 | James Thomson, Patrick Murdoch - 1802 - 368 pages
...time, alas ! We lived right jollily. J. o MORTAL man, who livcst here by toil, Do not complain of this thy hard estate; That like an emmet thou must ever...Is a sad sentence of an ancient date; And, certes, there is for it reason great ; For, though sometimes it makes thee weep and wail, And curse thy star,... | |
 | James Thomson - 1802 - 344 pages
...time, alai I We lived right jollity. I. MORTAL man, who livest here by toil, Do not complain of this thy hard estate; That like an emmet thou must ever...Is a sad sentence of an ancient date; And, certes, there is for it reason great; For, though sometimes it makes thee weep and wail, And curse thy star,... | |
 | James Thomson, John Aikin - 1804 - 236 pages
...time, alas ! We liv'd right jollity. I. O MORTAL Man ! who livest here by toil, Do not complain of this thy hard estate ; That like an emmet thou must ever...Is a sad sentence of an ancient date : And, certes, there is for it reason great : For tho' sometimes it makes thee weep and wail, And curse thy star,... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1806 - 422 pages
...destitute of advantages. He listens to the words of his favourite poet: " O mortal man, that livest here by toil, Cease to repine and grudge thy hard...Is a sad sentence of an ancient date ; And, certes, there is for it reason great; Although sometimes it makes thee weep and wail, And curse thy star, and... | |
 | Cabinet - 1808 - 524 pages
...time, alas! We liv'd right jollily. O MORTAL man, who livest here by toil, Do not complain of this thy hard estate ; That like an emmet thou must ever...Is a sad sentence of an ancient date ; And, certes, there is for it reason great; For, though sometimes it makes thee' weep and wail, And curse thy star,... | |
 | James Thomson, Thomas Park - 1808 - 444 pages
...time, alas! We liv'd right jollily. I. O MORTAL man, who livest here by toil, Do not complain of this thy hard estate ; That like an emmet thou must ever...Is a sad sentence of an ancient date ; And, certes, there is for it reason great; [wail, For, though sometimes it makes thee weep and And curse thy star,... | |
 | British poets - English poetry - 1809 - 526 pages
...alas 1 " We liT'd right jollily. r\ Mortal man, who livest here by toil, ^ Do not complain of this thy hard estate: That like an emmet thou must ever...Is a sad sentence of an ancient date ; And, certes, there is for it reason great ; For, tho' sometimes it makes thee weep and wail, And curse thy star,... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 536 pages
...rightjollily. O MORTAL man, who livest here by toil, * Do not complain of this thy hard estate ; \T That like an emmet thou must ever moil, « Is a sad sentence of an ancient date ; -oAnd, certes, there is for it reason great ; •<•For, tho' sometimes it makes thee weep and wail,... | |
 | William Somervile - 1811 - 312 pages
...little time, alas! we liv'd right jollily. O MORTAL man who livest here by toil, do not complain of this thy hard estate; that like an emmet thou must ever...is a sad sentence of an ancient date ; and, certes, there is for it reason great; for, tho' sometimes it makes thee weep and wail, and curse thy star,... | |
 | William Somervile - 1811 - 312 pages
...MORTAL man who livest here by toil, do not complain of this ihy hard estate; that like an cmnu't thon must ever moil, is a sad sentence of an ancient date ; and, certes, there is for it reason great; for, tho' sometimes it makes thee weep and wail, and curse thy star,... | |
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MORTAL man, who livest here by toil, Do not complain of this thy hard estate ; That like an emmet thou must ever moil, Is a sad sentence of an ancient date ; And, certes, there is for it reason great ; For, though sometimes it makes thee weep and wail,... 
