 | Edward Young - 1815 - 332 ページ
...last 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 ページ
...all ; 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 ページ
...last extreme beware, Beware, LOHESZO ! a alma-sudden death. How dreadful that deliberate surprize ! Be wise to-day, 'tis madness to defer ; Next day the...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 ページ
...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 ページ
...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 ページ
...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 ページ
...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 - 338 ページ
...an 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 ページ
...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;... | |
 | Alexander Jamieson - 1820 - 388 ページ
...consists Iamhuses. A heap of dust alone remains of thee ; 'Tis all thou art and all the proud shall he. Be wise to-day, 'tis madness to defer; Next day the fatal precedent will plead ; Thus on, till wisdom is pushed out of life. Ois. This is called the heroic measure. In its simplest form it consists of 6ve... | |
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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... 
