 | James Thomson - 1769 - 218 pages
...and facred fong? 7» For is there aught in sleep can charm the wife? To lie in dead oblivion , lofing half The fleeting moments of too short a life? Total extinction of th' enlightened foul! Or elfe to feverish vanity alive, 75 Wildered , and toffing thro' diftemper'd dreams?... | |
 | James Thomson - 1793 - 300 pages
...of sloth, enjoy The cool, the fragrant, and the silent hour, To meditation due and sacred song ? 70 For is there aught in sleep can charm the wise ? To...moments of too short a life ; Total extinction of th' enlightened soul ! Or else to feverish vanity alive, 75 Wildered, and tossing thro' distemper'd dreams... | |
 | James Thomson - 1800 - 302 pages
...; And } springing from the bed of sloth , enjoy The cool , the fragrant , and the silent hour , To meditation due and sacred song ? For is there aught...moments of too short a life ; Total extinction of th' enlightened soul ! Or else to feverish vanity alive, Wilder'd, and tossing thro' distemper'd dreams?... | |
 | James Thomson - 1802 - 320 pages
...awake; And, springing from the bed of sloth, enjoy The cool, the fragrant, and the silent hour, To meditation due and sacred song? For is there aught...Total extinction of th' enlighten'd soul ! Or else to fev'rish vanity alive, Wilder'd, and tossing through distemper'd dreams? Who would in such a gloomy... | |
 | James Thomson - 1802 - 344 pages
...awake; And, springing from the bed of sloth, enjoy The cool, the fragrant, and the silent hour, To meditation due and sacred song ? For is there aught...moments of too short a life; Total extinction of th' enlightened soul! Or else to feverish vanity alive* Wildered, and tossing through distemper'd dreams?... | |
 | James Thomson - 1802 - 340 pages
...awake; And, springing from the bed of sloth, enjoy The cool, the fragrant, and the silent hour, . To meditation due and sacred song? For is there aught...moments of too short a life; Total extinction of th' enlightened soul ! Or else to feverish vanity alive, Wildered, and tossing through distemper'd dreams?... | |
 | 1832 - 852 pages
...student.' He rose to his duties with the first dawn of day. While others were yet merged in sleep, • in dead oblivion, losing half The fleeting moments of too short a life,' he was already ' up and doing.' And to his morning studies he attributed, with Baxter, Paley, Wesley,... | |
 | James Thomson - 1803 - 268 pages
...springing from the bed of sloth , enjoy The cool , the fragrant , and the silent hour, •• . . To meditation due and sacred song ? For is there aught...moments of too short a life ? Total extinction of the enlightened soul ! Or else to feverish vanity alive , Wildered , and tossing thro' distemper'd... | |
 | James Thomson - 1803 - 186 pages
...awake, And, springing from the hed of sloth, enjoy The cool, the fragrant, and the silent hour, To meditation due and sacred song ? For is there aught in sleep can charm the wise ? To lie in dead ohlivion, losing half The fleeting moments of too short a life; Total extinction of the enlightened... | |
 | James Thomson, John Aikin - 1804 - 232 pages
...of sloth, enjoy The cool, the fragrant, and the silent hour, To meditation due and sacred song ? 70 For is there aught in sleep can charm the wise ? To...enlighten'd soul ! Or else to feverish vanity alive, 75 Wilder'd, and tossing through distemper 'd dreams? Who would in such a gloomy state remain Longer... | |
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Falsely luxurious, will not man awake ; And, springing from the bed of sloth, enjoy The cool, the fragrant, and the silent hour, To meditation due and sacred song ? For is there aught in sleep "Can charm the wise ? To lie in dead oblivion, losing half... 
