 Skill'd to reverse whate'er the gods create, And make that crooked which they fashion straight : Hard choice for man, to die — or else to be That tottering, wretched, wrinkled thing you see. Age, then, we all prefer ; for age we pray, And travel on...  The Satires of Decimus Junius Juvenalis - Page 328by Juvenal - 1806 - 473 pagesFull view - About this book
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...to die — or e!le to be •' *°' That tottering, wretched, wrinkled thing you' fee.: '.* - - *• Age then we all prefer ; for age we pray, ' ^ " And travel on to life's laflrling'ring day ; : :" Then finking flow4y- do\wn from werft to worfe, . ..'° pintHieayVsextprte^ib^pn-flur... | |
 | Juvenal - 1802 - 574 pages
...Hard choice for man to die — or else to be " That tottering, wretched, wrinkled, thing you see. " Age then we all prefer ; for age we pray, " And travel...sufficiently obvious, and has had good things said oa • it in every age ; here is one of them, " Some comfort " We have in dropping early — we expire,... | |
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...lUenatt. VBR. 264. A ghastly visage 4-c.] In this striking description of old age, Juvenal seems to hare thought of a passage in Crates, thus admirably rendered...dropping early — we expire, " And not without men's pit}'; to live still, " Have their good wishes; thus, too, we prevent " The loathsome misery of age,... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1807 - 534 pages
...Hard choice for man, to die—or else to be That tottering, wretched, wrinkled thing you see: Age Uien we all prefer; for age we pray, And travel on to life's last ling'riug day ; Then sinking slowly down from worse to worse, Find heav'ns extorted boon our greatest... | |
 | English literature - 1813 - 1102 pages
...straight: Hard choice for man, to die — or else to be That tottering, wretched, wrinkled thing you see. Age then we all prefer ; for age we pray, And travel on to life's last ling'ring day; Then sinking slowly down from worse to worse, Find heaven's extorted boon our greatest... | |
 | 1814 - 558 pages
...thing you see. Age, then, we all prefer; for age we pray, And travel on to life's last ling'ring day j Then sinking slowly down from worse to worse, Find heaven's extorted boon our greatest curse." PHERECRATES. The same Subject. " Age is the heaviest burden man can bear, Compound of disappointment,... | |
 | 1813 - 560 pages
...straight : Hard choice for man, to die — or else to be That tottering, wretched, wrinkled thing you see. Age then we all prefer ; for age we pray, And travel on to life's last ling'ring day ; Then sinking slowly down from worse to worse. Find heaven's extorted boon our greatest... | |
 | 1814 - 378 pages
...straight : Hard choice for man, to die — or else to be That tottering, wretched, wrinkled thing you see. Age, then, we all prefer ; for age we pray, And travel...worse, Find heaven's extorted boon our greatest curse. The same Subject. Age is the heaviest burden man can bear, Compound of disappointment, pain, and care... | |
 | 1814 - 556 pages
...wrinkled thing you see. Age, then, we all prefer; for age we pray, And travel on to life's last ling'ring day ; Then sinking slowly down from worse to worse, Find heaven's extorted boon our greatest curse." • PHERECRATES. The same Subject. " Age is the heaviest burden man can hear, Compound of disappointment,... | |
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...straight : Hard choice for man, to die — or else to he That tottering, wretched, wrinkled thing you see. Age, then, we all prefer; for age we pray, And travel on to life's last ling'ring day ; Then sinking slowly down from worse to worse. Find heaven's extorted boon our greatest... | |
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