Poetical Works, Volume 2Lefevre, 1822 |
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... happiness in the present depends , ver . 77 , etc. IV . The pride of aiming at more knowledge , and pretend- ing to more perfection , the cause of man's error and misery . The impiety of putting himself in the place of God , and judging ...
... happiness in the present depends , ver . 77 , etc. IV . The pride of aiming at more knowledge , and pretend- ing to more perfection , the cause of man's error and misery . The impiety of putting himself in the place of God , and judging ...
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... happier island in the watery waste , Where slaves once more their native land behold , No fiends torment , no Christians thirst for gold . To be , contents his natural desire , He asks no angel's wing , no seraph's fire ; But thinks ...
... happier island in the watery waste , Where slaves once more their native land behold , No fiends torment , no Christians thirst for gold . To be , contents his natural desire , He asks no angel's wing , no seraph's fire ; But thinks ...
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... happiness , Then nature deviates ; and can man do less ? As much that end a constant course requires Of showers and sun - shine , as of man's desires ; As much eternal springs and cloudless skies , As men for ever temperate , calm , and ...
... happiness , Then nature deviates ; and can man do less ? As much that end a constant course requires Of showers and sun - shine , as of man's desires ; As much eternal springs and cloudless skies , As men for ever temperate , calm , and ...
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... happier natures shrink at with affright , The hard inhabitant contends is right . • Virtuous and vicious every man must be , Few in the extreme , but all in the degree ; · The rogue and fool by fits is fair and wise ; And e'en the best ...
... happier natures shrink at with affright , The hard inhabitant contends is right . • Virtuous and vicious every man must be , Few in the extreme , but all in the degree ; · The rogue and fool by fits is fair and wise ; And e'en the best ...
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... happiness by hope supplied , And each vacuity of sense by pride : These build as fast as knowledge can destroy ; In folly's cup still laughs the bubble joy ; One prospect lost , another still we gain : And not a vanity is given in vain ...
... happiness by hope supplied , And each vacuity of sense by pride : These build as fast as knowledge can destroy ; In folly's cup still laughs the bubble joy ; One prospect lost , another still we gain : And not a vanity is given in vain ...
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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