The idler. PoemsPafraets Book Company, 1908 |
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Page 106
... ev'n the cheap reward of empty praise ; In those curs'd walls , devote to vice and gain , Since unrewarded science toils in vain ; Since hope but sooths to double my distress , And ev'ry moment leaves my little less ; P Sed dum tota ...
... ev'n the cheap reward of empty praise ; In those curs'd walls , devote to vice and gain , Since unrewarded science toils in vain ; Since hope but sooths to double my distress , And ev'ry moment leaves my little less ; P Sed dum tota ...
Page 110
... ry , worth , his lavish tongue bestows ; In ev'ry face a thousand graces shine , From ev'ry tongue flows harmony divine . These arts in vain our rugged natives try , b Ingenium velox , audacia perdita , sermo Promptus- * Augur ...
... ry , worth , his lavish tongue bestows ; In ev'ry face a thousand graces shine , From ev'ry tongue flows harmony divine . These arts in vain our rugged natives try , b Ingenium velox , audacia perdita , sermo Promptus- * Augur ...
Page 111
... ev'ry wild absurdity comply , And view each object with another's eye ; To shake with laughter , ere the jest they hear , To pour at will the counterfeited tear ; And , as their patron hints the cold or heat , To shake in dog - days ...
... ev'ry wild absurdity comply , And view each object with another's eye ; To shake with laughter , ere the jest they hear , To pour at will the counterfeited tear ; And , as their patron hints the cold or heat , To shake in dog - days ...
Page 112
... ev'ry where confess'd , 1 Scire volunt secreta domus atque inde timeri . -Materiam præbet causasque jocorum Omnibus hic idem , si fœda et scissa lacerna , & c . k Nil habet infelix paupertas durius in se , Quam quod ridiculos homines ...
... ev'ry where confess'd , 1 Scire volunt secreta domus atque inde timeri . -Materiam præbet causasque jocorum Omnibus hic idem , si fœda et scissa lacerna , & c . k Nil habet infelix paupertas durius in se , Quam quod ridiculos homines ...
Page 114
... tenebras unum conducis in annum . Hortulus hic- Vive bidentis amans et culti villicus horti ; Unde epulum possis centum dare Pythagoreis . And , while thy beds . Despise the dainties of a venal lord : There ev'ry 114 LONDON ;
... tenebras unum conducis in annum . Hortulus hic- Vive bidentis amans et culti villicus horti ; Unde epulum possis centum dare Pythagoreis . And , while thy beds . Despise the dainties of a venal lord : There ev'ry 114 LONDON ;
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