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" Who quits a world where strong temptations try, And, since 'tis hard to combat, learns to fly! For him no wretches, born to work... "
Sequel to the English Reader, Or Elegant Selections in Prose and Poetry ... - Page 204
by Lindley Murray - 1816 - 286 pages
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The Monthly Review, Or, Literary Journal, Volume 42

Ralph Griffiths, G. E. Griffiths - Books - 1770 - 604 pages
...labour" with an age of cafe ; Who quits a world where ftrong temptations try, And, fince 'tis hard to combat, learns to fly. For him no wretches, born to work and weep, Explore the mine, or tempt the dangerous deep ; No furly porter Hands in guilty ftate To fpurn imploring famine from his gate, But...
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The Deserted Village: A Poem

Oliver Goldsmith - English poetry - 1770 - 44 pages
...where ftrong temptations try, And, fince 'tis hard to combat, learns to fty; THE DESERTED VILLAGE. For him no wretches, born to work and weep, Explore the mine, or tempt the dangerous deep ; No furly porter ftands in guilty ftate To fpurn imploring famine from his gate, But...
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Annual Register, Volume 13

Edmund Burke - History - 1771 - 590 pages
...a world where ftrong temptations try, And, fince 'tis hard to combat, learns to fly ! For him j»o wretches, born to work and weep ; Explore the mine, or tempt the dangerous deep, j No ftfrly portt-r ftands in guilty ftate, To fpurn imploring famine from the gate,...
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Retaliation: a poem. To which is added, some account of the life ..., Volume 1

Oliver Goldsmith - 1774 - 70 pages
...of labour with an age of cafe ; Who quits a world where ftrong temptations try, And, fince 'tis hard to combat, learns to fly ! For him no wretches, born to work and weep, Explore the mine, or tempt the dangerous deep ; No furly porter ftands in guilty ftate To fpurn imploring famine from the gate ; But...
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The Poetical and Dramatic Works of Oliver Goldsmith, M.B.: Now First ...

Oliver Goldsmith - 1780 - 204 pages
...youth of labour with an age of eafe; Who quits a world where ftrong temptations try,And fince 'tis hard to combat learns to fly. For him no wretches, born to work and weep, Explore the mine, or tempt the dangerous deep j No furly porter ftands in guilty ftate, To fpurn imploring famine from his gate; But...
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The Muse's Pocket Companion: A Collection of Poems

English poetry - 1785 - 320 pages
...of labour with an age of eafe ; Who quits a world where ftrong temptations try, And, fince 'tis hard to combat, learns to fly ! For him no wretches, born...the dang'rous deep; No furly porter flands in guilty flate, To fpurn imploring famine from the gate ; But on he moves to meet his latter end, Angels around...
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The Muse's Pocket Companion. A Collection of Poems: By Lord Carlisle. Lord ...

1785 - 304 pages
...of labour with an age of eafe ; Who quits a world where ftrong temptations try, And, fmce 'tis hard to combat, learns to fly ! For him no wretches, born...mine, or tempt the dang'rous deep ; No furly porter ftands in guilty ftate, To fpurn imploring famine from the gate ; But on he moves to meet his latter...
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The Muse's Pocket Companion: A Collection of Poems

English poetry - 1785 - 316 pages
...wretches, born to work and weep, Explore the mine, or tempt the dang'rous deep ; No furly porter Hands in guilty ' ftate, To fpurn imploring famine from the gate' ; But on he motes to meet his latter end, Angela around befriending virtue's friend; Sinks to the grave with unperceiv'd...
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Miscellanies, Moral and Instructive, in Prose and Verse

American literature - 1787 - 430 pages
...of labour, with an age of eafe ; Who quits a world where flrong temptations try, And fmce 'tis hard to combat, learns to fly ! For him no wretches, born...mine, or tempt the dang'rous deep ; No furly porter ftands., in guilty ftate, To fpurn imploring famine from the gate : But on he moves to meet his latter...
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The British Plutarch: Containing the Lives of the Most Eminent ..., Volume 8

Great Britain - 1791 - 302 pages
...labour with an age of eafe ; • Who quits a world where ftrong temptations try, And fince 'tis hard to combat learns to fly. For him no wretches, born...mine or tempt the dang'rous deep ; No furly porter ftands in guilty ftate, To fpurn imploring famine from his gate : But on he moves to meet his latter...
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