Poems, Volumen1S.A. Oddy, 1813 - 443 páginas |
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... deep and unalterable im- pressions in his maturer years . His satire , if it may be called so , is benevolent , ( like the operations of the skilful and humane surgeon , who wounds only to heal ) dictated by a just regard for viii PREFACE .
... deep and unalterable im- pressions in his maturer years . His satire , if it may be called so , is benevolent , ( like the operations of the skilful and humane surgeon , who wounds only to heal ) dictated by a just regard for viii PREFACE .
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... deep inlaid With brutal lust as ever Circe made . From these a long succession , in the rage Of rank obscenity , debauch'd their age ; Nor ceas'd , ' till , ever anxious to redress Th ' abuses of her sacred charge , the press , The muse ...
... deep inlaid With brutal lust as ever Circe made . From these a long succession , in the rage Of rank obscenity , debauch'd their age ; Nor ceas'd , ' till , ever anxious to redress Th ' abuses of her sacred charge , the press , The muse ...
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... deep in what he longs for , and yet curst . With prohibition and perpetual thirst ? No , wrangler - destitute of shame and sense , The precept , that enjoins him abstinence , Forbids him none but the licentious joy , Whose fruit ...
... deep in what he longs for , and yet curst . With prohibition and perpetual thirst ? No , wrangler - destitute of shame and sense , The precept , that enjoins him abstinence , Forbids him none but the licentious joy , Whose fruit ...
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... deep impressions , wear away . So coin grows smooth in traffic current pass'd , Till Cæsar's image is effac'd at last . The breach , though small at first , soon op'ning wide , In rushes folly with a full - moon tide . Then welcome ...
... deep impressions , wear away . So coin grows smooth in traffic current pass'd , Till Cæsar's image is effac'd at last . The breach , though small at first , soon op'ning wide , In rushes folly with a full - moon tide . Then welcome ...
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... can'st , one letter from the shades ; One , and one only , charg'd with deep regret That thy worst part , thy principles , live yet ; Youth the Period most susceptible of Impressions . One sad 58 THE PROGRESS OF ERROR .
... can'st , one letter from the shades ; One , and one only , charg'd with deep regret That thy worst part , thy principles , live yet ; Youth the Period most susceptible of Impressions . One sad 58 THE PROGRESS OF ERROR .
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Página 270 - 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.
Página 271 - 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.
Página 269 - 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.
Página 96 - Since the dear hour that brought me to thy foot, And cut up all my follies by the root, I never trusted in an arm but thine, Nor hoped, but in thy righteousness divine...
Página 313 - The kindest and the happiest p"air Will find occasion to forbear; And something, every day they live, To pity, and perhaps forgive.
Página 206 - Dubius is such a scrupulous good man ! Yes, you may catch him tripping if you can. He would not with a peremptory tone Assert the nose upon his face his own ; With hesitation admirably slow He humbly hopes, presumes, it may be so.
Página 3 - Feats of renown, though wrought in ancient days, Tells of a few stout hearts that fought and died Where duty placed them, at their country's side, The man that is not moved with what he reads, That takes not fire at their heroic deeds, Unworthy of the blessings of the brave, Is base in kind, and born to be a slave.
Página 262 - To mark the matchless workings of the power, That shuts within its seed the future flower, Bids these in elegance of form excel, In colour these, and those delight the smell, Sends Nature forth the daughter of the skies, To dance on earth, and charm all human eyes...
Página 162 - 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.
Página 279 - 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!