 | Edward Bysshe - English language - 1710 - 620 pages
...Before the branchy Head of Numbers three Sprung from the Trunck of one. Ah ! wretched and too folitary He, • ' Who loves not his own Company ! He'll feel the Weight oft ev'ry Day, Unlefs he call in Sin or Vanity, To help to bear't away. . Cow/.' For Solitude fometimes... | |
 | Charles Gildon - Criticism - 1718 - 490 pages
...Before the branchy Head of Numbers thrte Sprung from the Trunk of one. Ah ! wretched and too folitary He, Who loves not his own Company ! He'll feel the Weight oft ev'ry Day, Unlefs he call in Sin or Vanity, To help to bear't aw.iy. Coal. For Solitude fometimes is... | |
 | William Penn - Christian life - 1771 - 524 pages
...Sight diflurb his Reft, ' By Fools defir'd, by wicked Men pofleft. * — Ah wretched, and too folitary he, ' Who loves not his own Company ! ' He'll feel the Weight oft many a Day,( ' Unlefs he call in Sin or Vanity * To help to bear't away.' Out of Martial he gives- us this following... | |
 | Abraham Cowley - English poetry - 1772 - 298 pages
...And fee how prettily they fmile, and hear How prettily they talk. 6. Ah wretched, and too folitary he, Who loves not his own company ! He'll feel the weight oft many a day, Unlefs he call in fin or vanity To help to bear't away. 7Oh Solitude, firft ftate of human-kind] Which... | |
 | William Penn - Society of Friends - 1782 - 506 pages
...inconveniences that wait He fees (nor doth the fight diftu'rb his reft) By Fools defir'd, by Wicked men pofleft. Ah wretched, and too Solitary, he Who loves not his...own Company: He'll feel the weight oft many a day, Unlefs he call in fin or vanity To help to bear't away. Out of Martial, he gives us this following... | |
 | William Penn - Society of Friends - 1782 - 518 pages
...fight difturb his reft) By Fools defir'd, by Wicked men pofleft. — Ah wretched, and too Solitary, hs Who loves not his own Company : He'll feel the weight oft many a day, Unlefs he call in fin or vanity To help to bear't away. Out of Martial, he gives us this following... | |
 | Sophia Lee - 1804 - 314 pages
...considering the past or the future : nor did I ever need an assiduous somebody to steal me from myself: — Ah ! wretched, and too solitary, he Who loves not his own company ! He'll feel the weight oft ev'ry day, Unless lie call in sin or vanity ; says a poet who is almost buried under his own luxuriance.... | |
 | Abraham Cowley - English literature - 1806 - 290 pages
...stream shall roll his waters near, Gilt with the sun-beams here and there ; On whose enamel'd bank I 'II walk, And see how prettily they smile, and hear How...and too solitary he, Who loves not his own company} He '11 feel the weight of 't many a day, Unless he call in sin or vanity To help to bear 't away. Oh... | |
 | English poetry - 1806 - 408 pages
...stream shall roll his waters near, Gilt with the sun-beams here and there, On whose enamell'd bank I'll walk, And see how prettily they smile, and hear How prettily they talk,. VI. Ah wretched and too solitary he, Who loves not his own company ! He'll feel the weight oft many... | |
 | William Penn - Christian life - 1807 - 394 pages
...and of state, He sees (nor doth the sight disturb his rest) By Fools desir'd, by Wicked men possest. Ah wretched, and too Solitary, he Who loves not his...Unless he call in sin or vanity To help to bear't away. • , Out of Martial, he gives us this following epigram which he makes his by Translation and Choice,... | |
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... let me careless and unthoughtful lying, Hear the soft winds above me flying With all their wanton boughs dispute, And the more tuneful birds to both replying, Nor be myself too mute. A silver stream shall roll his waters near, Gilt with the sunbeams... 
