 WHAT shall I do to be for ever known, And make the age to come my own ? I shall, like beasts or common people, die, Unless you write my elegy ; Whilst others great, by being born, are grown; Their mothers' labour, not their own. In this scale gold, in...  Essays: On Poetry and Music, as They Affect the Mind; on Laughter, and ... - Strona 13autor: James Beattie - 1779 - Liczba stron: 515Pełny widok - Informacje o książce
 | 1714 - Liczba stron: 528
...(talks, with huge gigantick Pace, Meafuring the Globe, like Time, withconftant Race. Cong. What (hall I do to be for ever known, And make the Age to come my own ? I fhall, like Beads, or common People, die, Unlefs you write my Elegy. Whilft others great by being born are grown,... | |
 | 1737 - Liczba stron: 326
...Story of Aglaiis with fo much Pleafure, was no Stranger to Courts, nor infenfible of Praife. Whatjhall I do to be for ever known, And make the Age to come my owa ? was the Refult of a laudable Ambition. It was not till after frequent Difappointments, that he... | |
 | Several Hands - 1760 - Liczba stron: 588
...one, who. being confcious of no guilt, is not a,,;.;J to be remembered by poilerky. '**• What (hall I do to be for ever known, " And make the age to come my own ?" fays the celebrated Cowley. Would Dr. Stebbing then, after deccafc, be titan forgatte*, at m Jfad... | |
 | Robert Dodsley - 1761 - Liczba stron: 366
...when his Ambition prompts him to begin, with Cowley, to alk himfelf this Queftion, What jhall I da to be for ever known, And make the Age to come my own ? on looking about him, he will find many Avenues to the Temple of Fame barred againft him; but fome... | |
 | Robert Dodsley - 1762 - Liczba stron: 342
...Ornament ; when his Ambition prompts him to begin, with Cawley, to afk himfelf this Qutftion, Wbaljball I do to be for ever known,. And make the Age to. come my c-wn ? • , • - - .' ..I.-.. • . - ' * on looking about him, he will find many Avenues to the... | |
 | Abraham Cowley - 1772 - Liczba stron: 264
....•<•' ' . '. • , ...... POEMS OF MR. A. CO VV LE Y. I. THE MOTTO. fen.tanda via eft, &c. VIRG. WHAT fhall I do to be for ever known, And make the age to come my own ? [a] ' # * * * Hence all the flattering vanities, that lay Nets of rofes in the way. Hence the defire... | |
 | James Beattie - 1776 - Liczba stron: 582
...difpofed for a moment to look down with equal contempt upon the brutes and the common people ! What mall I do, to be for ever known,. And make the age to come my own ? I Ihall like beafts or common people die, Unlefs you write my elegy *. Virgil, • The learned and amiable... | |
 | Abraham Cowley - 1777 - Liczba stron: 266
...4Carm. iii. 16. POEMS P OEMS : OF MR. A; COWLE Y. I. THE MOTTO. Tentanda via eft, fcfr . VIRG. HAT fhall I do to be for ever known, And make the age to come my own ? [«]»•»» Hence all the flattering vanities, that lay Nets of rofes in the way. . . , Hence the... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1779 - Liczba stron: 384
...eafily fee each other; Love hath wings. MISCELLANIES. w THE MOTTO. " Tentanda via eft, &c." HAT mall I do to be for ever known, And make the age to come my own ? i fliall, like beafts or common people, die, Unlefs you write my elegy ; Whilft others great, by being... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1779 - Liczba stron: 378
...'ll eafily fee each other ; Love hath wings. MISCELLANIES. THE MOTTO. " Tentanda via eft, &c." HAT fhall I do to be for ever known,. And make the age to come my own ? 1 fhall, Hke beaft.s or common people, die, Unlefs you write my elegy ; Whilfl others great, by being... | |
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