Poetical Works, Volume 2Lefevre, 1822 |
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... e'er so long ) Is only this , if God has placed him wrong ? Respecting man , whatever wrong we call , May , must be right , as relative to all . In human works , though labour'd on with pain , A thousand movements scarce one purpose ...
... e'er so long ) Is only this , if God has placed him wrong ? Respecting man , whatever wrong we call , May , must be right , as relative to all . In human works , though labour'd on with pain , A thousand movements scarce one purpose ...
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... E'er taught to shine , or sanctified from shame ! What greater bliss attends their close of life ? Some greedy minion , or imperious wife , The trophied arches , storied halls invade , And haunt their slumbers in the pompous shade ...
... E'er taught to shine , or sanctified from shame ! What greater bliss attends their close of life ? Some greedy minion , or imperious wife , The trophied arches , storied halls invade , And haunt their slumbers in the pompous shade ...
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... refined to please ; With too much spirit to be e'er at ease ; With too much quickness ever to be taught ; With too much thinking to have common thought ; You purchase pain with all that joy can give , 84 v . 73 . MORAL ESSAYS .
... refined to please ; With too much spirit to be e'er at ease ; With too much quickness ever to be taught ; With too much thinking to have common thought ; You purchase pain with all that joy can give , 84 v . 73 . MORAL ESSAYS .
Page 87
... e'er should cancel - but she may forget . Safe is your secret still in Chloe's ear ; But none of Chloe's shall you ever hear . Of all her dears she never slander'd one , But cares not if a thousand are undone . Would Chloe know if you ...
... e'er should cancel - but she may forget . Safe is your secret still in Chloe's ear ; But none of Chloe's shall you ever hear . Of all her dears she never slander'd one , But cares not if a thousand are undone . Would Chloe know if you ...
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... e'er has risen , and none e'er shall rise . Just in one instance , be it yet confess'd Your people , sir , are partial in the rest : Foes to all living worth except your own , And advocates for folly dead and gone . Authors , like coins ...
... e'er has risen , and none e'er shall rise . Just in one instance , be it yet confess'd Your people , sir , are partial in the rest : Foes to all living worth except your own , And advocates for folly dead and gone . Authors , like coins ...
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Balaam Bavius beast beauty Behold bless'd blessing bliss breath Cæsar CARDELIA Catiline charms Chartres court cries curse dear divine e'en e'er ease EPISTLE eyes fair fame fate flatter folly fool give glory gold grace grave groat happiness hate heart Heaven hecatombs honest honour Horace JOHN DONNE kings knave laugh laws learn'd live lord LORD BOLINGBROKE Lord Fanny man's mankind mind moral muse nature nature's ne'er never numbers o'er once Parnassian parterre passion Pindaric pleased pleasure poet poor praise pride proud quincunx rage reason rhyme rich rise round rules Sappho satire scarce self-love sense shade shine Shylock sigh slave smile SMILINDA soft soul spleen taste tell thee things thou town truth Twas verse Vex'd vice virtue wealth whate'er Whig whole whore wife wise wretched write