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... heaven thy aim , hast had the grace To look the sun of righteousness i'the face . What may we hope , if thou goest on thus fast ? Scriptures at first , enthusiams at last ! Thou hast commenced , betimes , a saint ; go on , Mingling ...
... heaven thy aim , hast had the grace To look the sun of righteousness i'the face . What may we hope , if thou goest on thus fast ? Scriptures at first , enthusiams at last ! Thou hast commenced , betimes , a saint ; go on , Mingling ...
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... heaven , and your own light ; Like them are good , but from a nobler cause , From your own knowledge , not from nature's laws . Your power you never use , but for defence , To guard your own , or others ' innocence : Your foes are such ...
... heaven , and your own light ; Like them are good , but from a nobler cause , From your own knowledge , not from nature's laws . Your power you never use , but for defence , To guard your own , or others ' innocence : Your foes are such ...
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... heaven , this strange alteration in him portends nothing disastrous to the state ; but I have all along observed , that poets do religion as little service by drawing their pens for it , as the divines do poetry , by pre- tending to ...
... heaven , this strange alteration in him portends nothing disastrous to the state ; but I have all along observed , that poets do religion as little service by drawing their pens for it , as the divines do poetry , by pre- tending to ...
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... Heaven , that but once was prodigal before , To Shakespeare gave as much , -she could not give him more . Maintain your post ; that's all the fame you need ; For ' tis impossible you should proceed . Already I am worn with cares and age ...
... Heaven , that but once was prodigal before , To Shakespeare gave as much , -she could not give him more . Maintain your post ; that's all the fame you need ; For ' tis impossible you should proceed . Already I am worn with cares and age ...
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... matched , that even the first , Though paired by heaven , in Paradise were cursed . For man and woman , though in one they grow , Yet , first or last , return again to two . 1 He to God's image , she to his was made EPISTLES . 75.
... matched , that even the first , Though paired by heaven , in Paradise were cursed . For man and woman , though in one they grow , Yet , first or last , return again to two . 1 He to God's image , she to his was made EPISTLES . 75.
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Page 183 - In flower of youth and beauty's pride : — Happy, happy, happy pair ! None but the brave None but the brave None but the brave deserves the fair...
Page 160 - Three poets in three distant ages born, Greece, Italy, and England did adorn; The first in loftiness of thought surpassed, The next in majesty; in both the last. The force of Nature could no further go, To make a third she joined the former two.
Page 186 - Revolving in his altered soul The various turns of Chance below ; And, now and then, a sigh he stole, And tears began to flow.
Page 169 - Sharp violins proclaim Their jealous pangs and desperation, Fury, frantic indignation, Depth of pains and height of passion For the fair disdainful dame.
Page 316 - But whither went his soul, let such relate Who search the secrets of the future state : Divines can say but what themselves believe ; Strong proofs they have, but not demonstrative ; For, were all plain, then all sides must agree, And faith itself be lost in certainty. To live uprightly, then, is sure the best ; To save ourselves, and not to damn the rest.
Page 170 - To all the blessed above ; So when the last and dreadful hour This crumbling pageant shall devour, The trumpet shall be heard on high, The dead shall live, the living die, And Music shall untune the sky.
Page 62 - Thou shalt be seen (Though with some short parenthesis between) High on the throne of wit; and seated there, Not mine (that's little) but thy laurel wear. Thy first attempt an early promise made; That early promise this has more than paid. So bold, yet so judiciously you dare, That your least praise is to be regular. Time, place, and action may with pains be wrought, But genius must be born, and never can be taught.
Page 190 - CREATOR spirit, by whose aid The world's foundations first were laid, Come visit every pious mind ; Come pour thy joys on human kind ; From sin and sorrow set us free, And make thy temples worthy thee.
Page 185 - Bacchus' blessings are a treasure, Drinking is the soldier's pleasure : Rich the treasure, Sweet the pleasure, Sweet is pleasure after pain. Soothed with the sound, the king grew vain; Fought all his battles o'er again, And thrice he routed all his foes, and thrice he slew the slain...
Page 191 - Chase from our minds the infernal foe, And peace, the fruit of love, bestow ; And, lest our feet should step astray, Protect and guide us in the way. Make us eternal truths receive, And practise all that we believe : Give us thyself, that we may see The Father, and the Son, by thee. Immortal honour, endless fame, Attend the...