The Beauties of the Poets: Being a Collection of Moral and Sacred PoetrySelected poetry by Milton, Pope, Watts, Goldsmith, Shakespeare, and others (identified at the beginnng of each selection). |
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... pleasure , e'er it pass , Leave monuments of joy in every place , That may our revellings and us furvive , Shew we once were , and teach our fons to live . Lose not the little portion fatè allows , That is man's lot- -this all the ...
... pleasure , e'er it pass , Leave monuments of joy in every place , That may our revellings and us furvive , Shew we once were , and teach our fons to live . Lose not the little portion fatè allows , That is man's lot- -this all the ...
Page 37
... pleasure's fong ? Or wherefore think the flow'ry mountains fide , The fountain's murmurs , and the valley's pride , Why think we these less pleasing to behold , Than dreary defarts , if they lead to gold ? " Sad was the hour , and ...
... pleasure's fong ? Or wherefore think the flow'ry mountains fide , The fountain's murmurs , and the valley's pride , Why think we these less pleasing to behold , Than dreary defarts , if they lead to gold ? " Sad was the hour , and ...
Page 57
... pleasure mix with love : There beneath the smiling skies Hills of contemplation rife : Now upon fome shining top Angels light , and call me up ; I rejoice to raise my feet , Both rejoice when there we meet , There are endlefs beauties ...
... pleasure mix with love : There beneath the smiling skies Hills of contemplation rife : Now upon fome shining top Angels light , and call me up ; I rejoice to raise my feet , Both rejoice when there we meet , There are endlefs beauties ...
Page 92
... pleasure fickens into pain ; And , ev'n while fashion's brightest arms decoy , The heart distrusting , afks if this be joy . Ye friends to truth , ye statesmen who furvey The rich man's joys increase , the poor's decay , ' Tis yours to ...
... pleasure fickens into pain ; And , ev'n while fashion's brightest arms decoy , The heart distrusting , afks if this be joy . Ye friends to truth , ye statesmen who furvey The rich man's joys increase , the poor's decay , ' Tis yours to ...
Page 93
... pleasure all In barren fplendor feebly waits the fall . As some fair female , unadorn'd and plain , Secure to please while youth confirms her reign , Slights every borrow'd charm that drefs fupplies , Nor shares with art the triumph of ...
... pleasure all In barren fplendor feebly waits the fall . As some fair female , unadorn'd and plain , Secure to please while youth confirms her reign , Slights every borrow'd charm that drefs fupplies , Nor shares with art the triumph of ...
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