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... kings , the shepherd's humbler pride . When thus Creation's charms around combine , Amidst the store , should thankless pride repine ? Say , should the philosophic mind disdain 40 That good , which makes each humbler bosom vain ? Let ...
... kings , the shepherd's humbler pride . When thus Creation's charms around combine , Amidst the store , should thankless pride repine ? Say , should the philosophic mind disdain 40 That good , which makes each humbler bosom vain ? Let ...
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... of all her charms , The land of scholars , and the nurse of arms , Where noble stems transmit the patriot flame , Where kings have toil'd , and poets wrote for fame , One sink of level avarice shall lie , 360 And THE TRAVELLER . 43.
... of all her charms , The land of scholars , and the nurse of arms , Where noble stems transmit the patriot flame , Where kings have toil'd , and poets wrote for fame , One sink of level avarice shall lie , 360 And THE TRAVELLER . 43.
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... kings , unhonour'd die . Yet think not , thus when Freedom's ills I state , I mean to flatter kings , or court the great ; Ye powers of truth , that bid my soul aspire , Far from my bosom drive the low desire ; 365 And thou , fair ...
... kings , unhonour'd die . Yet think not , thus when Freedom's ills I state , I mean to flatter kings , or court the great ; Ye powers of truth , that bid my soul aspire , Far from my bosom drive the low desire ; 365 And thou , fair ...
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... kings , or tyrant laws restrain , How small , of all that human hearts endure , 430 That part which laws or kings can cause or cure . Still to ourselves in every place consign'd , Our own felicity we make or find : With secret course ...
... kings , or tyrant laws restrain , How small , of all that human hearts endure , 430 That part which laws or kings can cause or cure . Still to ourselves in every place consign'd , Our own felicity we make or find : With secret course ...
Page 73
... king himself has follow'd her , - When she has walk'd before . But now her wealth and finery fled , Her hangers - on cut short all ; The doctors found , when she was dead , - Her last disorder mortal . Let us lament , in sorrow sore ...
... king himself has follow'd her , - When she has walk'd before . But now her wealth and finery fled , Her hangers - on cut short all ; The doctors found , when she was dead , - Her last disorder mortal . Let us lament , in sorrow sore ...
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Page 89 - When lovely woman stoops to folly, And finds too late that men betray ; What charm can soothe her melancholy, What art can wash her guilt away ? The only art her guilt to cover, To hide her shame from every eye, To give repentance to her lover, And wring his bosom — is to die.
Page 52 - But on he moves to meet his latter end, Angels around befriending virtue's friend ; Sinks to the grave with unperceived decay, While resignation gently slopes the way ; ; And, all his prospects brightening to the last, His heaven commences ere the world be pass'd.
Page 51 - In all my wanderings round this world of care, In all my griefs - and God has given my share I still had hopes my latest hours to crown, Amidst these humble bowers to lay me down; To husband out life's taper at the close, And keep the flame from wasting by repose.
Page 55 - Beside yon straggling fence that skirts the way, With blossom'd furze unprofitably gay — There, in his noisy mansion, skill'd to rule, The village master taught his little school. A man severe he was, and stern to view ; I knew him well, and every truant knew: Well had the boding tremblers learn'd to trace The day's disasters in his morning face...
Page 52 - The sober herd that low'd to meet their young, The noisy geese that gabbled o'er the pool, The playful children just let loose from school, The watch-dog's voice that bay'd the whispering wind, And the loud laugh that spoke the vacant mind; — These all in sweet confusion sought the shade, And fill'd each pause the nightingale had made.
Page 52 - tis hard to combat, learns to fly! For him no wretches, born to work and weep, Explore the mine, or tempt the dangerous deep...
Page 54 - The reverend champion stood. At his control, Despair and anguish fled the struggling soul ; Comfort came down the trembling wretch to raise, And his last faltering accents whisper'd praise. At church, with meek and unaffected grace, His looks adorn'd the venerable place ; Truth from his lips prevail'd with double sway, And fools, who came to scoff, remain'd to pray.
Page 102 - Here Reynolds is laid, and, to tell you my mind, He has not left a wiser or better behind ; His pencil was striking, resistless, and grand ; His manners were gentle, complying, and bland ; Still born to improve us in every part, His pencil our faces, his manners our heart...
Page 98 - Here lies our good Edmund, whose genius was such, We scarcely can praise it, or blame it too much; Who, born for the universe, narrow'd his mind, And to party gave up what was meant for mankind. Though fraught with all learning, yet straining his throat To persuade Tommy Townshend to lend him a vote...
Page 50 - Ill fares the land, to hastening ills a prey, Where wealth accumulates, and men decay : Princes and lords may flourish, or may fade; A breath can make them, as a breath has made : But a bold peasantry, their country's pride, When once destroyed, can never be supplied.