Poems, Volume 1Stereotyped and printed by Andrew Wilson for J. Johnson, 1808 - English poetry |
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Page 18
... mankind , Is worth , with all its gold and glittering store , Just what the toy will sell for , and no more . Oh ! bright occasions of dispensing good , How seldom used , how little understood ! To pour in virtue's lap her just reward ...
... mankind , Is worth , with all its gold and glittering store , Just what the toy will sell for , and no more . Oh ! bright occasions of dispensing good , How seldom used , how little understood ! To pour in virtue's lap her just reward ...
Page 25
... mankind . His form robust and of elastic tone , Proportioned well , half muscle and half bone , Supplies with warm activity and force A mind well - lodged , and masculine of course . Hence liberty , sweet liberty inspires , And keeps ...
... mankind . His form robust and of elastic tone , Proportioned well , half muscle and half bone , Supplies with warm activity and force A mind well - lodged , and masculine of course . Hence liberty , sweet liberty inspires , And keeps ...
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... mankind can have at stake : Religion , virtue , truth , whate'er we call A blessing - freedom is the pledge of all . Oh liberty ! the prisoner's pleasing dream , The poet's muse , his passion and his theme ; Genius is thine , and thou ...
... mankind can have at stake : Religion , virtue , truth , whate'er we call A blessing - freedom is the pledge of all . Oh liberty ! the prisoner's pleasing dream , The poet's muse , his passion and his theme ; Genius is thine , and thou ...
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... mankind ; And , as the sun in rising beauty dressed , Looks to the westward from the dappled east , And marks , whatever clouds may interpose , Ere yet his race begins , its glorious close ; An eye like his to catch the distant goal ...
... mankind ; And , as the sun in rising beauty dressed , Looks to the westward from the dappled east , And marks , whatever clouds may interpose , Ere yet his race begins , its glorious close ; An eye like his to catch the distant goal ...
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... Mankind to share in the divine delight . Distorted from its use and just design , To make the pitiful possessor shine , To purchase , at the fool - frequented fair Of vanity , a wreath for self to wear , Is profanation of the basest ...
... Mankind to share in the divine delight . Distorted from its use and just design , To make the pitiful possessor shine , To purchase , at the fool - frequented fair Of vanity , a wreath for self to wear , Is profanation of the basest ...
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