 Tis to bind, By soft affection's ties, on human hearts, The thought of death, which reason, too supine, Or misemploy'd, so rarely fastens there. Nor reason, nor affection, no, nor both Combin'd, can break the witchcrafts of the world. Behold, th...  Robert Melville: Or, Characters Contrasted - Page 27by Richard Cope - 1827 - 103 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Edward Young - 1802 - 416 pages
...dearest, as his marble, cold. Why are friends ravisht from us ? 'Tis to bind, By soft affection's tyes, on human hearts, The thought of death, which reason too supine, Or misemploy'd, so rarely fastens there. Nor reason, nor affection, no, nor both Combin'd, can break the... | |
 | Edward Young - English poetry - 1802 - 412 pages
...dearest, as his marble, cold. Why are friends ravisht from us ? Tis to bind, By soft affection's tyes, on human hearts, The thought of death, which reason too supine, Or misemploy'd, so rarely fastens there. Nor reason, nor affection, no, nor both Combin'd, can break the... | |
 | Edward Young - 1802 - 416 pages
...dearest, as his marble, cold. Why are friends ravisht from us ? 'Tis to bind, By soft affection's tyes, on human hearts, The thought of death, which reason too supine, Or misemployed, so rarely fastens there. Nor reason, nor affection, no, nor both Combin'd, can break the... | |
 | Edward Young - English literature - 1802 - 402 pages
...dearest, as his marble, cold. Why are friends ravisht from us ? 'Tis to bind, By soft affection's tyes, on human hearts, The thought of death, which reason too supine, Or misemploy'd, so rarely fastens there. Nor reason, nor affection, no, nor both Combin'd, can break the... | |
 | Edward Young - 1805 - 284 pages
...how soon we disengage ! Ev'n to the dearest, as his marble, cold. Why are friends ravish'd fiom us ? 'Tis to bind, By soft affection's ties, on human hearts,...The thought of death, which reason, too supine, Or misemploy'd, so rarely fastens there. Nor reason, nor affection, no, nor both Combin'd, can break the... | |
 | Edward Young - English poetry - 1805 - 238 pages
...how soon we disengage ! E'en to the dearest, as his marble, cold. Why arc friends ravish'd from us ? 'tis to bind, By soft affection's ties, on human hearts...The thought of death, which reason, too supine, Or misemploy'd, so rarely fastens there. Nor reason nor affection, no nor both Combin'd, can break the... | |
 | Edward Young, Thomas Park - 1808 - 336 pages
...how soon we disengage ! Ev'n to the dearest, as his marble, cold. Why are friends ravish'd from us? 'tis to bind, By soft Affection's ties, on human hearts...The thought of death, which reason, too supine, Or misemploy'd, so rarely fastens there. Nor reason nor affection, no, nor both Combin'd, can break the... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - English poetry - 1809 - 604 pages
...Even to the dearest, as his marble, cold ! W~hy are friends ravish'd from us! 't is to bind By i>ft e same: The rhace was Happiness, I found ; KtitalU miscmploy'd, so rarely fastens there. Nor Reason, nor Affection, no, nor both Corabtn'd can break the... | |
 | Edward Young - English poetry - 1810 - 278 pages
...how soon we disengage ! Ev'n to the dearest, as his marble, cold. Why arc friends ravish'd from us ? 'Tis to bind, By soft Affection's ties on human hearts...The thought of death, which reason, too supine, Or misemploy'd, so rarely fastens there. Nor reason, nor affection, no, nor both Combin'd, can break the... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1810 - 556 pages
...soon we disengage ! E'en to the dearest, as his marble, cold. Why are friends ravisht from us ? T is to bind, By soft affection's ties, on human hearts,...The thought of death, which reason, too supine, Or misemploy'd, so rarely fastens there. Nor reason, nor affection, no, nor both Combin'd, can break the... | |
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