 | 1862 - 410 pages
...complaint againft life, which he has put into the mouth of Aureng-Zebe, is celebrated : " When I confider life, 'tis all a cheat ; Yet, fooled with hope, men favour the deceit; Truft on, and think to-morrow will repay j To-morrow's faller than the former day ; , Lies worfe ;... | |
 | Henry Southgate - 1862 - 774 pages
...burton. When I consider life, 'tis all a cheat, Yet, fbol'd with hope, men favour the deceit ; i'.ijst on, and think to-morrow will repay, — To-morrow's falser than the former day ; ri« more, and while it says we shall be bless'd With some new joys, cuts off what we possess'd.... | |
 | Thomas Budd Shaw, sir William Smith - 1864 - 554 pages
...drew an angel down. 158. FROM ' ADRENG-ZEBE.' When I consider life, 'tis all a cheat ; Yet, fool'd with hope, men favour the deceit ; Trust on, and think...day ; Lies worse ; and while it says, We shall be blest With some new joys, cuts off what we possest. Strange cozenage ! none would live past years again,... | |
 | John Bruce Norton - English poetry - 1865 - 394 pages
...liquentem."—VIRGIL. " When I cousider Life, 'tis all a cheat; Yet, fool'd with Hope, men favour the deccit; Trust on, and think to-morrow will repay; To-morrow's...former day; Lies worse, and, while it says, we shall be blest With some new joys, cnts off what we possest. Strange cozenage! None would live past years again,... | |
 | John Timbs - London (England) - 1865 - 348 pages
...the stern reality of Dryden's celebrated lines : 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 when it says we shall be blest With some... | |
 | John Bartlett - Quotations - 1865 - 504 pages
...injured does belong ; But they ne'er pardon who have done the wrong.* Ibid. Part ii. Act i. Sc. 2. When I consider life, 'tis all a cheat. Yet fooled with hope, men favor the deceit •, Trust on, and think to-morrow will repay : To-morrow's falser than the former... | |
 | Enaeas Sweetland Dallas - 1866 - 362 pages
...pleasure ? Dryden never wrote more vigorous lines than those which he put into the mouth of Aurungzebe : When I consider life, 'tis all a cheat; Yet, fooled...To-morrow's falser than the former day, Lies worse, aud while it says, we shall be blest With some new joys, cuts off what we possest. Strange cozenage!... | |
 | James Hain Friswell - Bookbinding - 1866 - 328 pages
...cries out, with a bitter disappointment : — " When I consider life, 'tis all a cheat : Yet, fool'd with hope, men favour the deceit, Trust on, and think...the former day ; Lies worse ; and while it says we should be blest With some new joys, cuts off what we possest." And this view of life is quite true.... | |
 | Henry George Bohn - Quotations - 1867 - 752 pages
...you but know what joys your way attend, You would not hurry to your journey's end. Dry. Auren. iv. 1. When I consider life, 'tis all a cheat, Yet fooled...day; Lies worse ; and while it says, " We shall be blest With some new joys," cuts off what we possess 'd, Ib. Iv. 1. Take not away the life you cannot... | |
 | Severn river - English poetry - 1867 - 458 pages
...and noble fires, Vigorous health and gay desires. CO-WLEY. To-morrow and To-morrow and To-morrow ! I consider life, 'tis all a cheat ; Yet, fooled with...former day, Lies worse ; and while it says, we shall be blessed With some new joys, cuts off what we possessed. Strange cozenage ! none would live past years... | |
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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. 
