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" Fierce Winter sweeps them from the face of day. Even so luxurious men, unheeding, pass An idle summer life in fortune's shine, A season's glitter ! Thus they flutter on From toy to toy, from vanity to vice; Till, blown away by death, oblivion comes Behind,... "
Universal Science Or the Cabinet of Nature and Art, Comprising Above One ... - Page 173
by Alexander Jamieson - 1821
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Poems

James Thomson - 1730 - 260 pages
...infects glow ; by Hunger fed, Andcheer'd by toiling Ihirft, they rowlabout jze From toy to trifle, vanity to vice ; Till blown away by Death, Oblivion comes Behind, and ftrikes them from the book of life. Nowfwarms the village o'er the jovial mead ; The ruftic youth,...
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The Seasons, Volume 1

James Thomson - 1730 - 314 pages
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The Art of Rhetoric Made Easy

John Holmes - Oratory - 1739 - 202 pages
...Even fo luxurious Men, unheeding, pafs An idle Summer-Life in Fortunes-Shine, &c. From Toy to Trifle^ Vanity to Vice ; Till blown away by Death, Oblivion comes Behind, and ftrikes them from the Book of Life. Summer, ver. 311. The laft on a Midfummer Retreat — THRICE happy...
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Herrn B.H. Brockes aus dem Englischen übersetzte Jahres-zeiten des herrn Thomson

James Thomson, Barthold Heinrich Brockes - English poetry - 1745 - 586 pages
...Infeńs glow] by HUNGER fed, And chear'd by toiling THIRST, they rowl about 320 From Toy to Trifle, Vanity to Vice; Till blown away by Death, Oblivion comes Behind, and ftrikes diem from the Book of Life. Now fwarms the Village o'er the jovial Mead; The ruftic Youth,...
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The Works of James Thomson: With His Last Corrections, Additions ..., Volume 1

James Thomson - 1757 - 244 pages
...of day. Even fo luxurious Men, unheeding, pafs 34^ An idle fummer-life in fortune's mine, A feafon's glitter ! Thus they flutter on From toy to toy, from...to vice ; Till, blown away by death, oblivion comes 350 Behind, and ftrikes them from die book of life. Now fwarms the village o'er the jovial mead: The...
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The Seasons

James Thomson - Seasons - 1758 - 238 pages
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The Works of James Thomson: With His Last Corrections and ..., Volume 1

James Thomson - English literature - 1763 - 458 pages
...day. 345 .Even fo luxurious Men, unheeding, pafs An idle fummer-life in fortune's fbine, A feafon's glitter! Thus they flutter on .. , From toy to toy,...to vice; Till, blown away by death, oblivion comes 3 5o Behind, and ftrikes them from the book of life. Now fwarms the village o'er the jovial mead-;...
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The Works of James Thomson: With His Last Corrections and Improvements. ...

James Thomson - 1766 - 266 pages
...day. 345 Even fo luxurious Men, unheeding, pafs An idle fummer life in fortune's Ihine, A feafon's glitter ! Thus they flutter on From toy to toy, from vanity to vice ; •1•.;' Till, blown away by death, oblivion comes 350 Behind, and ftrikes them from the book of...
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The Seasons

James Thomson - Seasons - 1767 - 260 pages
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The Seasons: By James Thomson

James Thomson - 1769 - 218 pages
...of day. Even fo luxurious Men , unheeding , pafs An idle fummer life in fortune's shine , A feafon's glitter ! Thus they flutter on From toy to toy , from...Till, blown away by death, oblivion comes Behind , and ftrickes them from the book of life. Now fwarms the village o'er the jovial mead The ruftic youth,...
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