 | Edward Young - 1826 - 318 pàgines
...extreme beware ; Beware, Lorenzo ! a slow, sadden death : Ho«r dreadful that deliberate surprise ! 390 Be wise to-day ; 'tis madness to defer : . Next day...time ; Year after year it steals, till all are fled, 395 And to the mercies of a moment leaves The vast concerns of an eternal scene. If not so frequent,... | |
 | Lindley Murray, John Walker - 1826 - 314 pàgines
...'tis madness to defer : Next d:!y the fatal precedent will plead ; Thus on, till wisdom is push'd put of life. Procrastination is the thief of time. Year...mercies of a moment leaves The vast concerns of an "ternal scene. . For ever on the brink of being born. All pay themselves th» corncbrcent to think,... | |
 | 1826 - 436 pàgines
...alluding to Young's Night Thoughts. He did not quote enough, was the reply. He ought to have repeated " Be wise to-day, — 'tis madness to defer, Next day...fatal precedent will plead, Thus on, till wisdom is pushed out of life.'1 My dearest G. I leave you to judge of his situation. I cannot but hope that a... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1826 - 224 pàgines
...rely For God towards thee hath done his part; do thine." Mu.T9K< SECTION IX. On Procrastination. 1. BF wise to-day; 'tis madness to defer: Next day the fatal precedent will plead ; Thus on, till wisdom is rnish'd out of life. Procrastination is the thief of time. Year after year it steals, till all are... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1826 - 264 pàgines
...Mllon: SECTION IX. On Procrastination, .. Be wise-to-day ; 'tis madness to defer; Next day the ratal precedent will plead ; , Thus on, till wisdom is push'd out of life. Procrastination is the thief sf time. Year after year it steals, till all are fled ; And to the mercies of a moment leaves The vast... | |
 | Rev. S. Pollock Linn - 1881 - 472 pàgines
...not to die. Campbell. HOWE'EK it be, it seems to me 'T is only noble to be good. 240 GOLDEN GLEAMS. PROCRASTINATION is the thief of time; Year after year...till all are fled, And, to the mercies of a moment, leave The vast concerns of an eternal scene. Nor yet dead, But in old marbles ever beautiful. IT is... | |
 | Robert Maynard Leonard - 1909 - 636 pàgines
...nymph I roam ; Perhaps see fifty in a day ! Those are but visits which I pay — 1118. PROCRASTINATION BE wise to-day : 'tis madness to defer ; Next day...fatal precedent will plead ; Thus on, till wisdom is pushed out of life. Procrastination is the thief of time. All promise is poor dilatory man, And that... | |
 | John King Clark - 1910 - 252 pàgines
...appointment is made for you by some one else, show that one the courtesy of meeting the appointment promptly. Procrastination is the thief of time : Year after...moment leaves The vast concerns of an eternal scene. — YOUNG. If you have any duty which must be done, and it seems disagreeable, do it promptly and have... | |
 | Ellen E. Kenyon-Warner - 1910 - 298 pàgines
...or else retire, • And in himself possess his own desire." XXIV. PROCRASTINATION — Selected. 1. Be wise to-day ; 'tis madness to defer ; Next day...fatal precedent will plead ; Thus on, till wisdom is pushed out of life. Procrastination is the thief of time ; Year after year it steals, till all are... | |
 | Sara Dean - 1910 - 428 pàgines
...Burroughs, I'll pension you," said Lord Yerington as he closed the book. CHAPTER IV A PLEASANT HOUR-SLAYER Be wise to-day; 'tis madness to defer: Next day the...fatal precedent will plead ; Thus on, till wisdom is pushed out of life. — EDWARD YOUNG. WHEN the madness of play is in the air, memories are brief, and... | |
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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... 
