tis all a cheat, Yet, fool'd with hope, men favour the deceit — Trust on, and think to-morrow will repay : To-morrow's falser than the former day ; Lies worse ; and, while it says we shall be blest With some new joys, cuts off what we possest. The Wilmingtons: A Novel - Página 3por Anne Marsh-Caldwell - 1855Visualização integral - Acerca deste livro
| Shrewsbury (England). Royal School - 1801 - 368 páginas
...COWLEY. The Vanity of Life. When I consider life, 'tis all a cheat ; Yet, fool'd with hope, men favour the deceit, Trust on, and think to-morrow will repay : To-morrow's falser than the former day, Lies worse ; and while it says, we shall be bless'd With some new joys, cuts off what we possessed.... | |
| James Boswell - 1807 - 532 páginas
...philosophical and poetical : a When I consider life, 'tis all a cheat, " Yet fool'd with hope, men favour the deceit; " Trust on, and think to-morrow will repay ; > " To-morrow's falser than the former day ; *e Lies worse; and while it says we shall be blest " With some new joys, cuts off what we possest... | |
| John Dryden - 1808 - 436 páginas
...with greater, to repay. Aur. When I consider life, 'tis all a cheat; Yet, fooled with hope, men favour the deceit ; Trust on, and think to-morrow will repay : To-morrow's falser than the former day; Lies worse, and, while it says, we shall be blest With some new joys, cuts oft' what we possest.... | |
| James Boswell - 1821 - 382 páginas
...philosophical and poetical : — . " When 1 consider life, 'tis all a cheat ; Yet, fool'd with hope, men favour the deceit ; Trust on, and think to-morrow will repay ; To-morrow's falser than the former day ; Lies worse ; and while it says we shall be blest With some new joys, cuts off what we possest.... | |
| James Boswell - 1821 - 380 páginas
...philosophical and poetical :•— " When 1 consider life, 'tis all a cheat ; Yet, fool'd with hope, men favour the deceit ; Trust on, and think to-morrow will repay ; To-morrow's falser than the former day ; Lies worse ; and while it says we shall be blest With some new joys, cuts off what we possest.... | |
| James Boswell - 1822 - 506 páginas
...and poetical : i , • '' When I consider life, 'tis all a cheat, " Yet, fool'd with hope, men favour the deceit; " Trust on, and think to-morrow will repay ; " To-morrow's falser than the former day ; " Lies worse ; and while it says we shall be blest " With some new joys, cuts off what we possest.... | |
| Samuel Bailey - 1823 - 424 páginas
...philosophical and poetical : — When I consider life, 'tis all a cheat, Yet, fooled with hope, men favour the deceit ; Trust on, and think to-morrow will repay ; To-morrow's falser than the former day ; Lies worse ; and, while it says we shall be blest With some new joys, cuts off what we possest.... | |
| 1880 - 374 páginas
...efforts to compass it, will only bring us disappointment, and we shall be prone to say with Dryden : " When I consider life, 'tis all a cheat, Yet fooled by hope, men favour the deceit, Live on, and think to-morrow will repay ! To-morrow's falser than the present day... | |
| James Boswell - 1826 - 444 páginas
...testimony of my regard." When I consider life, 'tis all a cheat, Yet, fool'd with hope, men favour the deceit ; Trust on, and think to-morrow will repay : To-morrow's falser than the former day ; Lies worse ; and while it says we shall be blest With some new joys, cuts off what we possest.... | |
| John Timbs - 1829 - 354 páginas
...— Sir P. Sidney. DXXIX. When I consider Life, 'tis all a cheat: Yet, fool'd with hope, men favour the deceit; Trust on, and think to-morrow will repay; To-morrow's falser than the former day; Lies more, and while it says we shall be bless'd With some new joys; cuts off what we possess'd:... | |
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