Poems, Volumen1R. Jennings, 1817 |
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... seem to think , man made for them . ' B. Seldom , alas ! the power of logic reigns With much sufficiency in royal brains ; Such reasoning falls like an inverted cone , Wanting its proper base to stand upon . ; Man made for kings ! those ...
... seem to think , man made for them . ' B. Seldom , alas ! the power of logic reigns With much sufficiency in royal brains ; Such reasoning falls like an inverted cone , Wanting its proper base to stand upon . ; Man made for kings ! those ...
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... ( be that one poet's boast ) , The lie that flatters I abhor the most . Those arts be theirs , who hate his gentle reign , But he that loves him has no need to feign . A. Your smooth eulogium to one crown addressed , Seems TABLE TALK . 3.
... ( be that one poet's boast ) , The lie that flatters I abhor the most . Those arts be theirs , who hate his gentle reign , But he that loves him has no need to feign . A. Your smooth eulogium to one crown addressed , Seems TABLE TALK . 3.
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William Cowper. A. Your smooth eulogium to one crown addressed , Seems to imply a censure on the rest . B. Quevedo , as he tells his sober tale , Asked , when in hell , to see the royal jail ; Approved their method in all other things ...
William Cowper. A. Your smooth eulogium to one crown addressed , Seems to imply a censure on the rest . B. Quevedo , as he tells his sober tale , Asked , when in hell , to see the royal jail ; Approved their method in all other things ...
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... seem to threaten virtue less , Still hurtful , in th ' abuse , or by th ' excess . Is man then only for his torment placed , The centre of delights he may not taste ? Like fabled Tantalus , condemned to hear The precious stream still ...
... seem to threaten virtue less , Still hurtful , in th ' abuse , or by th ' excess . Is man then only for his torment placed , The centre of delights he may not taste ? Like fabled Tantalus , condemned to hear The precious stream still ...
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... toil to polish its rough coat alone . A just deportment , manners graced with ease , Elegant phrase , and figure formed to please , Are qualities that seem to comprehend Whatever parents , guardians 34 THE PROGRESS OF ERROR .
... toil to polish its rough coat alone . A just deportment , manners graced with ease , Elegant phrase , and figure formed to please , Are qualities that seem to comprehend Whatever parents , guardians 34 THE PROGRESS OF ERROR .
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beneath bids blasphemy blest bliss boast breast breath cerebrum charms courser dark dear declension deeds deist delight divine docet dream earth Edmonton eyes fair fancy fear feel fire flowers folly fools frown Gilpin give glory GLOW-WORM God's grace Greece hallowed ground hand happy hast hear heart heaven heavenly hope hour John Gilpin joys land learned light lust lyre mankind mercy mind muse nature never night NOSEGAY nymph o'er once peace Pharisee pine-apples pity plain pleasure poet poet's praise pride prize prove Rome rude sacred scene scorn scripture shine shore Sighs sight skies slave smile song soon sorrow soul sound stand strain stream sweet taste teach telescopic eye thee theme thine thou thought thousand toil tongue trifler truth Twas VINCENT BOURNE Virg virtue waste whate'er wind wisdom woes wonder youth zeal
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Página 221 - Where they did all get in ; Six precious souls, and all agog To dash through thick and thin. Smack went the whip, round went the wheels, Were never folks so glad ; The stones did "rattle underneath, As if Cheapside were mad.
Página 172 - Solitude! where are the charms That sages have seen in thy face? 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 229 - Bent upon pleasure, heedless of its end. But he, who knew what human hearts would prove, How slow to learn the dictates of his love, That hard by nature, and of stubborn will, A life of ease would make them harder still, In pity to the souls his grace designed To rescue from the rums of mankind, Called for a cloud to darken all their years, And said, ' Go, spend them in the vale of tears.
Página 228 - Stop thief! stop thief! — a highwayman! Not one of them was mute; And all and each that passed that way Did join in the pursuit. And now the turnpike gates again Flew open in short space; The toll-men thinking as before That Gilpin rode a race.
Página 236 - O LORD, my best desire fulfil, And help me to resign Life, health, and comfort, to thy will, And make thy pleasure mine. 2 Why should I shrink at thy command, Whose love forbids my fears ? Or tremble at the gracious hand That wipes away my tears...
Página 172 - 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 210 - And the scene, where his melody charm'd me before, Resounds with his sweet-flowing ditty no more. My fugitive years are all hasting away, And I must ere long lie as lowly as they, With a turf on my breast, and a stone at my head, Ere another such grove shall arise in its stead.
Página 178 - On the whole it appears, and my argument shows With a reasoning the court will never condemn, That the spectacles plainly were made for the Nose, And the Nose was as plainly intended for them.
Página 227 - And thus unto the youth she said, That drove them to the Bell, This shall be yours when you bring back My husband safe and well.
Página 223 - Fair and softly," John he cried, But John he cried in vain, That trot became a gallop soon In spite of curb and rein.