 | Eduard Adolf Ferdinand Maetzner - 1865 - 632 pagina’s
...not: why then should I betray thee? (SiiAKSp., II Henry VI. 4, 10.) „But sometimes Virtue starves, while Vice is -fed." What then? Is the reward of Virtue bread? (Рогк, Essay on M. 4, 149.) We have no slaves at home — then why abroad? (Cowr. p. 185.) But... | |
 | 1866 - 328 pagina’s
...chain'd his country, say, Or he whose virtue sigh'd to lose a day ? " But sometimes virtue starves while vice is fed." What then ? is the reward of virtue bread ? That vice may merit ; 'tis the price of toil ; The knave deserves it when he tills the soil, The... | |
 | Henry George Bohn - 1867 - 752 pagina’s
...would, One they must want — which is, to pass for good. Pope, EM iv. 89. But sometimes virtue starves while vice is fed, What then is the reward of virtue — bread ? Pope,EMiv.l5Q. What nothing earthly gives, or can destroy, — The soul's calm sunshine, and the... | |
 | James Hain Friswell - 1875 - 324 pagina’s
...sometimes was at a moral argument, has had skill enough to tell us why : — " But sometimes Virtue starves while Vice is fed. What then ? Is the reward of Virtue bread ? That Vice may merit, 'tis the price of toil, The knave deserves it if he tills the soil. What nothing... | |
 | James Hain Friswell - 1875 - 494 pagina’s
...sometimes was at a moral argument, has had skill enough to tell us why : — " But sometimes Virtue starves while Vice is fed. What then ? Is the reward of Virtue bread ? That Vice may merit, 'tis the price of toil, The knave deserves it if he tills the soil. What nothing... | |
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - 1875 - 794 pagina’s
...stronger effort of his power, And justly set the gem above the flower. POPt Sometimes virtue starves, while vice is fed: What then ? is the reward of virtue bread ? That vice may merit ; 'tis the price of toil; The knave deserves it when he tills the soil. 599 Amidst... | |
 | Rossiter Johnson - 1876 - 840 pagina’s
...chain'd his country, «ay, Or he whose virtue sigh'd to lose a day ? " But sometimes Virtue starves, n air; High ? That, Vice may merit, 'tis the price of toil ; The knave deserves it, when he tills the soil ; The... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1877 - 576 pagina’s
...equal will appear, When those are placed in fiape, and these in fear. " But sometimes virtue starves, while vice is fed"; " What then is the reward of virtue, — bread I That vice may merit, 't is the price of toil, The knave deserves it when he tills the soil." What... | |
 | Robert Aitkin Bertram - 1877 - 766 pagina’s
...conscience clear, Because he wants a thousand pounds a year. — Pope. But sometimes virtue starves, time or coin I'll lose, or idly spend ; Who gets by play pro ? That, vice may merit — 'tis the price of toil ; The knave deserves it, when he tills the soil ;... | |
 | Hermann Marcus Kottinger - 1877 - 334 pagina’s
...chain'd his country, say, Or he whose virtues sighed to loose a day ?* " But sometimes virtue starves, while vice is fed." What then ? Is the reward of virtue bread? *One evening, as Titus remembered that he had not conferred a benefit upon any man ; he exclaimed :... | |
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tis the price of toil; The knave deserves it, when he tills the soil, The knave deserves it, when he tempts the main, Where folly fights for kings, or dives for gain. The good man may be weak, be indolent ; Nor is his claim to plenty, but content. 
