 The lust of lucre, and the dread of death. In vain to deserts thy retreat is made, The Muse attends thee to thy silent shade ; 'Tis hers the brave man's latest steps to trace, Rejudge his acts, and dignify disgrace. When Interest calls off all her sneaking...  The Director [ed. by T.F. Dibdin]. - Seite 209herausgegeben von - 1807Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Alexander Pope - 1867 - 520 Seiten
...his acts, and dignify disgrace. When Interest calls off all her sneaking train, And all the obliged desert, and all the vain; She waits, or to the scaffold,...cell, When the last lingering friend has bid farewell. Even now she shades thy evening-walk with bays, (No hireling she, no prostitute to praise) Even now,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1867 - 626 Seiten
...acts, and dignify disgrace. 30 When interest calls off all her sneaking train, And all the obliged desert, and all the vain ; She waits, or to the scaffold,...cell, When the last lingering friend has bid farewell. E'en now, she shades thy evening walk with bays (No hireling she, no prostitute to praise) ; E'en now,... | |
 | Isaac Disraeli - 1867 - 494 Seiten
...interest calls off all her sneaking train, And all the obliged desert, and all the vain, They wait, or to the scaffold, or the cell, When the last lingering friend has bid farewell. Literary friendship is a sympathy not of manners, but of feelings. The personal character may happen... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1868 - 280 Seiten
...his acts, and dignify disgrace. When Interest calls off all her sneaking train, When all the obliged desert, and all the vain, She waits ; or, to the scaffold,...evening walk with bays. (No hireling she, no prostitute to praise) Ev'n now, observant of the parting ray, Eyes the calm sunset of thy various day, Through... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1869 - 570 Seiten
...Rejudge his acts, and dignify disgrace. 33 When Int'rest calls off all her sneaking train, And all th' oblig'd desert, and all the vain; She waits, or to the scaffold, or the cell, When the last ling'ring friend has bid farewell. Ev'n now, she shades thy Ev'ning-walk with bays 35 (No hireling... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1871 - 968 Seiten
...his acts, and dignify disgrace. When interest calls off all her sneaking train, And all the obliged 871 Even now she shades thy evening walk with bays (No hireling she, no prostitute to praise), Even now,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1872 - 744 Seiten
...acts, and dignify disgrace. so When interest calls off all her sneaking train, And all th' obliged desert, and all the vain, She waits, or to the scaffold,...cell, When the last lingering friend has bid farewell. Even now she shades thy evening-walk with bays, (No hireling she, no prostitute to praise), Even now,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1873 - 590 Seiten
...trace, Rejudge his acts, and dignify disgrace. When Int'rest calls off all her sneaking train, And all th' oblig'd desert, and all the vain; She waits, or to the scaffold, or the cell, When the last ling'ring friend has bid farewell. Ev'n now, she shades thy Ev'ning-walk with bays (No hireling she,... | |
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - 1875 - 794 Seiten
...claims, the dead a tear. POPE. When int'rest calls off all her sneaking train, When all th' obliged desert, and all the vain, She waits, or to the scaffold, or the cell, When the last ling'ring friend has bid farewell. PoPE. Lend me thy aid, I now conjure thee ! lend, By the soft tie... | |
 | Rossiter Johnson - 1876 - 840 Seiten
...trace, Re-judge his acts, and dignify disgrace. When interest calls off all her sneaking train, And all as we were driven, The puny habitants, evening-w'alk with bays (No hireling she, no prostitute to praise), Ev'n now, observant of the parting... | |
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