 Me, let the tender office long engage To rock the cradle of reposing age, With lenient arts extend a mother's breath, Make languor smile, and smooth the bed of death; Explore the thought, explain the asking eye, And keep a while one parent from the sky...  The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: Satires, &c - Page 31by Alexander Pope - 1752Full view - About this book
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1779 - 392 pages
...from Kings mall know lefs joy than I. O Friend ! may each domeftic blifs be thine ! Be no unpleafmg Melancholy mine *) Me, let the tender office long...repofing Age, With lenient arts extend a Mother's breath, 410 Make Languor fmile, and fmooth the bed of Death, Explore VARIATION. After ver. 405. in the MS.... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1779 - 1164 pages
...and thus to die ! Who fprung from Kings mall know lefs joy than I. O Friend ! may each domeftic blifs be thine ! Be no unpleafing Melancholy mine : Me,...the tender office long engage, To rock the cradle of repofmg Age, With lenient arts extend a Mother's breath, 410 Make Languor fmile, and fraooth the bed... | |
 | Joseph Warton - 1782 - 514 pages
...alTes heureuiement frondee dans ces quatres vers. 28. O friend 1 28. O friend ! may each domeftic blifs be thine ! Be no unpleafing melancholy mine ! Me,...the tender office long engage, To rock the cradle of repoflng age * j With lenient arts extend a mother's breath, Make languor fmile, and fmooth the bed... | |
 | Elizabeth Griffith - Married women - 1782 - 148 pages
...affectionate feelings, and awaken that almoft divine enthufiafm which infpired Pope's filial prayer : , 9 " Me let the tender office long engage, " To rock the cradle of declining Age ; «•" Explore the thought, explain the alking eye, " And keep awhile a parent from... | |
 | Christian Felix Weisse - 1785 - 396 pages
...aufgemuntert »urbe, поф einige anbew auf Tírt nad)¿uaí)men, unb nur fein îob un« U 3 íerbrad) Me let the tender office long engage, To rock the cradle of repofing agej With lenient arts extend a mother's breath, Make languor fmi le, and fmooth the bed of death j... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1787 - 396 pages
...thus to die ! 404 Who fprung from Kings mall know lefs joy than I. O Friend ! may each domeftic blifa be thine! Be no unpleafing Melancholy mine : Me, let...repofing Age, With lenient arts extend a Mother's breath, 413 Make Languor fmilc, and fmooth the bed of Death, Explore the thought, explain the afldng eye, And... | |
 | Eschenburg - Literature - 1788 - 472 pages
...and thus to die! Who fprung from kings fhall know lels joy than I, O! friend, may each domeftic blifs be thine! Be no unpleafing melancholy mine : Me, let the tender office long engage, To rock the crodle of repofing age, With lenient arts extend a mother's breath, Make Languor fmile, and fmooth... | |
 | English poets - 1790 - 398 pages
...and thus to die ! Who fprung from Kings mall know lefs joy than I. O Friend ! may each domeftic bHfs be thine ! Be no unpleafing Melancholy mine : Me,...repofing Age, With lenient arts extend a Mother's breath, 410 Make Languor fmile, and fmooth the bed of Death, VAXIATION. After ver. 405, in the MS. And of myfelf,... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - Conduct of life - 1791 - 510 pages
...Whofprungfromkingsflinll knowlcfs joy than I O friend ! may each dorm-flic hlifs be thine i Be no unplcafing melancholy mine : Me, let the tender office long engage, To rock the cradle of rcpofmg age ; . P 4 Wit»» -EL-ErG AN T • B XT* ACTS,' With lenient arts extend a mother's breath,... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - English poetry - 1791 - 966 pages
...Kings ihall know lefs joy than I. f O Friend ! may each domcftic blifs be thine ! Be no unplcafing 9 тむ "' 1791 Rivington" " Elegant extracts( Xfay this rcpofing Age ; VARIATIONS. * Once, and hut once, hit herdlefs youth was hit, And lik'd that Jang'rous... | |
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