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" FLY, envious Time, till thou run out thy race ; Call on the lazy leaden-stepping hours, Whose speed is but the heavy plummet's pace ; And glut thyself with what thy womb devours, Which is no more than what is false and vain, And merely mortal dross ;... "
Curiosities of Clocks and Watches: From the Earliest Times - Page 109
by Edward J. Wood - 1866 - 443 pages
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The poetical works of John Milton, ed. with a critical memoir by ..., Issue 322

John Milton - 1871 - 530 pages
...FLY, envious Time, till thou run out thy race, Call on the lazy leaden-stepping Hours, Whose speed is but the heavy plummet's pace ; And glut thyself...is thy gain. For when as each thing bad thou hast entomb'd, And, last of all, thy greedy self consumed, Then long Eternity shall greet our bliss With...
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English Poems, Volume 1

John Milton - 1872 - 568 pages
...case. FLY envious Time, till thou run out thy race, Gall on the lazy leaden-stepping hours, Whose speed is but the heavy plummet's pace ; And glut thyself...is thy gain. For when as each thing bad thou hast entomb'd, And last of all, thy greedy self consum'd ; Then long Eternity shall greet our bliss With...
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New Cyclopaedia of Poetical Illustrations: Adapted to Christian Teaching ...

Poetry - 1872 - 710 pages
...Fly, envious Time, till thou run out thy race ; Call on the lazy, leaden-stepping hours, Whose speed Sun and moon and stars decay ; Time shall soon this earth remove ; Rise, my so 028 TIME. For when as each thing bad thou hast cnAnd last of all thy greedy self consum'd, Then long...
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The Poetical Works of John Milton: With a Life of the Author; Preliminary ...

John Milton - 1873 - 678 pages
...FLY, envious Time, till thou run out thy race ; Call on the lazy leaden-stepping hours, Whose speed is but the heavy plummet's pace ; And glut thyself...is thy gain ! For when as each thing bad thou hast entombed, And last of all thy greedy self consumed, 10 Then long Eternity shall greet our bliss With...
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The poetical works John Milton. Repr., with memoir, notes, &c, Issue 477

John Milton - 1873 - 606 pages
...FLY, envious Time, till thou run out thy race, Call on the lazy leaden-stepping hours, Whose speed is but the heavy plummet's pace ; And glut thyself...what thy womb devours, Which is no more than what ia false and vain, And merely mortal dross ; , , «" So little is our loss, So little is thy gain....
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The Poetical Works of John Milton: Paradise regained. Samson Agonistes ...

John Milton - English poetry - 1874 - 504 pages
...FLY, envious Time, till thou run out thy race : Call on the lazy leaden-stepping Hours, Whose speed is but the heavy plummet's pace ; And glut thyself...is thy gain ! For, when as each thing bad thou hast entombed, And, last of all, thy greedy self consumed, 10 Then long Eternity shall greet our bliss With...
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The poetical works of John Milton, with life and notes [by G. Gilfillan ...

John Milton - 1874 - 758 pages
...FLY, envious Time, till thou run out thy race ; Call on the lazy leaden-stepping hours, Whose speed is but the heavy plummet's pace ; And glut thyself...is thy gain ! For when as each thing bad thou hast entomb'd, And last of all thy greedy self consum'd, Then long Eternity shall greet our bliss With an'individual2...
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Paradise Lost

John Milton - 1874 - 518 pages
...FLY, envious Time, till thou run out thy race : Call on the lazy leaden-stepping Hours, Whose speed is but the heavy plummet's pace ; And glut thyself...So little is our loss, So little is thy gain ! For, whenas each thing bad thou hast entombed, And, last of all, thy greedy self consumed, to Then long...
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Scripture Revelations of the Life of Man After Death: And the Christian ...

William Henry Lyttelton - Future life - 1876 - 168 pages
...Fly, envious Time, till them run out thy race, Call on the lazy leaden-stepping hours, Whose speed is but the heavy plummet's pace ; And glut thyself...thou hast intomb'd, And last of all thy greedy self consumed, Then long Eternity shall greet our bliss With an individual kiss ; And joy shall overtake...
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The Homilist; or, The pulpit for the people, conducted by D ..., Volume 2

David Thomas - 1876 - 494 pages
...envious Time, till thou run out thy race; Call ou the lazy leaden-stepping hours, Whose speed is bat the heavy plummet's pace; And glut thyself with what...dross ; So little is our loss, So little is thy gain." IV. PREPARATORY. This seems the chief thought of the myth. For Kronos, as god of harvest, ripens and...
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