Poems, Volume 1S.A. Oddy, 1814 - English poetry |
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... wisdom and repentance ere too late . Not only vice disposes and prepares The mind , that slumbers sweetly in her snares , To stoop to tyranny's usurp'd command , And bend her polish'd neck beneath his hand ( A dire effect , by one of ...
... wisdom and repentance ere too late . Not only vice disposes and prepares The mind , that slumbers sweetly in her snares , To stoop to tyranny's usurp'd command , And bend her polish'd neck beneath his hand ( A dire effect , by one of ...
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... wisdom , wealth , in fortune , and in lies ; But all they trust in withers , as it must , When He commands , in whom they place no trust . Vengeance at last down upon pours their coast A long despis'd but now victorious host ; Tyranny ...
... wisdom , wealth , in fortune , and in lies ; But all they trust in withers , as it must , When He commands , in whom they place no trust . Vengeance at last down upon pours their coast A long despis'd but now victorious host ; Tyranny ...
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... wisdom , comeliness , and worth ; And call her charms to public notice forth- Than vice's mean and disingenuous race To hide the shocking features of her face . Her form with dress and lotion they repair ; Then kiss their idol , and ...
... wisdom , comeliness , and worth ; And call her charms to public notice forth- Than vice's mean and disingenuous race To hide the shocking features of her face . Her form with dress and lotion they repair ; Then kiss their idol , and ...
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... wisdom falls before exterior grace ; We slight the precious kernel of the stone , And toil to polish its rough coat alone . A just deportment , manners grac'd with ease , Elegant phrase , and figure form'd to please , Are qualities that ...
... wisdom falls before exterior grace ; We slight the precious kernel of the stone , And toil to polish its rough coat alone . A just deportment , manners grac'd with ease , Elegant phrase , and figure form'd to please , Are qualities that ...
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... wisdom dictates , this the drift- That man is dead in sin , and life a gift . Is virtue , then , unless of Christian growth , Mere fallacy , or foolishness , or both ? Ten thousand sages lost in endless woe , For ignorance of what they ...
... wisdom dictates , this the drift- That man is dead in sin , and life a gift . Is virtue , then , unless of Christian growth , Mere fallacy , or foolishness , or both ? Ten thousand sages lost in endless woe , For ignorance of what they ...
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Page 304 - I am lord of the fowl and the brute. 0 solitude! where are the charms That sages have seen in thy face ? Better dwell in the midst of alarms, Than reign in this horrible place. 1 am out of humanity's reach, I must finish my journey alone, Never hear the sweet music of speech, I start at the sound of my own. The beasts that roam over the plain My form with indifference see, They are so unacquainted with man, Their tameness is shocking to me.
Page 305 - Ye winds, that have made me your sport, Convey to this desolate shore Some cordial endearing report Of a land I shall visit no more. My friends, do they now and then send A wish or a thought after me ? O tell me I yet have a friend, Though a friend I am never to see.
Page 313 - So when a child, as playful children use, Has burnt to tinder a stale last year's news, The flame extinct, he views the roving fire — There goes my lady, and there goes the squire, There goes the parson, oh ! illustrious spark, And there, scarce less illustrious, goes the clerk ! REPORT • OF AN ADJUDGED CASE NOT TO BE FOUND IN ANY OF THE BOOKS.
Page 326 - The songster heard his short oration, And warbling out his approbation, Released him, as my story tells, And found a supper somewhere else. Hence jarring sectaries may learn Their real interest to discern ; That brother should not war with brother, And worry and devour each other : But sing and shine by sweet consent, Till life's poor transient night is spent, Respecting in each other's case The gifts of nature and of grace. Those Christians best deserve the name Who studiously make peace their aim...
Page 90 - He praised perhaps for ages yet to come, She never heard of half a mile from home ; He lost in errors his vain heart prefers, She safe in the simplicity of hers.
Page 168 - He loved the world that hated him : the tear That dropp'd upon his Bible was sincere ; Assail'd by scandal and the tongue of strife, His only answer was a blameless life ; And he that forged, and he that threw the dart, Had each a brother's interest in his heart.
Page 303 - I AM monarch of all I survey, My right there is none to dispute, From the centre all round to the sea, I am lord of the fowl and the brute. 0 solitude ! where are the charms That sages have seen in thy face ? Better dwell in the midst of alarms, Than reign in this horrible place.
Page 337 - Is no concern at all of his, And says— what says he ?— Caw. Thrice happy bird ! I too have seen Much of the vanities of men ; And, sick of having seen 'em, Would cheerfully these limbs resign For such a pair of wings as thine And such a head between 'em.
Page 303 - LADY. SWEET stream, that winds through yonder glade, Apt emblem of a virtuous maid — Silent and chaste she steals along, Far from the world's gay busy throng ; • With gentle yet prevailing force, Intent upon her destined course ; Graceful and useful all she does, Blessing and blest where'er she goes.
Page 336 - On future broken bones and bruises, If he should chance to fall. No ; not a single thought like that Employs his philosophic pate, Or troubles it at all.