 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
 | Vicesimus Knox - English poetry - 1791 - 966 pages
...Lorenzo! a flow hidden death. ** How dreadful that deliberate fujprile ! Be wife to-day ; 'tis madncfs wifdom is pum'd out of life. Procraftination is the thief of time ; Year after year it fteals, till... | |
 | Edward Young - 1792 - 354 pages
...LORENZO ! a jlmv fudden death. How dreadful that deliberate furprize ! Be wife to-day ; 'tis madnefs to defer ; Next day the fatal precedent will plead ; Thus .on, till wifdom is pufh'd out of life. Procraftinatien is the thief of time ; Year after year it fteals, till... | |
 | Missions - 1804 - 664 pages
...the gospel, Bristol. JOSEPH DEAK*. AN ADDRESS TO YOUTH. f Be wise to-day, 'tis madness to defer ; " Procrastination is the thief of time. «' Year after...moment leaves " The vast concerns of an eternal scene." YOUNG. WHILE the fascinating charms of pleasure allure you, and the amusements and gaieties of the... | |
 | John Burton - Education - 1794 - 462 pages
...from you with companion and forbearance. LECTURE XXVi;i. LECTURE XXVII. Be wife To-day ; 'tis Madnefs to defer : Next day the fatal Precedent will plead ; Thus on, till Wifdom is puih'd out of Life. YOUHG, IT is with pleafure, my young Friends, that I meet you again,... | |
 | Robert Anderson - English poetry - 1795 - 1036 pages
...Lorenzo '. zjlaw fadden death. How dreadful that deliberate furprife ! Be wife to-day ; 'tis madnefs to defer ; Next day the fatal precedent will plead ; Thus on, till wifdom is pufh'd out of Hie. Pracraflinatiui is the thief of tirae1^ Year after year it fteals, till... | |
 | John Bell - English poetry - 1796 - 470 pages
...sudden death, How dreadful that deliberate surprise ! lie wise to-day ; 'tis madness to defer: 390 Next day the fatal precedent will plead ; Thus on,...thief of time; Year after year it steals, till all [.re fled, And to the mercies of a moment leaves 395 Of man's miraculous mistakes this bears The palm,... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - English poetry - 1796 - 574 pages
...Lorenzo ! a (low-fudilen dcith. How dreadful th:it deliberate furprife 1 Be wife to-df.y, 'tis madnefs to defer; Next day the fatal precedent will plead ! Thus on, till wifdom is pufli'd out of life; I'rocraftination is the thief of time, Y'ear after year it lu als, till... | |
 | Edward Young - 1798 - 432 pages
...slow sudden death. How dreadful that delib'rate surprise ! Be wise to-day; 'tis madness to defer; 390 Next day the fatal precedent will plead ; Thus on,...all are fled, And to the mercies of a moment leaves 395 Of Man's miraculous mistakes, this bears The palm, " That all men are about to live," 400 For ever... | |
 | Lindley Murray - Readers - 1799 - 408 pages
...towards thee hath done his part; do thine." SECTION IX. On Prccra/iination. BE wife to-day ; 'tis madnefs to defer : Next day the fatal precedent will plead ; Thus on, till wifdom is pufli'd out of life. ProcrafHnation is the thief of time. Year after year it fteals, till... | |
 | Edward Young - 1799 - 312 pages
...'till wifdom is puih'd out of life. Procraftination is the thief of time ; Year after year it fteals, till all are fled, And to the mercies of a moment leaves 395 The vaft concerns of an eternal fcene. If not fo frequent, would not this be ftrange ? That 'tis... | |
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