 | English poets - 1790 - 248 pages
...and make him try To fwim wkh bladders of philofophy ; In hopes ftill to o'ertake the flapping light, The vapour dances in his dazzled fight, Till, fpent,...hand. Lead him to Death, and make him underftand,. After a feaich fo painful and fo long, That all his life he has been in the wrong. Huddled in dirt,... | |
 | 1793 - 806 pages
...and make him try To fwim with bladders of philofophy; In hopes dill to o'ertake the ilcipping light, The vapour dances in his dazzled fight, Till, fpent,...Experience, hand in hand. Lead him to death, and make him underdand, After a fearch fo painful and fo long, That all his life he ha« been in the wrong. Huddled... | |
 | Robert Anderson - 1795 - 806 pages
...with bladders of philofophy ; In hopes dill to o'ertakc tile fkipping light, The vapour dances in hit dazzled fight, Till, fpent, it leaves him to eternal...night. Then Old Age and Experience, hand in hand. Lead I:im to death, and make him understand, After a fearch fo painful and fo long, „• . That all his... | |
 | Robert Anderson - 1795 - 842 pages
...In hopes dill to o'ertake the fkipping light, The vapeur dances in hit dazzled fight, Till, fpcnt, it leaves him to eternal night. Then Old Age and Experience, hand in hand. Lead lu'm to death, and make him underdand, After a fearch fo painful and fo long, That all his life he... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1800 - 842 pages
...In hopes Kill to o'ertake the (kipping light, The vapour darken in his dazzkd fight. Till, f|>ent, it leaves him to eternal night. Then Old Age and Experience, hand in hand, Lead him to Death, and make him undcrftand, After a foarch fo painful and fo long, That all his life he has been in the wrong. Huddled... | |
 | Johann Wolfgang von Goethe - 1814 - 536 pages
...man uufammenbïuctcn , tveldje alö ein Coin« mentar ju jenem fd>recHlicI;en îcytc selten f innen : Then old Age and Experience, hand in hand, Lead him to death, and make him understand, , . After a search so painfull and so long, That all hie life he has been in the wrong.... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1819 - 644 pages
...In hopes still to o'crtake the skipping light, The vapour dances in his dazzled sight, Till, spent, it leaves him to eternal night. Then Old Age and Experience, hand in hand, I Lead him to Death, and make him understand, — — V After a search so painful and so long, ' That... | |
 | Johann Wolfgang von Goethe - 1819 - 392 pages
...Jiifatnmenbrucfèn, roeíd;e «íé ein mentar ju jenem fcfyrecflicfyen Vejete gelten f 6nnen : Then old Ago and Experience, hand in hand, Lead him to death, and make him understand, After a search so painfull and so long-, That all his life he has 'been in the wrong. ferner... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1824 - 1062 pages
...In hopes still to o'ertake the skipping light, The vapour dances in his dazzled sight, Till, spent, bun to death, and make him understand, After a search so painful and so long, That all his life he... | |
 | Johann Wolfgang von Goethe - 1824 - 366 pages
...poetry may be collected together, and they will only afford a commentary on this appalling text:— Then old age and experience, hand in hand, Lead him to death, and make him understand, After a search so painful and so long, That all his life he has been in the wrong. There... | |
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Then old Age, and Experience, hand in hand, Lead him to Death, and make him understand, After a search so painful, and so long, That all his Life he has been in the wrong. 
