 ... for thee; Deign on the passing world to turn thine eyes, And pause awhile from letters, to be wise; There mark what ills the scholar's life assail, Toil, envy, want, the patron, and the jail. See nations slowly wise, and meanly just, To buried merit...  The works of the English poets. With prefaces, biographical and critical, by ... - Page 23by English poets - 1790Full view - About this book
 | Samuel Johnson - English literature - 1805 - 238 pages
...patron, and the jail. See nations, slowly wise, and meanly just, To buried merit raise the tardy bust. If dreams yet flatter, once again attend, Hear Lydiat's...life, and Galileo's end. Nor deem, when learning her last prize bestows, The glitt'ring eminence exempt from foes ; See when the vulgar 'scapes despis'd... | |
 | Elegant extracts - 1805 - 1054 pages
...conTO*»t6eraysof regal bounty fliine; [fign, l«OlL f * ELEGANT See nations (lowly wife, and meanly j tilt, To buried merit raife the tardy buft. If dreams yet flatter, once again attend, Hear Lydiat'n life.*, and Galileo's end. Nordeem,whenLearning her laft prize beftows The glitt'ring eminence... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1806 - 436 pages
...wife ; There mark what ills the fcholar's life aflail, Toil, euvy, want, the patron, and the gaol. See nations, flowly wife and meanly juft, To buried...buft. If dreams yet flatter, once again attend, Hear Lydiafs life, and Galileo's end *. Nor deem, when Learning her laft prize bef.owaj, The glitt'ring... | |
 | British poets - English poetry - 1809 - 526 pages
...patron, and the jail. See nations slowly wise, and meanly just, To buried merit raise the tardy bust. If dreams yet flatter, once again attend, 'Hear Lydiat's...life, and Galileo's end. Nor deem, when Learning her last priae bestows, The glittering eminence exempt from woes; See when the vulgar 'scape, despts'd... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1809 - 372 pages
...patron, and the gaol. See nations, slowly wise and meanly just, To buried merit raise the tardy bust. If dreams yet flatter, once again attend, Hear Lydiat's life, and Galileo's end.t * There is a tradition, that the study of Friar I'.acovi, Luilt. oh an arch over the bridge,... | |
 | John Dryden - 1811 - 628 pages
...philofopher. Deign on the pa(Ting world to turn thine eyes, And paul'e awhile troin letters, to be wife; There mark what ills the fcholar's life aflail, Toil,...flatter, once again attend, Hear Lydiat's life, and Galilean end. I cannot forbear adding, that Juhnfon made an alteration in the fourth of thefe lines... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Francis William Blagdon - English fiction - 1811 - 250 pages
...patron, and the jail. See nations slowly wise, and meanly just, To buried merit raise the tardy bust. If dreams yet flatter, once again attend, Hear Lydiat's...life, and Galileo's end. Nor deem, when Learning her last prize bestows, The glittering eminence exempt from woes ; See when the vulgar 'scape, despis'd... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 202 pages
...patron, and the jail. See nations slowly wise, and meanly just, To buried merit raise the tardy bust. If dreams yet flatter, once again attend, Hear Lydiat's...life, and Galileo's end *. Nor deem, when Learning her last prize bestow;. The glittering eminence exempt from woes ; See when the vulgar 'scape, despis'd... | |
 | John Dryden - 1811 - 626 pages
...tliine eyes, And paufe awhile from letters, to be wife ; There mark what ills the fcholar's life affail, Toil, envy, want, the patron, and the jail. See nations flowly wife, and meanly jult, To buried Merit raife the tardy buft. If dreams yet flatter, once again attend, Hear Lydiat's... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 206 pages
...patron, and the jail. See nations slowly wise, and meanly just, To buried merit raise the tardy bust. If dreams yet flatter, once again attend, Hear Lydiat's life, and Galileo's end 4. Nor deem, when Learning her last prize bestows, The glittering eminence exempt from woes ; See when... | |
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