 Begin, be bold, and venture to be wise: He, who defers this work from day to day, Does on a river's bank expecting stay Till the whole stream that stopp'd him shall be gone, Which runs, and as it runs, for ever shall run on.  The National School Magazine - Page 1321825Full view - About this book
 | Horace - 1878 - 252 pages
...So Cowley, — " Begin, be bold, and venture to be wise : He who defers this work from day to day, Does on a river's bank expecting stay Till the whole stream that stopped him shall be gone, Which runs, and as it runs, for ever shall run on." 44. Quœritur, etc.,... | |
 | George Oliver - 1879 - 310 pages
...time. He who puts off a work from day to day, Does on a river's bank expecting stay, Till the swift stream that stops him shall be gone, Which, as it runs, for ever will run on. 140 LXXVII. When a Lodge becomes disorderly, it is lost. Would you subdue turbulence and restore harmony... | |
 | Maine. Board of Agriculture - 1879 - 338 pages
...should be directed. " Begin, be bold, and venture to be wise, He who delays this work from day to day, Does on a river's bank expecting stay, Till the whole stream that stopt him shall be gone, Which runs, and as It runs, forever will run on." , DISCUSSION. Mr. KEYES.... | |
 | Thomas Bewick - 1885 - 412 pages
...his work from day to day,, Does on a river's brink expecting stay, Till the whole stream that stopt him shall be gone. Which, as it runs, for ever will run on." INDOLENCE is like a stream which flows slowly on, but yet it undermines every virtue; it rusts the... | |
 | Albert Newton Raub - 1887 - 332 pages
...denotes a rapid motion, as in the following lines from Cowley: " He who defers this work from day to day Does on a river's bank expecting stay, Till the whole stream that stopped him shall be gone,— Which runs, and, as it runs, for ever shall run on." The following from... | |
 | Robert Frederick Brewer - 1893 - 402 pages
...in Pope, he praises ungrudgingly in a passage from Cowley : He who defers his work from day to day, Does on a river's bank expecting stay Till the whole stream that stopp'd shall be gone, IVhicJi runs, and as it runs, for ever shall run on. He declares the last line... | |
 | Caroline Mabel Goad - 1918 - 654 pages
...English line can equal: Begin, be bold, and venture to be wise: He, who defers this work from day to day, Does on a river's bank expecting stay Till the whole stream that stopp'd him shall be gone, Which runs, and, as it runs, for ever shall run on. Here Johnson is especially... | |
 | Caroline Mabel Goad - 1918 - 662 pages
...English line can equal: Begin, be bold, and venture to be wise: He, who defers this work from day to day, Does on a river's bank expecting stay Till the whole stream that stopp'd him shall be gone, Which runs, and, as it tuns, for ever shall run on. Here Johnson is especially... | |
 | W. Bickle Haynes - 1921 - 232 pages
...THE CROSS-ROADS " Begin, be bold, and venture to be wise : He who defers this work from day to day, Does on a river's bank expecting stay Till the whole stream that stopped him shall be gone, Which runs, and as it runs, for ever shall run on." COWLEY. SAUL of Tarsus... | |
 | 1836 - 778 pages
...line can equal : " Begin, be bold, and venture to bo wise. He who defers this work from day to day. Does on a river's bank expecting stay. Till the whole stream that stopp'd him shall be gone, Which runs, and as it runs, far ever shall run on." The next letters of... | |
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