Irus' poverty. And next in order sad OLD AGE we found : His beard all...poring on the ground, As on the place where Nature him assign'd To rest, when that the sisters had untwin'd His vital thread, and ended with their knife The... | |
 | Sir Egerton Brydges - Bibliography - 1815 - 434 pages
...and oft that never be ; Without respect esteeming equally King Craesus' pomp, and Irus' poverty. And next in order sad OLD AGE we found : His beard all hoar, his eyes hollow and blind, With drooping chear still poring on the ground, As on the place where Nature him assign'd To rest, when that the... | |
 | Great Britain - 1815 - 564 pages
...in order sad, Old Age wee found, His beard all hoare, his eyes hollow and bliud, With drouping chere still poring on the ground, As on the place where nature him assinde To rest, when that the sisters had vntwynde His vitall thred, and ended with their knyfe The... | |
 | Francis Wrangham - Great Britain - 1816 - 616 pages
...throne Of high renown ; but as a living death, So dead alive, of life he drew the breath.) ***** ' And next in order sad Old Age we found, His beard all hoar, his eyes hollow and blind ; With drooping chere (countenance) still poring on the ground, As on the place where Nature him assign'd To rest,... | |
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And next in order sad Old Age we found, His beard all hoar, his eyes hollow and blind, With drooping cheer still poring on the ground, As on the place where nature him... 
