 ... the fearful than the brave, For lust of fame I should not vainly dare In fighting fields, nor urge thy soul to war. But since, alas ! ignoble age must come, Disease, and death's inexorable doom, The life, which others pay, let us bestow, And give...  The alliance of musick, poetry & oratory - Page 221de Anselm Bayly - 1789 - 390 pagesAffichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
 | Homerus, William Holwell - 1776 - 392 pages
...which others pay, let us beftow, And give to fame what we to nature owe ; Brave tho" we fall, artd honour'd if we live, Or let us glory gain, or glory give ! Sarpedon makes the frfl breath in the wall. Bravery and terrible appearance of Heflsr. Ver. 483 ..—... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1779 - 462 pages
...doom ; The life which others pay, let us beftow, And give to fame what we to nature owe; Brave though we fall, and honour'd if we live, ;•' Or let us glory gain, or glory give ! He faid j his words the liftening chief infpire With equal warmth, and rouze the warriour's fire;... | |
 | Richard Lovell Edgeworth - 1809 - 516 pages
...The life, which others pay, let us bestow; " And give to Fame, wh^t we to Nature owe; '* Brave though we fall, and honour'd if we live, " Or let us glory gain, or glory give ! In the preceding essay on military education, naval education is included. The means of exciting... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 760 pages
...doom ; The life which others pay, let us bestow, And give to fame what we to nature owe ; Brave though we fall, and honour'd if we live, Or let us glory gain, or glory give!" He said ; his words the listening chief inspire With equal warmth, and rouse the warrior's fire J The... | |
 | 1813 - 374 pages
...doom, The life, which others pay, let us bestow, And give to fame what we to nature owe; Brave though we fall, and honour'd if we live) Or let us glory gain, or glory give !' He said ; his words the listening chief inspire With equal warmth, and rouse the warrior's fire... | |
 | William Melmoth - 1815 - 314 pages
...doom ; The life which others pay, let us kslow, And give to fame what we to nature owe ; Brave though we fall, and honour'd if we live, Or let us glory gain, or glory give. Pope. If any thing can be justly objected to this translation, it is, perhaps, that in one or two places... | |
 | Thomas Ewing - 1819 - 448 pages
...doom, The life which others pay let us bestow, And give to fame what we to nature owe ! Brave though we fall, and honour'd if we live, Or let us glory gain, or glory give. Pope's Homer. 25. — Alexander the Great. From the Wth Book of Lucan's Pharsalia. DISDAINING what... | |
 | 1821 - 336 pages
...;. The life which others pay, let us bestow, And give to fame what we to nature owe ; Brave though we fall, and honour'd if we live, Or let us glory gain, or glory give. PopeIf any thing can be justly objected to this trans• lation, it is, perhaps, that in one or two... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 348 pages
...doom, The life, which others pay, let us bestow, And give to fame what we to nature owe ; Brave though we fall, and honour'd if we live, Or let us glory gain, or glory give!' He said ; his words the listening chief inspire With equal warmth, and rouse the warrior's fire ; The... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1822 - 428 pages
...doom ; The life which others pay, let us bestow, And give to fame what we to nature owe ; Brave though we fall, and honour'd if we live, Or let us glory gain, or glory give." This passage was the first specimen our author gave of his translation of Homer ; and it appeared first... | |
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