Poetical Works, Volume 2Lefevre, 1822 |
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... wise . If plagues or earthquakes break not Heaven's design , Why then a Borgia , or a Catiline ? Who knows , but he whose hand the lightning forms , Who heaves old Ocean , and who wings the storms ; Pours fierce ambition in a Cæsar's ...
... wise . If plagues or earthquakes break not Heaven's design , Why then a Borgia , or a Catiline ? Who knows , but he whose hand the lightning forms , Who heaves old Ocean , and who wings the storms ; Pours fierce ambition in a Cæsar's ...
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... wise , Alike in what it gives , and what denies ? VII . Far as creation's ample range extends , The scale of sensual , mental powers ascends : Mark how it mounts to man's imperial race , From the green myriads in the peopled grass ...
... wise , Alike in what it gives , and what denies ? VII . Far as creation's ample range extends , The scale of sensual , mental powers ascends : Mark how it mounts to man's imperial race , From the green myriads in the peopled grass ...
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... wise , and rudely great : With too much knowledge for the sceptic side , With too much weakness for the Stoic's pride , He hangs between ; in doubt to act , or rest ; In doubt to deem himself a god , or beast ; In doubt his mind or body ...
... wise , and rudely great : With too much knowledge for the sceptic side , With too much weakness for the Stoic's pride , He hangs between ; in doubt to act , or rest ; In doubt to deem himself a god , or beast ; In doubt his mind or body ...
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... 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 , is one , and that the ...
... 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 , is one , and that the ...
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... force divine , The scale to measure others ' wants by thine . See ! and confess , one comfort still must rise ; Tis this , Though man's a fool , yet GOD IS WISE . AN ESSAY ON MAN . EPISTLE III . OF THE ბი V. 275 . ESSAY ON MAN .
... force divine , The scale to measure others ' wants by thine . See ! and confess , one comfort still must rise ; Tis this , Though man's a fool , yet GOD IS WISE . AN ESSAY ON MAN . EPISTLE III . OF THE ბი V. 275 . ESSAY ON MAN .
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