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Page 17
... song , That Lewdness had usurp'd and worn so long . Then decent Pleasantry and sterling Sense , That neither gave nor would endure offence , Whipp'd out of sight , with satire just and keen , The puppy pack , that had defiled the scene ...
... song , That Lewdness had usurp'd and worn so long . Then decent Pleasantry and sterling Sense , That neither gave nor would endure offence , Whipp'd out of sight , with satire just and keen , The puppy pack , that had defiled the scene ...
Page 19
... who died below , and reigns above , Inspires the song , and that his name is Love . For , after all , if merely to beguile , By flowing numbers and a flowery style , The tædium that the lazy rich endure , Which now TABLE TALK . 19.
... who died below , and reigns above , Inspires the song , and that his name is Love . For , after all , if merely to beguile , By flowing numbers and a flowery style , The tædium that the lazy rich endure , Which now TABLE TALK . 19.
Page 21
... song , ) By what unseen and unsuspected arts The serpent Errour twines round human hearts ; Tell where she lurks , beneath what flowery shades , That not a glimpse of genuine light pervades , The poisonous , black , insinuating worm ...
... song , ) By what unseen and unsuspected arts The serpent Errour twines round human hearts ; Tell where she lurks , beneath what flowery shades , That not a glimpse of genuine light pervades , The poisonous , black , insinuating worm ...
Page 40
... song ; No grand inquisitor could worse invent , Than he contrives to suffer , well content . Which is the saintlier worthy of the two ? Past all dispute , yon anchorite , say you . Your sentence and mine differ . What's a name ? I say ...
... song ; No grand inquisitor could worse invent , Than he contrives to suffer , well content . Which is the saintlier worthy of the two ? Past all dispute , yon anchorite , say you . Your sentence and mine differ . What's a name ? I say ...
Page 48
... song magnificent - the theme a worm ! Himself so much the source of his delight , His Maker has no beauty in his sight . See where he sits , contemplative and fix'd , Pleasure and wonder in his features mix'd , His passions tamed and ...
... song magnificent - the theme a worm ! Himself so much the source of his delight , His Maker has no beauty in his sight . See where he sits , contemplative and fix'd , Pleasure and wonder in his features mix'd , His passions tamed and ...
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Aspasio beauty beneath bids bless'd boast breath call'd cause charms dæmons death delight design'd distant divine docet dread dream e'en earth ease eyes fair fame fancy fear feel fire flowers folly form'd frown fruit give glory grace hand happy hast hear heart Heaven honour hope hour human John Gilpin labour land learn'd light live lyre mankind mercy mind muse Nature Nature's Nebaioth never night nymph o'er once pass'd peace perhaps pity pleasure plebeian poet's praise pride prize proud prove rapture rest rude sacred scene scorn seek seem'd shade shine sighs sight skies slave smile song soon soul sound Stamp'd stand stream sweet taste teach telescopic eye thee theme thine thought toil tongue trembling trifler truth Twas VINCENT BOURNE Virg virtue waste WILLIAM COWPER wind wisdom wonder worth youth