 | 1808 - 408 lehte
...conn* try say, Or he whose virtue sigh'd to lose a day ? " But sometimes virtue starves while vice i* fed." What then ? Is the reward of virtue bread ?...vice may merit, 'tis the price of toil ; The knave deserves it «hen he tills the soil. The knave deserves it when he tempts the; main, Where folly fights... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - 1809 - 604 lehte
...chuin'd his conntry Or he whose virtue sigh'd to lose a day ? [say, * " But sometimes virtue starves while vice is • deserves it when he tills thesoiJ. The knave deserves it when he tempts the inn in, Where folly fights... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 536 lehte
...chain'd his country, say, Or he whose virtue sigh'd to lose a day ? '' But sometimes Virtues tarves, while Vice is fed." What then? Is the reward of Virtue bread ? 150 That, Vice may merit, 'tis the price of toil ; The knave deserves it, when he tills the soil... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1812 - 348 lehte
...chain'd his country .? say, Or he whose virtue wgh'd to lose a day ? " But sometimes virtue starves, while vice is fed." What then ? Is the reward of virtue bread ? 150 That, vice may merit, 'tis the price of toil ; The knave deserves it, when he tills the soil,... | |
 | Abner Alden - 1814 - 222 lehte
...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 ? Thai vice may merit ; 'tis the price of toil ; The knave deserves it when he tills the soil. The... | |
 | Elegant poems - 1814 - 132 lehte
...how those just agree. The good must merit God's peculiar care 4 13S ' But sometimes virtue starves, while vice is fed.' What then - is the reward of virtue bread ? 150 That vice may merit, 'tis the price of toil; The knave deserves it, when he tills the soil; The... | |
 | 1816 - 770 lehte
...— That makes the change in th« price of wheat. Locke. 4. Reward ; thing purchased by merit. — Is the reward of virtue bread ? That, vice may merit ; 'tis the price of toil. Pope. * To PRICE. *. a. To pay for. — The man that made (ana foy to fall, Shall with his own blood... | |
 | John Aikin - 1820 - 832 lehte
...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...Vice may merit, '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... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1821 - 254 lehte
...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...Vice may merit , '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... | |
 | John Aikin - 1821 - 402 lehte
...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...Vice may merit, '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... | |
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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. 
