 The next, in place and punishment, are they Who prodigally throw their souls away; Fools, who, repining at their wretched state, And loathing anxious life, suborn'd their fate. With late repentance now they would retrieve The bodies they forsook, and...  T. Lucretius Carus,: Of the Nature of Things, in Six Books, Translated Into ... - Page 206by Titus Lucretius Carus, Thomas Creech - 1714 - 402 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1824 - 744 pages
...their souls away. Fools, who repining at their wretched state, And loathing anxious life, suborn'd their fate. With late repentance, now they would retrieve The bodies they forsook, and wish to live. Their pains and poverty desire to bear, To view the light of heav'u, and... | |
 | Voltaire - 1824 - 432 pages
...their souls away — Fools, who, repining at their wretched state, And loathing anxious life, suborn their fate : With late repentance now they would retrieve The bodies they forsook, and wish to lire ; Their pains and poverty desire to bear, To view the light of heav'u and... | |
 | Voltaire - 1824 - 422 pages
...tbeir souls away—- Fools, who, repining at their wretched state, And loathing anxious life, suborn their fate : With late repentance now they would retrieve The bodies they forsook, and wish to live ; Their pains and poverty desire to bear, To view the light of heav'u and... | |
 | Anniversary calendar - 1832 - 600 pages
...imposture.— Shafletbwry. m Fools, who, repining at their wretched ttate, And loathing anxioui life, suborn their fate : With late repentance now they would retrieve The bodies they forsook, and wish to live ; Their pains and poverty desire to bear. To view the light of heav'n, and... | |
 | John Dryden, John Mitford - 1836 - 488 pages
...their souls away — Fools, who, repining at their wretched state, And loathing anxious life, subom'd their fate. With late repentance, now they would retrieve The bodies they forsook, and wish to live ; Their pains and poverty desire to bear, To view the light of heav'n, and... | |
 | 1841 - 832 pages
...throw their lives away ; Fools, who repining at their wretched state, And loathing anxious life, suborn their fate; With late repentance now they would retrieve The bodies they forsook, and wish to live ; Their pains and poverty desire to bear, To view the light of heaven, and... | |
 | William Peter - 1847 - 568 pages
...their souls away — Fools, who, repining at their wretched state, And loathing anxious life, suborn'd their fate. With late repentance, now they would retrieve The bodies they forsook, and wish to live; Their pains and poverty desire to bear, To view the light of heaven, and... | |
 | William Sweetser - 1850 - 456 pages
...their souls away — Fools, who, repining at their wretched state, And loathing anxious life, suborned their fate. With late repentance, now they would retrieve The bodies they forsook, and wish to live ; * Lib. vi., v. 434. Their pains and poverty desire to bear, To view the... | |
 | James Anthony Froude, John Tulloch - 1871 - 866 pages
...their lives away, Fools who, repining at their wretched state, And loathing anxious life, suborned their fate. With late repentance now they would retrieve The bodies they forsook, and wish to live ; Their pains and poverty desire to bear, To view the light of heaven and... | |
 | 1871 - 848 pages
...their lives away, Fools who, repining at their wretched state, And loathing anxious life, suborned their fate. With late repentance now they would retrieve The bodies they forsook, and wish to live ; Their pains and poverty desire to bear, To vicw the light of heaven and... | |
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