 | Oliver Goldsmith - English poetry - 1770 - 44 pages
...tempt the dangerous deep ; No furly porter ftands in guilty ftate To fpurn imploring famine from his gate, But on he moves to meet his latter end, Angels...; Sinks to the grave with unperceived decay, While refignation gently flopes the way ; And all his profpecls brightening to the la/1, His Heaven commences... | |
 | Ralph Griffiths, G. E. Griffiths - Books - 1770 - 604 pages
...tempt the dangerous deep ; No furly porter Hands in guilty ftate To fpurn imploring famine from his gate, But on he moves to meet his latter end, Angels...; Sinks to the grave with unperceived decay, While refignation gently Hopes the way ; And all his profpefts brightening to the la!l, His heaven commences... | |
 | Edmund Burke - History - 1771 - 590 pages
...dangerous deep, j No ftfrly portt-r ftands in guilty ftate, To fpurn imploring famine from the gate, Bat on he moves to meet his latter end, Angels around befriending virtue's friend ; Bends to the grave with unperceived decay* While resignation gently flopes the way ; And all his... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1774 - 70 pages
...weep, Explore the mine, or tempt the dangerous deep ; No furly porter ftands in guilty ftate To fpurn imploring famine from the gate ; But on he moves to...latter end, Angels around befriending Virtue's friend ; Bends to the grave with unperceived decay, While refignation gently flopes the way ; And all his... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1780 - 204 pages
...tempt the dangerous deep j No furly porter ftands in guilty ftate, To fpurn imploring famine from his gate; But on he moves to meet his latter end, Angels...befriending virtue's friend ; Sinks to the grave with unperceiv'd decay, While refignation gently flopes the way ; And all his profpedts brightning to the... | |
 | English poetry - 1785 - 320 pages
...weep, Explore the mine, or tempt the dang'rous deep; No furly porter flands in guilty flate, To fpurn imploring famine from the gate ; But on he moves to...befriending virtue's friend; Sinks to the grave with unperceiv'd decay, While refignation gently dopes the way ; And all his profpefts bright'ning to the... | |
 | American literature - 1787 - 430 pages
...Explore the mine, or tempt the dang'rous deep ; No furly porter ftands., in guilty ftate, To fpurn imploring famine from the gate : But on he moves to...latter end, Angels around befriending virtue's friend ; Bends to the grave with unperceiv'd decay, While refignation gently flopes the way, And all his profpefts,... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1791 - 206 pages
...weep, Explore the mine, or tempt the dang'rous deep; No" furly porter Hands in guilty ftate, To fpurn imploring famine from the gate ; But on he moves to...befriending virtue's friend; Sinks to the grave with unperceiv'd decay, While refignation gently Hopes the way ; And, all his profpecls bright'ning to the... | |
 | Great Britain - 1791 - 302 pages
...tempt the dang'rous deep ; No furly porter ftands in guilty ftate, To fpurn imploring famine from his gate : But on he moves to meet his latter end, Angels around befriending virtue's friend; £inks to the grave with unperceiv'd decay, While refignation gently flopes the way ;_ And all his... | |
 | 1792 - 112 pages
..., Explore the mine, or tempt the clangorous deep; No furly porter ftands in guilty ftate, To fpurn imploring famine from the gate ; But on he moves to...befriending virtue's friend; Sinks to the grave with unperceiv'd decay, While refignation gently ffopes the way; And, all his profpects bright'ning to the... | |
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Who quits a world where strong temptations try, And, since 'tis hard to combat, learns to fly! For him no wretches, born to work and weep, Explore the mine, or tempt the dangerous deep... 
