 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...  Lectures on the English Poets - Page 228by William Hazlitt - 1818 - 331 pagesFull view - About this book
 | British poets - Classical poetry - 1822 - 274 pages
...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...moment leaves The vast concerns of an eternal scene. If not so frequent, would not this be strange ? That 'tis so frequent, this is stranger still. Of man's... | |
 | Lindley Murray, Jeremiah Goodrich - Literature - 1822 - 322 pages
...all; For God towards thee hath done his part; do thine." / MH.TON SECTION IX. On Procrastination. I. BE wise to-day; 'tis madness to defer: Next day the...moment leaves The vast concerns of an eternal scene. 8. Of man's miraculous mistakes, this bears For ever on the brink of being born. All pay themselves... | |
 | Lindley Murray - Readers - 1822 - 312 pages
...towards thee hath done his part; do thine." MILTON. SECTION IX. On procrastination. Be wise to-day;'tis madness to defer : Next day the fatal precedent will...moment, leaves The vast concerns of an eternal scene. Ot man's miraculous mistakes) this bears The palm, "That all men are about to live :" For ever on the... | |
 | William Enfield - 1823 - 412 pages
...pass, And one unbounded Spring encircle all. THOMSON. CHAP. XXIII. ON PROCRASTINATION. BE wise to day ; 'tis madness to defer: Next day the fatal precedent...the mercies of a moment leaves The vast concerns of ah eternal scene. Of man's miraculous mistakes this bears The palm, " That all men are about to live,"... | |
 | William Hazlitt - English poetry - 1824 - 1062 pages
...flaw he finds? And, if a God there is, that God how great ! AGAINST PROCRASTINATION. Be wise to-dny; 8 7/ If not so frequent, would not this be strange ? That 'tis so frequent, this is stranger still. Of man's... | |
 | New York Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends. Tract Association - 1824 - 430 pages
...AMUSEMENTS; WITH A FE/PREFLECr/OJVS Ofl THE SAME SUBJECT SUBJOINED, BY LIMD1 "V VJURRAYWITH ADDITIONS. Be wise to-day ; tis madness to defer ; Next day the...plead ; Thus on till wisdom is push'd out of life. Young . No. 18. NEW-YORK : PRINTED BY MAHV>N DAT, DO. 84, WATER-STRUT. 1821. Jntrottuctton. IN this... | |
 | British poets - 1824 - 676 pages
...The world had wanted, had the actor said, I will do this to-morrow ! Lord John Russell's Don Carlos. Be wise to-day ; 'tis madness to defer ; Next day...plead ; Thus on, till wisdom is push'd out of life. Young's Night Tlioughts, n. 1. Procrastination is the thief of time ; Year after year it steals, till... | |
 | Edward Young - 1824 - 356 pages
...last extreme beware j Beware, LORENZO ! a slow sudden death. How dreadful that deliberate surprise ! Be wise to-day ; 'tis madness to defer : Next day the fatal precedent will plead ; Thus on, fill wisdom is push'd out of life. Procrastination is the thief of time ; fear after year it steals,... | |
 | Lindley Murray - Oral reading - 1824 - 308 pages
...thine.V Milton. SECTION IX. @n Procrastination.t. BE u'iie to day ; 'tis madness to defer . Nest day '.he fatal precedent will plead Thus on, till wisdom is push'd out of life. ., Procrastination is lhe thief of tim*. Year after year it steals, till all are flpd— « ^ And, to the mercies of a moment... | |
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