 | Edward Young - 1802 - 146 lehte
...by the decease of his friend Richardson, the famous novelist. When heaven would kindly set us free, And Earth's enchantment end, It takes the most effectual means, And robs us of a friend ! The thought is just, and is made the more impressive by being expressed with peculiar... | |
 | 1808 - 512 lehte
...been without fatigue. But I have labored with pleasure, •" When heaven would set our spirits free, And earth's enchantment end, It takes the most effectual means, And robs us of a friend." Youxc, and rejoice in the enterprise, from a persuasion that what I have written from... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 408 lehte
...former part of the poem. Of Richardson's death he says — — When Heaven would kindly set us free, And earth's enchantment end ; It takes the most effectual means, And robs us of a friend. To " Resignation" was prefixed an Apology for its appearance : to which more credit... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 554 lehte
...be weigh'd ; when weigh'd aright, It richly pays your pain : When Heaven would kindly set us free. And Earth's enchantment end ; It takes the most effectual means, And robs us of a friend. But such a friend ! and sigh no more ? 'T is prudent ; but severe : Heaven aid my weakness,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 366 lehte
...printing the former part of the poem. Of Richardson's death he says When heaven would kindly set us free, And earth's enchantment end ; It takes the most effectual means, And robs us of a friend. To Resignation was prefixed an apology for its appearance : to which more credit is... | |
 | William Bengo Collyer - 1812 - 980 lehte
...ties, And every sorrow cuts a string, And urges us to rise. 4 When heaven would kindly set us free. And earth's enchantment end, It takes the most effectual means, And robs us of a friend ; 5 Resign — and all the load of life That moment you remove; It's heavy tax, ten... | |
 | Edward Young - 1812 - 814 lehte
...printing the former part of the poem. Of Richardson's death he says When Heaven would kindly set us free, And earth's enchantment end ; It takes the most effectual means, And robs us of a friend. " To ' Resignation' was prefixed an Apology for its appearance: to which more credit... | |
 | John Nichols - 1812 - 758 lehte
...consequence of the sudden death of Richardson. Of Death he says, " When Heaven would kindly set us free, And Earth's enchantment end, It takes the most effectual means, And robs us of a Friend." The same plaintive writer addressed his " Conjectures on Original Composition" to... | |
 | Francis Wrangham - 1816 - 532 lehte
...occasion for comfort, in consequence of his sudden death : " When Heaven would kindly set us free, And earth's enchantment end, It takes the most effectual means, And robs us of a friend." To Richardson this poet had addressed his ' Conjectures on original Composition ;... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1819 - 364 lehte
...the former part of the poem. Of Richardson's death he says—- When heaven would kindly set us free, And earth's enchantment end ; It takes the most effectual means, And robs us of a friend. To Resignation was prefixed an apology for its appearance : to which more credit is... | |
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When Heaven would kindly set us free, And earth's enchantment end ; It takes the most effectual means, And robs us of a friend. 
