 Pursuing, and pursued, each other's prey ; As wolves, for rapine; as the fox, for wiles ; Till Death, that mighty hunter, earths them all. Why all this toil for triumphs of an hour ? What though we wade in wealth, or soar in fame ? Earth's highest station...  The Complaint, Or Night-thoughts on Life, Death, and Immortality: Also, The ... - Página 52por Edward Young - 1800Visualização integral - Acerca deste livro
 | T P Grinsted - 1859 - 342 páginas
...noisy men Burst law's inclosure, leap the mounds of right, Pursuing and pursued, each other's prey, As wolves for rapine, as the fox for wiles, Till death, that mighty hunter, earths them all. Why all this toil for triumphs of an hour ? What though we wade in wealth, or soar... | |
 | 1866 - 426 páginas
...noisy men, Burst law's inclosure, leap the mounds of right, Pursuing, and pursu'd, each other's prey ; As wolves, for rapine ; as the fox, for wiles ; Till Death, that mighty hunter, earths them all Why all this toil for triumphs of an hour ? What tho' we wade in wealth, or soar in... | |
 | Edward Young - 1866 - 574 páginas
...noisy men, Burst law's enclosure, leap the mounds of right, Pursuing, and pursued, each other's prey ; As wolves, for rapine ; as the fox, for wiles ; Till Death, that mighty hunter, earths them all. Why all this toil for triumphs of an hour ? What though we wade in wealth, or soar... | |
 | Henry George Bohn - 1867 - 752 páginas
...sigh, we sink ; and are what we deplor'd ; Lamenting, or lamented, all our lot ! Young, NT n. 361. Why all this toil for triumphs of an hour ? What tho' we wade in wealth, or soar in fame ? Earth's highest station ends in " Here he lies :" And " dust to dust" concludes her... | |
 | Mary Anne Marzials - 1867 - 332 páginas
...each other's prey; As wolves for rapine, as the fox for wiles ; Till Death, the mighty hunter, earths them all. Why all this toil for triumphs of an hour ? What, though we wade in wealth, or soar in fame ? Earth's highest station ends in, " Here he lies ;" And... | |
 | Mary Anne Marzials - 1867 - 332 páginas
...each other's prey ; As wolves for rapine, as the fox for wiles ; Till Death, the mighty hunter, earths them all. Why all this toil for triumphs of an hour ? What, though we wade in wealth, or soar in fame 1 Earth's highest station ends in, " Here he lies ; " And... | |
 | Robert Aitkin Bertram - 1877 - 766 páginas
...noisy men Burst law's inclosure, leap the mounds of right, Pursuing and pursued, each other's prey ; s ! This is the state of man : to-day he earths them all. Why all this toil for triumphs of an hour ? What though we wade in wealth, or soar... | |
 | Sir Thomas Wyatt - 1879 - 624 páginas
...noisy men, Burst law's enclosure, leap the mounds of right, Pursuing, and pursu' d, each other's prey ; As wolves, for rapine ; as the fox, for wiles ; Till Death, that mighty hunter, earths them all. Why all this toil for triumphs of an hour ? What though we wade in wealth, or soar... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1879 - 428 páginas
...noisy men Burst law's enclosure, leap the mounds of right, Pursuing and pursued, each other's prey ; As wolves for rapine ; as the fox for wiles ; Till death, that mighty hnuter, earths them all. Why all this toil for trinmphs of an hour ? What though we wade in wealih,... | |
 | Henry George Bohn - 1881 - 738 páginas
...sigh, we sink ; and are what we deplor'd ; Lamenting, or lamented, all our lot ! Young, NT n. 361. Why all this toil for triumphs of an hour ? What tho' we wade in wealth, or soar in fame ? Earth's highest station ends in " Here he lies :" And " dust to dust" concludes her... | |
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