 | John Milton - 1733 - 468 pages
...thence Due nourifhment, not gluttonous delight: 'Till many years over thy head return, 534• So may'ft thou live; 'till, like ripe. fruit, thou drop Into thy mother's lap; or, be with eafe Gather'd, not harfhly pluck'd ; for death mature. This is Old Age: but then, thou muft out-live... | |
 | John Milton - 1746 - 464 pages
...from thence Due nourifhment, not gluttenous delight: 'Till many years over thy head return, So may'ft thou live; 'till, like ripe fruit, thou drop Into thy mother's lap ; or, be with eale 536 HENCEFORTH I fly not death, nor would prolong Life much ; bent rather, how I may be quit,... | |
 | John Milton - 1767 - 376 pages
...from thence Due nouri(hment, not glutonous delight, Till many years over thy head return : So niaift thou live, till like ripe fruit thou drop Into thy mother's lap, or be with eafe GatherM, not hardily pluckt, for death mature : This is old age ; but then thou muft outlive Thy... | |
 | English poetry - 1776 - 478 pages
...from thence Due nourishment, not gluttonous delight, Till many years over thy head return : So may'st thou live, till like ripe fruit thou drop Into thy mother's lap, or be with ease i' '.i. ."' Gather'd, not harshly pluck'd, for death mature This is old age ; but then thou must outlive... | |
 | John Bell - English poetry - 1776 - 512 pages
...nourishment, not gluttonous delight, ' ''-'i Till many years over thy head return : So may'st tho\i live, till like ripe fruit thou drop' '''''' ' Into thy mother's lap, or be with ease ' ' o '~ ' Gather'd, not harshly prnek'd, for death mature: ; ' This is old age ; but then thou must... | |
 | John Milton - 1795 - 282 pages
...delight, Till many years over thy head return : Somay'st thou live, till like ripe fruit thou drcp Into thy mother's lap, or be with ease Gather'd, not harshly pluck'd, for death mature: This is old age ; but then thou must outlive Thy youth, thy strength, thy beauty, which will change... | |
 | John Milton, Samuel Johnson - 1796 - 610 pages
...from thence Due nourishment, not gluttonous delight, Till many years over thy head return : So may'st thou live till, like ripe fruit, thou drop Into thy mother's lap, or be with ease 536 Gather'd, not harshly pluck'd, for death mature. This is old age ; but then thou must outlive Thy... | |
 | William Dodd - Christian life - 1796 - 306 pages
...fatisfaction we have received from fo well-wrote and entertaining a performance. CHAP. XI. 60 may'ft thou live, till like ripe fruit thou drop Into thy mother's lap, or he with eafe Gather'd, not harfhly pluck'd, for Death mature. This is old age ; hut then thou mutt... | |
 | John Milton - 1800 - 300 pages
...thence Due nourishment, not gluttonous delight, Till many years over thy head return : So mayM iliou live, till like ripe fruit thou drop Into thy mother's lap, or he with ease Gather'd, not harshly pluck'd,for death mature. This is uld age; hut then thou must outlive... | |
 | Robert Burton - Melancholy - 1801 - 436 pages
...feekingfrom thence Due nourifhment, not gluttonous delight,. Till many years ovef thy head return : So may'ft thou live, 'till, like ripe fruit, thou drop Into thy mother's lap, or be with eafe Gather'.!, not harflily pluck'd ; in death mature. So alfo, in deferibing to him the various modes... | |
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There is, said Michael, if thou well observe The rule of not too much, by temperance taught In what thou eat'st and drink'st, seeking from thence Due nourishment, not gluttonous delight, Till many years over thy head return : So mayst thou live, till... 
