 For who would bear the whips and scorns of time, The oppressor's wrong, the proud man's contumely, The pangs of despised love, the law's delay, The insolence of office, and the spurns That patient merit of the unworthy takes, When he himself might his...  Reflections on Death - Page 1by William Dodd - 1815 - 206 lehteFull view - About this book
 | 1804 - 188 lehte
...against a sea of troubles, And by opposing, end them !....To die. ...to sleep.... No more ; and by a sleep, to say, we end The heart-ach, and the thousand...of despised love, the law's delay, The insolence of office, and the spurns That patient merit of tii' unworthy takes, When he himself might his quietus... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1806 - 492 lehte
...calamity of so long life. For who would bear the whips and scorns of time, Tli' oppressor's wrong, the proud man's contumely, The pangs of despised love, the law's delay, The insolence of office, and the spurns That patient merit ofth' unworthy take?, When he himself might his quietus make... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1809 - 350 lehte
...sleep, to say, we end The heart-ache, and the thousand natural shocks That flesh is heir to; 'tis-a consummation Devoutly to be wish'd. — To die —...of office, and the spurns That patient merit of th' unworthy takes, When he himself might his quietua make With a bare bodkin ! Who would fardles bear,... | |
 | Lord Alexander Fraser Tytler Woodhouselee - 1813 - 466 lehte
...makes calamity of so long life: For who would bear the whips and scorns of time, The oppressor's wrong, the proud man's contumely, The pangs of despised love, the law's delay, The insolence of office, and the spurns That patient merit of the unworthy takes, When he himself might his quietus... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1818 - 290 lehte
...makes calamity of so long life. For who would bear the whips and scorns of time, The oppressor's wrong, the proud man's contumely, The pangs of despised love, the law's delay, The insolence of office, and the spurns That patient merit of the unworthy takes, When Jie himself might his quietus... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1820 - 486 lehte
...dreams may come, When we have shuffled off this mortal coil, Must give us pause. There 's the respect That makes calamity of so long life. For who would...of office, and the spurns That patient merit of th' unworthy takes, When he himself might his quietus make With a bare bodkin ? Who would fardles bear,... | |
 | William Scott - 1819 - 366 lehte
...coil, Must give us pause. There's the respect, That makes calamity of so long life ; For, who could bear the whips and scorns of time, Th' oppressor's...despised love — the law's delay — The insolence of oflice, and the»'spurns . ff'' That patient merit of the unworthy takes—- When he himself might... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1820 - 514 lehte
...calamity of so long life ; For who would bear the whips and seorns of time, The oppressor's wrong, the proud man's contumely, The pangs of despised love, the law's delay, The insolence of office, and the spurns That patient merit of the unworthy takes, When he himself might his quietus... | |
 | 1821 - 384 lehte
...calamity of so long life ; For who would bear the whips and scorns of time, The oppressor's wrong, the proud man's contumely, The pangs of despised love, the law's delay, The insolence of office, and the spurns That patient merit of the unworthy takes, When he himself might his quietus... | |
 | William Scott - 1823 - 396 lehte
...coil, Must give us pause. — There's the respect, That makes calamity of so long life ; For, who could bear the whips and scorns of time, Th' oppressor's...despised love — the law's delay — The insolence of office, and the spurns That patient merit of the unworthy takes — When he himself might his quietus... | |
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