 | Edward Young - 1802 - 420 pàgines
...like a wife, we shun, And ne'er enjoy, because it is our own. Pleasures are few, and fewer we enjoy ; Pleasure, like quicksilver, is bright, and coy\ We...utmost skill, Still it eludes us, and it glitters still : If seiz'd at last, compute your mighty gains; What is it, but rank poison in your veins ? As FLAVIA... | |
 | 1803 - 468 pàgines
...wile we shun, And ne'er enjoy, because it is our own. 290 Pleasures are few, .and fewer we enjoy ; Pleasure, like quicksilver, is bright and coy; We strive to grasp it with out utmost snill, Still it eludes us, and it glitters still; It seiz'd at last, compute your mighty... | |
 | Edward Young - 1804 - 452 pàgines
...strive • On joys too thin to keep the soul alive. PLEASURE. Pleasures are few , and fewer we enjoy ; Pleasure , like quicksilver , is bright, and coy ;. We strive to grasp it with our utmost skill, Slill it eludes us, and il glitters still : If seiz'd at last, compute your mighty gains ; What is... | |
 | Nathan Drake - 1805 - 420 pàgines
...admirably exact and illustrative : Pleasures are few, and fewer we enjoy ; Pleasure, like quick-lihcr, is bright and coy: We strive to grasp it, with our utmost skill ; Still it eludes us, and it g litters still ; Tf seiz'd at last, compute your mighty gains : What is it, but rank poison in your... | |
 | Nathan Drake - 1805 - 424 pàgines
...from the satire on Woman is admirably exact and illustrative: Pleasures are few, and fewer we enjoy; Pleasure, like quick-silver, is bright and coy: We...strive to grasp it, with our utmost skill; Still it duties MS, and it glitters still; If seiz'd at last, compute your mighty gains : What is it, but rank... | |
 | Edward Young - 1805 - 230 pàgines
...own. Pleasures are few, and fewer we enjoy ; Pleasure, like quicksilver, is bright and coy ; We starve to grasp it with our utmost skill, Still it eludes us, and it glitters still: If seiz'd at last, compute your mighty gains : What is it but rank poison in your veins ? As Flavia... | |
 | Edward Young, Thomas Park - 1808 - 394 pàgines
...like a wife, we shun, And ne'er enjoy, because it is our own. Pleasures are few, and fewer we enjoy; Pleasure, like quicksilver, is bright and coy ; We...to grasp it with our utmost skill, Still it eludes IK, and it glitters still: If seiz'd at last, compute your mighty gains ; What is it but rank poison... | |
 | Cabinet - 1808 - 524 pàgines
...is our own. Pleasures are few, and fewer we enjoy ; Pleasure, like quicksilver, is bright and tay j We strive to grasp it with our utmost skill, Still it eludes us, and it glitters still : If seiz'd at last, compute your mighty gains; What is it, but rank poison in your veins ? As Flavia... | |
 | British poets - 1809 - 526 pàgines
...like a wife, we shun, And ne'er enjoy, becanse it is our own. Pleasures are few, and fewer we enjoy ; Pleasure, like quicksilver, is bright and coy ; We...strive to grasp it with our utmost skill. Still it elndes us, and it glitters still : If seia'd at last, compute your mighty gains ; What is it but rank... | |
 | 1809 - 488 pàgines
...like a wife, we shun, And ne'er enjoy, because it is our own. Pleasures are few, and fewer we enjoy ; Pleasure, like quicksilver, is bright and coy ; We...strive to grasp it with our utmost skill, Still it elndes us, and it glitters still : If seiz'd at last, compute your mighty gains ; What is it but rank... | |
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Pleasures are few, and fewer we enjoy ; Pleasure, like quicksilver, is bright, and coy; We strive to grasp it with our utmost skill, Still it eludes us, and it glitters still : If seiz'd at last, compute your mighty gains ; What is it, but rank poison... 
