Proverbs in verse, or, Moral instruction conveyed in pictures for use of schools, on the plan of Hogarth moralized . rial and Tide are so bent, they wait will for none;To have them, we quickly must seize, or theyre goncvOld Time has no lock in the rear of his head;Drag him back we cannot, no matter our dread ;To seize him in fiont, we are able, and oughj;Reluctant however to tliis we are brought. Time is ever on wing, and the Tide it rolls by,Embrace what they offer, as wise men w oald tryTo lose not those hours which are past all recall;Vst well what remain—make the most of them a
Proverbs in verse, or, Moral instruction conveyed in pictures for use of schools, on the plan of Hogarth moralized . rial and Tide are so bent, they wait will for none;To have them, we quickly must seize, or theyre goncvOld Time has no lock in the rear of his head;Drag him back we cannot, no matter our dread ;To seize him in fiont, we are able, and oughj;Reluctant however to tliis we are brought. Time is ever on wing, and the Tide it rolls by,Embrace what they offer, as wise men w oald tryTo lose not those hours which are past all recall;Vst well what remain—make the most of them all:Ijcst Death overtake us, before were rob us of those weve at present to spare 108 All tbcse thinj^s considcid, we caiinot be wise,If we seize not Time fast by bis lock as he flies;How dangrous delay is, we learn to our sorrow ;When whats now in our powr, is deferrd till to-morfow;That lookd-for to-monow, may never airive,The day in possession, we may not survive:Young* long since hath sung in his Night Thoughts sufcr--That Procrastinations the robber of Time. [lime, » Dr. YooBg*6 Night Thoughts,. 109 Every Tub must stand on its oivnhoit&in.
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