Poetical Works, Volume 2Lefevre, 1822 |
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... fool ! Superior beings , when of late they saw A mortal man unfold all nature's law , Admired such wisdom in an earthly shape , And show'd a Newton as we show an ape . Could he , whose rules the rapid comet bind , Describe or fix one ...
... fool ! Superior beings , when of late they saw A mortal man unfold all nature's law , Admired such wisdom in an earthly shape , And show'd a Newton as we show an ape . Could he , whose rules the rapid comet bind , Describe or fix one ...
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... fools , at war about a name , Have full as oft no meaning , or the same . Self - love and reason to one end aspire , Pain their aversion , pleasure their desire ; But greedy , that its object would devour , This taste the honey , and ...
... fools , at war about a name , Have full as oft no meaning , or the same . Self - love and reason to one end aspire , Pain their aversion , pleasure their desire ; But greedy , that its object would devour , This taste the honey , and ...
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... Fools ! who from hence into the notion fall , That vice or virtue there is none at all . If white and black blend , soften , and unite A thousand ways , is there no black or white ? Ask your own heart , and nothing is so plain ; ' Tis ...
... Fools ! who from hence into the notion fall , That vice or virtue there is none at all . If white and black blend , soften , and unite A thousand ways , is there no black or white ? Ask your own heart , and nothing is so plain ; ' Tis ...
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... fool by fits is fair and wise ; And e'en the best , by fits , what they despise . " Tis but by parts we follow good or ill ; For , vice or virtue , self directs it still ; Each individual seeks a several goal ; But Heaven's great view ...
... fool by fits is fair and wise ; And e'en the best , by fits , what they despise . " Tis but by parts we follow good or ill ; For , vice or virtue , self directs it still ; Each individual seeks a several goal ; But Heaven's great view ...
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... fool is happy that he knows no more ; The rich is happy in the plenty given , The poor contents him with the care of Heaven . See the blind beggar dance , the cripple sing , The sot a hero , lunatic a king ; The starving chemist in his ...
... fool is happy that he knows no more ; The rich is happy in the plenty given , The poor contents him with the care of Heaven . See the blind beggar dance , the cripple sing , The sot a hero , lunatic a king ; The starving chemist in his ...
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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