 | English poets - 1790 - 388 pages
...to fnftain The load of life, and exercis'd in pain : Guiltlefs of hate, and proof againft defire ; That all things weighs, and nothing can admire: That...toils of Hercules To dalliance, banquet, and ignoble eafe. The path to peace is Virtue : what I mow, Thyfelf may freely on thyfelf beftow : Fortune was... | |
 | 1806 - 512 pages
...to fullain The load of life, and exercifed in pain ; Guiltlcfs of hate, and proof againlt defire ; That all things weighs, and nothing can admire ; That...dares prefer the toils of Hercules, To dalliance, banquets, and inglorious eafe. ' This paffage would give an Englifh reader, though totally unacquainted... | |
 | John Bell - 1807 - 346 pages
...securely death defy, And count it Nature's privilege to die ; Serene and manly, harden'd to sustain The load of life, and exercis'd in pain : Guiltless...toils of Hercules To dalliance, banquet, and ignoble ease. The path to peace is Virtue: what I show, Thyself may freely on thyself bestow : Fortune was... | |
 | John Dryden - 1808 - 436 pages
...it nature's privilege to die ; Serene and manly, hardened to sustain The load of life, and exercised in pain ; Guiltless of hate, and proof against desire,...toils of Hercules, To dalliance, banquet, and ignoble ease. The path to peace is virtue : what I show, Thyself may freely on thyself bestow ; Fortune was... | |
 | John Dryden, Walter Scott - 1808 - 442 pages
...it nature's privilege to die ; Serene and manly, hardened to sustain The load of life, and exercised in pain ; Guiltless of hate, and proof against desire,...toils of Hercules, To dalliance, banquet, and ignoble ease. The path to peace is virtue : what I show, Thyself may freely on thyself bestow ; Fortune was... | |
 | John Dryden - 1811 - 628 pages
...to fuftain The load of life, and exercis'd in pain : Guiltlefs of hate, and proof againft defire ; That all things weighs, and nothing can admire: That dares prefer the toils of Hercules 556 To dalliance, banquet, and ignoble eafe. The path to peace is virtue : what I fhow, Thyfelf may... | |
 | John Dryden - 1811 - 626 pages
...harden'd to fuftain The load of life, and exercis'd in pain : Guiltlefs of hate, and proof againft defire; That all things weighs, and nothing can admire: That dares prefer the toils of Hercules 556 To dalliance, banquet, and ignoble eafe. The path to peace is virtue : what I fhow, Thyfelf may... | |
 | John Dryden, Walter Scott - 1821 - 442 pages
...it nature's privilege to die ; Serene and manly, harden'd to sustain The load of life, and exercised in pain ; Guiltless of hate, and proof against desire,...toils of Hercules, To dalliance, banquet, and ignoble ease. The path to peace is virtue : what I show, Thyself may freely on thyself bestow ; ^Fortune was... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 316 pages
...it nature's privilege to die: Serene and manly, harden'd to sustain The load of life, and exercised in pain: Guiltless of hate, and proof against desire;...That dares prefer the toils of Hercules To dalliance, banquets, and ignoble ease. The path to peace is virtue: what I show Thyself may freely on thyself... | |
 | William Laurence Brown - 1826 - 350 pages
...it Nature's privilege to die, Serene and manly, harden'd to sustain The load of life, and exercised in pain ; Guiltless of hate, and proof against desire...dares prefer the toils of Hercules, To dalliance, banquets, and ignoble ease. The path to peace is virtue ; what I show, Thyself may freely on- thyself... | |
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To health of body, and content of mind ; A soul, that can securely death defy, And count it nature's privilege to die ; Serene and manly, harden'd to... 
