 | Elijah Fenton - 1707 - 426 pages
...proud to undertake, And bravely ambitious to redeem The Worlds Lofs and their own, Strove who mould have the Honour to lay down And change a Life with...: But finding all their Hopes in vain, To move his fixt determin'd Fate, : They Life it felf began to hate, And all the World befide difdain : Made loud... | |
 | Miscellaneous poems - 1732 - 306 pages
...redeeW t-ljn; R- : The world's lofs ahd-tlieir owii, Strove who fliould have the honour to lay dowh And change a life with him : But finding all their hopes in vain, To move his fixt determin'd fate, They life it felf began to hate, And all the world befide difdain : Made loud... | |
 | 1754 - 358 pages
...errant, to relieve Diftrefled dames, fuch dreadful feati atchieve, As feeble damfels for his fake Would have been proud to undertake, And bravely ambitious...him : But finding all their hopes in vain, To move his-fixt determin'd fate, They life itfelf began to hate, And all the world befide difdain : Made load... | |
 | Samuel Butler, Robert Thyer - 1759 - 538 pages
...Knighty to relieve Diftreffed Dames, fuch dreadful Feats atchieve, As feeble Damfeh, for his Sake, Would have been proud to undertake ; And bravely ambitious...their Hopes in vain To move his fix'd determin'd Fate, Their Life itfelf began to hate, As if it were an Infamy To live, when he was doom'd to die ; Made... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1779 - 376 pages
...to relieve Diftrefled dames, fuch dreadful feats atchieve 185 As feeble damfels, for his fake, Would have been proud to undertake ; And, bravely ambitious...redeem The world's lofs and their own, Strove who mould have the honour to lay down 1 50 And change a life with him ;. But, finding all their hopes in... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1779 - 386 pages
...fuch dreadful feats atchieve i8j As feeble damfels, for his fake, Would have been proud to undertake j And, bravely ambitious to redeem , The world's lofs and their own, Strove who mould have the honour to lay down ijo And change a life with him ; But, finding all their hopes in... | |
 | Samuel Butler - 1803 - 522 pages
...ambitious to redeem The world's lois and theit own, Strove who fhould have the honour to lay down 1)0 And change a life with him ; • !But finding all their hopes in vain To move his fixt iletermiu'd fate, Their life itfelf began to hate, As if it were an infamy ig5 To live when he... | |
 | Samuel Butler, Samuel Johnson - 1807 - 414 pages
...knight, to relieve Distressed dames, such dreadful feats atchieve As feeble damsels, for his sake, Would have been proud to undertake ; And, bravely ambitious to redeem The world's loss and their own, Strove who should have the honour to lay down And change a life with him; But finding... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 654 pages
...knidit, to relieve Distressed dames, such dreadful feats achieve, As feeble damsels, for his sake, Would have been proud to undertake ; And, bravely ambitious to redeem . The world's loss and their own, Strove who should have the honour to lay down And change a life with him; But,... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1819 - 644 pages
...proud to undertake ; And, bravely ambitions to redeem The world's loss and their own, Strove who should have the honour to lay down And change a life with him ; But, Unding all their hopes in vain Tn move his fixt detcrmin'd fate, Trair life itself began to hate, As... | |
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As feeble damsels, for his sake, Would have been proud to undertake ; And, bravely ambitious .to redeem The world's loss and their own, Strove who should have the honour to lay down And change a life with him... 
