 | 1813 - 596 sider
...what may be done to-day, may never have a morrow to do it in. " Be wist to day, 'tis madnesi to defcr. Next day the fatal precedent will plead. Thus on till wisdom is push'd out of life. Procrastination is the thief of time ; Year after \<-;ir it steals, till all are fled, And to the mercies... | |
 | Edward Young - 1815 - 332 sider
...extreme beware, Beware LORENZO ! a slow sudden death. How dreadful that deliberate surprise ! Be wise to-day; 'tis madness to defer; Next day the fatal...plead ; Thus on, till wisdom is push'd out of life Procrastination is the thief of time ; Year after year it steals, till all are fled, And to the mercies... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1815 - 276 sider
...For God towards thee hath done bis part ; do thine." MILTON. SECTION IX. OK PnoCRABTINATIpN. Be wise to-day ; 'tis madness to defer ; Next day the fatal precedent will plead ; Thus OD, till wisdom is push'd out of life. Procrastination is the thief of time. Year after year it steals,... | |
 | Edward Young - 1816 - 390 sider
...extreme beware, Beware, LOHESZO ! a alma-sudden death. How dreadful that deliberate surprize ! Be wise to-day, 'tis madness to defer ; Next day the fatal...plead ; Thus on, till wisdom is push'd out of life : Procrastination is the thief of time ; Year after year it steals, till all are fled, And to the mercies... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1816 - 328 sider
...low'rds tbee hath done his part ; do thine." I MILTON. SECTION IX. , On Procrastination. Be wise to day ; 'tis madness to defer ; Next day the fatal precedent...plead ; Thus on till wisdom is push'd out of life. Procrastination is the thief of time. Year after year it steals, till all are fled ; AIM], to the mercies... | |
 | 1817 - 314 sider
...and re-resolves; then dies the same. How dreadful that deliberate surprise! Be wise to-day ;' 'tij madness to defer : Next day the fatal precedent will...plead ; Thus on, till wisdom is push'd out of life. Procrastination is the thief of time ; Year after year it steals, till all are fled, And to the mercies... | |
 | Timothy East - 1817 - 246 sider
...present, as the " accepted time," the day of salvation. " Be wise" to-day ; 'tis mndness to defer j Next day the fatal Precedent will plead ; ' Thus on, 'till Wisdom is push'd out of Life. Procrastination is the thief of time ; Year after year it steals, till all are fled, And to the mercies... | |
 | Thornhill Kidd - 1817 - 804 sider
...opportunity of profitable consideration is the moment of life, and this how short ! " Be wise to day ; 'tis madness to defer ; Next day the fatal precedent will plead; Thus on, (ill wisdom is push'd out of life." Fourthly, The aversion of man to this duty implies its importance,... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1818 - 354 sider
...enigma or repartee in verse. The well-known lines on Procrastination are in his best manner : " Be wise to-day; 'tis madness to defer ; Next day the fatal...plead ; Thus on, till wisdom is push'd out of life. Procrastination is the thief of time ; Year after year it steals, till all are fled, And to the mercies... | |
 | Daniel Jaudon - 1820 - 236 sider
...A heap of dust alone remains of thee; Tis all thou art. and all the proud shall be. Be wise to day; 'tis madness to defer; Next day the fatal precedent...plead; Thus on, till wisdom is push'd out of life. Give an example of Trochaic verst* Restless mortals toil for nought; Bliss in vain from earth is sought;... | |
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tis madness to defer: Next day the fatal precedent will plead ; Thus on, till wisdom is push'd out of life. Procrastination is the thief of time ; Year after year it steals, till all are fled, And to the mercies of a moment leaves The vast concerns of... 
