 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...  Annual Report - Page 711868Full view - About this book
 | 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 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;... | |
 | 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 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... | |
 | 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...fatal precedent will 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.... | |
 | 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...fatal precedent will 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... | |
 | 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/ push'd out of life. Procrastination is the thief of time; Year after year it steals, till all are fled,... | |
 | 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 - Readers - 1825 - 270 pages
...summon all ; For God towards thee hath done his part j do thine." MILTON SECTION IX. On procrastination. BE wise to-day ; 'tis madness to defer : Next day...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... | |
 | William Hazlitt - English poetry - 1825 - 600 pages
...Next day the fatal preeedent will plead ; Thus on, till wisdom is push'd out of life. Proerastination And storied windows riehly dight, Casting a dim religious light. There let the mereies of a moment leaves The vast eoneerns of an eternal seene. If not so frequent, would not this... | |
 | Lindley Murray, Jeremiah Goodrich - Readers - 1825 - 316 pages
...God towards thee hath done his part; do thine.. SECTION IX. On Procrastination. 1. BE wise tn-day; 'tis madness to defer: Next day the fatal precedent will plead ; Thus on, till wisdom is push'd put of life. Procrastination is the thief of time. Year after year it steals, till all are fled;... | |
 | Lindley Murray - English language - 1825 - 278 pages
...all thou art, and all the proud shall be. B6 wine tO-day. 'tis madness to defer : Next day the f ;td precedent will plead ; Thus on, till wisdom is pushed out of life. This is called the Heroic measure. In its simplest form it consists of five Iambuses ; but hy thend.nission... | |
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