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 | Alexander Pope - 1879 - 570 pages
...as the advent of better days ] EPISTLE I. To AUGUSTUS. WHILE you, great Patron of Mankind ! sustain The balanc'd World, and open all the Main ' ; Your Country, chief, in Arms abroad defend2, At home, with Morals, Arts, and Laws amend ; How shall the Muse, from such a Monarch, steal... | |
 | Thomas Humphry Ward - English poetry - 1880 - 636 pages
...EPISTLE OF THE SECOND BOOK OF HORACE IMITATED. To Augustus. While you, great patron of mankind ! sustain The balanc'd world, and open all the main ; Your country,...defend, At home, with morals, arts, and laws amend : How shall the muse, from such a monarch, steal An hour, and not defraud the public weal? Edward and... | |
 | Thomas Humphry Ward - English poetry - 1880 - 642 pages
...EPISTLE OF THE SECOND BOOK OF HORACE IMITATED. To Augustus. While you, great patron of mankind ! sustain The balanc'd world, and open all the main ; Your country,...defend, At home, with morals, arts, and laws amend : How shall the muse, from such a monarch, steal An hour, and not defraud the public weal? Edward and... | |
 | Matthew Arnold - English poetry - 1881 - 626 pages
...EPISTLE OF THE SECOND BOOK OF HORACE IMITATED. To Augustus. While you, great patron of mankind ! sustain The balanc'd world, and open all the main ; Your country,...defend, At home, with morals, arts, and laws amend : How shall the muse, from such a monarch, steal An hour, and not defraud the public weal? Edward and... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1881 - 176 pages
...flatterers, and with a manly regard to his own character. HILE you, great patron of mankind! sustain The balanc'd world, and open all the main; Your country,...defend, At home, with morals, arts, and laws amend; How shall the muse, from such a monarch, steal An hour, and not defraud the public weal? Edward and... | |
 | Matthew Arnold - English poetry - 1881 - 632 pages
...SECOND BOOK OF HORACE IMITATED. To Augustus. While you, great patron of mankind ! sustain The balanced world, and open all the main ; Your country, chief,...defend. At home, with morals, arts, and laws amend : How shall the muse, from such a monarch, steal An hour, and not defraud the public weal? Edward and... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1881 - 196 pages
...flatterers, and with a manly regard to his own character. iHILE you, great patron of mankind ! sustain The balanc'd world, and open all the main ; Your country, chief, in arms abroad defend, „ fi- ^ - 'At home, with morals, arts, and laws amend ; How shall the muse, from such a monarch,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1889 - 590 pages
...compliments with which the satire opens : " While you, great patron of mankind, sustain / The balanced world, and open all the main ; Your country, chief,...defend, At home with morals, arts, and laws amend ; How shall the muse, from such a monarch, steal An hour, and not defraud the public weal ? * * * To... | |
 | Alexander Pope, Sir Adolphus William Ward - 1893 - 588 pages
...as the advent of better days.] EPISTLE I. To AUGUSTUS. WHILE you, great Patron of Mankind ! sustain The balanc'd World, and open all the Main ' ; Your Country, chief, in Arms abroad defend2, At home, with Morals, Arts, and Laws amend ; How shall the Muse, from such a Monarch, steal... | |
 | Louis Du Pont Syle - English poetry - 1894 - 488 pages
...Works, and worthy Kings. EPISTLE TO AUGUSTUS. [GEORGE II.] WHILE you, great Patron of Mankind ! sustain The balanc'd World, and open all the Main ; Your Country,...defend, At home, with Morals, Arts, and Laws amend ; How shall the Muse, from such a Monarch, steal An hour, and not defraud the Public Weal? Edward and... | |
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