Poetical Works, Volume 2Lefevre, 1822 |
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Page 9
... shine , Earth for whose use ? Pride answers , ' Tis for mine : For me kind nature wakes her genial power ; Suckles each herb , and spreads out every flower ; Annual for me , the grape , the rose , renew The juice nectareous , and the ...
... shine , Earth for whose use ? Pride answers , ' Tis for mine : For me kind nature wakes her genial power ; Suckles each herb , and spreads out every flower ; Annual for me , the grape , the rose , renew The juice nectareous , and the ...
Page 10
... shine , as of man's desires ; As much eternal springs and cloudless skies , As men for ever temperate , calm , and wise . If plagues or earthquakes break not Heaven's design , Why then a Borgia , or a Catiline ? Who knows , but he whose ...
... shine , as of man's desires ; As much eternal springs and cloudless skies , As men for ever temperate , calm , and wise . If plagues or earthquakes break not Heaven's design , Why then a Borgia , or a Catiline ? Who knows , but he whose ...
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... shine , Or deep with diamonds in the flaming mine ? Twined with the wreaths Parnassian laurels yield , Or reap'd in iron harvests of the field ? Where grows ? where grows it not ? If vain our toil , We ought to blame the culture , not ...
... shine , Or deep with diamonds in the flaming mine ? Twined with the wreaths Parnassian laurels yield , Or reap'd in iron harvests of the field ? Where grows ? where grows it not ? If vain our toil , We ought to blame the culture , not ...
Page 56
... shine , and the heart - felt joy , Is virtue's prize : a better would you fix ? Then give humility a coach and six , Justice a conqueror's sword , or truth a gown , Or public spirit its great cure , a crown . Weak , foolish man ! will ...
... shine , and the heart - felt joy , Is virtue's prize : a better would you fix ? Then give humility a coach and six , Justice a conqueror's sword , or truth a gown , Or public spirit its great cure , a crown . Weak , foolish man ! will ...
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... shine , Or on the Rubicon , or on the Rhine . A wit's a feather , and a chief a rod ; An honest man's the noblest work of God . Fame but from death a villain's name can save , As justice tears his body from the grave ; When what to ...
... shine , Or on the Rubicon , or on the Rhine . A wit's a feather , and a chief a rod ; An honest man's the noblest work of God . Fame but from death a villain's name can save , As justice tears his body from the grave ; When what to ...
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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 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 weak wealth whate'er Whig whole whore wife wise wretched write