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" 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... "
The poetical works of ... E. Young. With the life of the author. Cooke's ed - Page 25
by Edward Young - 1799
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Select British Poets: Containing the Works of Goldsmith, Thomson, Gray ...

Thomas F. Walker - 1830 - 256 pages
...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 an eternal scene. If not so frequent, would not this be strange '( That 't is...
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Studies in Poetry: Embracing Notices of the Lives and Writings of the Best ...

George Barrell Cheever - 1830 - 516 pages
...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 an eternal scene. If not so frequent, would not this be strange ? That 'tis so...
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A series of sermons and lectures on important subjects

John Nelson (Primitive Methodist preacher.) - 1830 - 454 pages
...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 an eternal scene. If not so frequent, would not this be strange .*• That 'tis...
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The philosophic alphabet, with an explanation of its principles; to which is ...

George Edmonds (of Birmingham.) - 1832 - 122 pages
...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 eternal scene. Of man-s miraculous mistakes this bears The palm, — " That all...
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Extracts from Young's Night thoughts, with observations upon them

Edward Young, William Danby - 1832 - 306 pages
...our conduct too often proves that " 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 an eternal scene." We are told that " God will have mercy on whom he will have...
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Sermons

James Yonge - 1832 - 594 pages
...you get into a habit of delay. " 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 an eternal state." When Paul '•' preached of righteousness, temperance, and...
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The Academical Reader: Comprising Selections from the Most Admired Authors ...

John J. Harrod - 1832 - 338 pages
...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 an eternal scene. 2. Of man's miraculous mistakes, this bears The palm " That...
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The English Orator: a Selection of Pieces for Reading & Recitation

James Hedderwick - 1833 - 232 pages
...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 an eternal scene. Of man's miraculous mistakes, this bears The palm, " That all...
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The Harbinger of the Millenium: With an Appendix

William Cogswell - 1833 - 368 pages
...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 an eternal scene." Let them be entreated, then, by the thunders of Sinai and the...
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The Poetical Works of Edward Young, Volume 1

Edward Young - 1834 - 370 pages
...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 an eternal scene. If not so frequent, would not this be strange ? That 'tis so...
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