Poetical Works, Volume 2Lefevre, 1822 |
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... and half to fall ; Great lord of all things , yet a prey to all : Sole judge of truth , in endless error hurl'd : The glory , jest , and riddle of the world ! Go , wondrous creature ! mount where science guides , 2 AN ESSAY ON MAN .
... and half to fall ; Great lord of all things , yet a prey to all : Sole judge of truth , in endless error hurl'd : The glory , jest , and riddle of the world ! Go , wondrous creature ! mount where science guides , 2 AN ESSAY ON MAN .
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... glory , please , Or ( oft more strong than all ) the love of ease ; Through life ' tis follow'd , e'en at life's expense ; The merchant's toil , the sage's indolence , The monk's humility , the hero's pride , All , all alike , find ...
... glory , please , Or ( oft more strong than all ) the love of ease ; Through life ' tis follow'd , e'en at life's expense ; The merchant's toil , the sage's indolence , The monk's humility , the hero's pride , All , all alike , find ...
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... glory of mankind . Heaven forming each on other to depend , A master , or a servant , or a friend , Bids each on other for assistance call , Till one man's weakness grows the strength of all . Wants , frailties , passions , closer still ...
... glory of mankind . Heaven forming each on other to depend , A master , or a servant , or a friend , Bids each on other for assistance call , Till one man's weakness grows the strength of all . Wants , frailties , passions , closer still ...
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... queens who lay , How happy ! those to ruin , these betray . Mark by what wretched steps their glory grows , From dirt and sea - weed as proud Venice rose ; In each how guilt and greatness equal ran , And 60 v . 267 . ESSAY ON MAN .
... queens who lay , How happy ! those to ruin , these betray . Mark by what wretched steps their glory grows , From dirt and sea - weed as proud Venice rose ; In each how guilt and greatness equal ran , And 60 v . 267 . ESSAY ON MAN .
Page 61
... glory with their shame ! Know then this truth ( enough for man to know ) Virtue alone is happiness below . The only point where human bliss stands still , And tastes the good without the fall to ill , Where only merit constant pay ...
... glory with their shame ! Know then this truth ( enough for man to know ) Virtue alone is happiness below . The only point where human bliss stands still , And tastes the good without the fall to ill , Where only merit constant pay ...
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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