 tis madness to defer: Next day the fatal precedent will plead ; Thus on, till wisdom is push'd out of life. Procrastination is the thief of time ; Year after year it steals, till all are fled, And to the mercies of a moment leaves The vast concerns of...  Lectures on the English Poets - Page 136by William Hazlitt - 1849 - 255 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Adeline M. Butterworth - 1911 - 104 pages
...extreme beware, Beware, LORENZO ! a slow-sudden death : • How dreadful that deliberate surprise I Be wise to-day, 'tis madness to defer ; Next day the...moment leaves The vast concerns of an eternal scene : If not so frequent, would not this be strange ? That 'tis so frequent, this is stranger still. Of... | |
 | Henry George Bohn, Anna Lydia Ward - 1911 - 784 pages
...suspect your tale untrue, Keep probability in view. 4037 ' Cay : Fables. Pt i. Fable 18. PROCRASTINATION. Procrastination is the thief of time : Year after...moment leaves The vast concerns of an eternal scene. 4038 Young : Night Noughts. Night i. Line 393. PRODIGIES. The spring, the summer, The chilling autumn,... | |
 | Henry George Bohn - 1911 - 784 pages
..." should " is like a spendthrift sigh, That hurts by easing. 1167 " Shaks. : Hamlet. Act iv. Sc. 7 Be wise to-day ; 'tis madness to defer ; Next day...plead ; Thus on, till wisdom is push'd out of life. 1168 Young: Night Thoughts. Night i. Line 390 At thirty, man suspects himself a fool, Knows it at forty,... | |
 | Abraham Godshalk - 1912 - 314 pages
...whomsoever he has taught; And learn though late, the genuine cause of all. — Cowper ON PROCRASTINATION. 1 Be wise to-day; 'tis madness to defer Next day the...mercies of a moment leaves The vast concerns of an eterial scene. 2 Of man's miraculous mistakes this bears The palm, "that all men are about to live... | |
 | James Ormond Wilson - 1912 - 136 pages
...Review Lesson 123. 185. REVIEW Review Lessons 182-184. THIRTY-EIGHTH WEEK 186 Review Lessons 51-100. 187 Procrastination is the thief of time; Year after year it steals, till all are fled. YOUNG pro cras'tinate defer' inves'tigate ev'idence prompt' ness stealth ev' i dent spe' cial 188 fi'... | |
 | Joseph Smith (Jr.) - 1912 - 208 pages
...unto him that hath not or will not receive, shall be taken away that which he hath, or might have had. Be wise today; 'tis madness to defer: Next day the fatal precedent may plead. Thus on till wisdom is pushe'd out of time Into eternity. Our heavenly Father is more liberal... | |
 | Thomas Humphry Ward - 1913 - 632 pages
...last extreme beware ; Beware, Lorenzo, a slow sudden death. How dreadful that deliberate surprise ! Be wise to-day ; 'tis madness to defer ; Next day...moment leaves The vast concerns of an eternal scene. If not so frequent, would not this be strange ? That 'tis so frequent, this is stranger stilL Of man's... | |
 | William Henry Hudson - 1914 - 362 pages
...the rest belongs to Heav'n. YOUNG (OUTLINE HISTORY, § 62) PROCRASTINATION (From Night Thoughts, I.) BE wise to-day ; 'tis madness to defer ; Next day...fled, And to the mercies of a moment leaves The vast concern of an eternal scene. If not so frequent, would not this be strange ? That 'tis so frequent,... | |
 | Henry Spackman Pancoast - 1915 - 854 pages
...last extreme beware ; 120 Beware, Lorenzo! a slow sudden death. How dreadful that deliberate surprise! Be wise to-day, 'tis madness to defer; Next day the...plead; Thus on, till wisdom is push'd out of life. 125 Procrastination is the thief of time; Year after year it steals, till all are fled, And to the... | |
 | Henry Spackman Pancoast - 1915 - 852 pages
...to defer; Next day the fatal precedent will plead; Thus on, till wisdom is push'd out of life. 125 s cone, Round whose rude shaft dark ivy tresses grew 292 Yet dripp lied, And to the mercies of a moment leaves The vast concerns of an eternal scene. If not so frequent,... | |
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