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... virtue in the world , modest dulness will be preferable to learned arrogance . Dulness may be a misfortune , but arroganee is a crime ; and where is the mighty advantage , if , while he discovers more learning , he is found to have less ...
... virtue in the world , modest dulness will be preferable to learned arrogance . Dulness may be a misfortune , but arroganee is a crime ; and where is the mighty advantage , if , while he discovers more learning , he is found to have less ...
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... Virtue ! come , thou heavenly guest , Come , fix thy pleasing empire in my breast ! ' Thou know'st her influence , friend ! thy chearful Proclaims the innocence and peace within ; [ mien Such joys as none but sons of Virtue know , Shine ...
... Virtue ! come , thou heavenly guest , Come , fix thy pleasing empire in my breast ! ' Thou know'st her influence , friend ! thy chearful Proclaims the innocence and peace within ; [ mien Such joys as none but sons of Virtue know , Shine ...
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... virtue to subdue the thirst of gold ! The shining dirt the sordid wretch ensnares To buy , with mighty treasures , mighty cares ; Blindly he courts , misguided by the will , A specious good , and meets a real ill : So when Ulysses ...
... virtue to subdue the thirst of gold ! The shining dirt the sordid wretch ensnares To buy , with mighty treasures , mighty cares ; Blindly he courts , misguided by the will , A specious good , and meets a real ill : So when Ulysses ...
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... Virtue's cause , From thy own life transcribe th ' unerring laws ; Teach a bad world beneath her sway to bend , To verse like thine fierce savages attenu , And men more fierce ! When Orpheus tunes the lay Ev'n fiends , relenting , hear ...
... Virtue's cause , From thy own life transcribe th ' unerring laws ; Teach a bad world beneath her sway to bend , To verse like thine fierce savages attenu , And men more fierce ! When Orpheus tunes the lay Ev'n fiends , relenting , hear ...
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... Virtue your protection claim ; Give tears to Beauty , give to Virtue fame . TO MR . A. POPE , WHO CORRECTED MY VERSES . Ire'er my humble Muse melodious sings , ' Tis when you animate and tune her strings ; If e'er she mounts , ' tis ...
... Virtue your protection claim ; Give tears to Beauty , give to Virtue fame . TO MR . A. POPE , WHO CORRECTED MY VERSES . Ire'er my humble Muse melodious sings , ' Tis when you animate and tune her strings ; If e'er she mounts , ' tis ...
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Adrastus Argos arms beauties behold blest bliss breast breath bright charms courser critics crown'd Cynthus death delight dread Dryope Dunciad e'er Earth eclogues EPISTLE eternal ev'n eyes fair fame fate fire fix'd flame flowers fools give glory glow gods grace groves hæc happy heart Heaven honour Iliad Jove king learning live lord lord Bolingbroke lov'd lyre mankind mighty mihi mind mortal Muse Muse's Nature ne'er never night numbers nymph o'er once pain passion Phaon Phoebus plain pleas'd pleasure poem poet Pope praise pride proud quæ rage reason reign rise sacred Sappho Satire sense shade shine sighs sing skies smile soft soul Sylphs tears Thalestris Thebes thee Theocritus thou thought tibi trees trembling truth Twas Tydeus VARIATIONS verse Vertumnus Virgil virtue winds wings wise youth