 Could all our care elude the gloomy grave, Which claims no less the fearful than the brave, For lust of fame I should not vainly dare In fighting fields, nor urge thy soul to war. But since, alas ! ignoble age must come, Disease, and death's inexorable...  The Classical Journal - Page 1391820Affichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
 | 1805 - 378 pages
...urge your souls to war ; But since alas, ignoble age must come, Disease and death's inexorable doom ; The life which others pay let us bestow, And give to fame what we to nature owe ; Brave though we fall, and honor'd if we live, Or let us glory gain, or glory give : Think on your... | |
 | Homerus - 1807 - 568 pages
...thy soul to war. 390 But since, alas! ignoble age must come, Disease, and death's inexorable doom; The life which others pay, let us bestow, And give to fame what we to nature owe ; Brave though we fall, and honour'd if we live, 9$ Or let us glory gain, or glory give ! He said ;... | |
 | John Bell - 1807 - 472 pages
...to war. 390 ' But since, alas ! ignoble age must come, ' Disease, and death's inexorable dooiii ; ' The life which others pay, let us bestow, ' And give to fame what we to nature owe; ' Brave tho' we fall, and honor'd if we live, S9-; ' Or let us glory gain, or glory give !' He said:... | |
 | Richard Lovell Edgeworth - 1809 - 516 pages
...estimate of what is really valuable in life, and with hearts proud of suffering for our country. " The life, which others pay, let us bestow; " And give to Fame, wh^t we to Nature owe; '* Brave though we fall, and honour'd if we live, " Or let us glory gain, or... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 790 pages
...urge thy soul to war. But since, alas! ignoble age must come, Disease, and death's inexorable doom ; The life which others pay, let us bestow, And give to fame what we to nature owe; Brave though we fall, and honour'd if we live, Or let us glory gain, or glory give!" lie said ; his... | |
 | Stephen Jones, Charles Molloy Westmacott - 1811 - 370 pages
...to war. But since, alas ! ignoble age must come, Disease, and death's inexorable doom, The life that others pay let us bestow, And give to fame what we to nature owe. Brave, though we fall, yet honour'd if we live, Or let us glory gain, or glory give ! Speech of Sarpcdon... | |
 | John Nichols - 1812 - 794 pages
...urge thy soul to war. But since, alas ! ignoble age must come, Disease, and death's inexorable doom j The life which others pay let us bestow, And give to Fame what we to Nature owe. Popes Homer, 11. xii. 38*. His Lordship then repeated the last word several times, with a calm and... | |
 | Richard Lovell Edgeworth - 1812 - 572 pages
...estimate of what is really valuable in life, and with hearts proud of suffering for our country. " The life, which others pay, let us bestow; " And give to Fame, what we to Nature owe; " Brave though we fall, arid honour'd if we lire, " Or let us glorji gain, or glory give!" CHAPTER... | |
 | John Nichols - 1812 - 782 pages
...thy soul to war. But since, alas ! ignoble age must come, Disease, and death's inexorable doom ;__, The life which others pay let us bestow, And give to Fame what we to Nature owei ,, Pope's Homer, II, xii. S87. His Lordship then repeated the last word several times, with a... | |
 | 1813 - 374 pages
...urge thy soul to war. But since, alas ! ignoble age must come, Disease, and death's inexorable doom, The life, which others pay, let us bestow, And give to fame what we to nature owe; Brave though we fall, and honour'd if we live) Or let us glory gain, or glory give !' He said ; his... | |
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