Poetical Works, Volume 2Lefevre, 1822 |
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Page 56
... wife ; As well as dream such trifles are assign'd , As toys and empires , for a god - like mind . Rewards , that either would to virtue bring No joy , or be destructive of the thing ; How oft by these at sixty are undone The virtues of ...
... wife ; As well as dream such trifles are assign'd , As toys and empires , for a god - like mind . Rewards , that either would to virtue bring No joy , or be destructive of the thing ; How oft by these at sixty are undone The virtues of ...
Page 60
... wife . If parts allure thee , think how Bacon shined , The wisest , brightest , meanest of mankind : Or ravish'd with the whistling of a name , See Cromwell damn'd to everlasting fame ! If all , united , thy ambition call , From ancient ...
... wife . If parts allure thee , think how Bacon shined , The wisest , brightest , meanest of mankind : Or ravish'd with the whistling of a name , See Cromwell damn'd to everlasting fame ! If all , united , thy ambition call , From ancient ...
Page 61
... wife , The trophied arches , storied halls invade , And haunt their slumbers in the pompous shade . Alas ! not dazzled with their noon - tide ray , Compute the morn and evening to the day ; The whole amount of that enormous fame , A ...
... wife , The trophied arches , storied halls invade , And haunt their slumbers in the pompous shade . Alas ! not dazzled with their noon - tide ray , Compute the morn and evening to the day ; The whole amount of that enormous fame , A ...
Page 76
... wife his heart approves ; A rebel to the very king he loves ; He dies , sad outcast of each church and state , And , harder still ! flagitious , yet not great . Ask you why Wharton broke through every rule ? ' Twas all for fear the ...
... wife his heart approves ; A rebel to the very king he loves ; He dies , sad outcast of each church and state , And , harder still ! flagitious , yet not great . Ask you why Wharton broke through every rule ? ' Twas all for fear the ...
Page 98
... save the life Of wretched Shylock , spite of Shylock's wife . But thousands die , without or this or that , Die , and endow a college or a cat . To some , indeed , Heaven grants the happier fate 98 v . 73 . MORAL ESSAYS .
... save the life Of wretched Shylock , spite of Shylock's wife . But thousands die , without or this or that , Die , and endow a college or a cat . To some , indeed , Heaven grants the happier fate 98 v . 73 . MORAL ESSAYS .
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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