 | Alexander Pope - 1807 - 288 pages
...that world can keep, Rolls o'er my grotto, and but soothes my sleep. — There my retreat the hest companions grace, 125 Chiefs out of war, and statesmen...reason and the flow of soul : And he whose lightning pierc'd th' Iherian lines, Now forms my quincunx, and now ranks my vines ; Or tames the genius of the... | |
 | John Bell - 1807 - 566 pages
...and but sooths my sleep : There my retreat the best companions grace, Chiefi out of war, and mtesmen out of place ; There St. John mingles with my friendly...reason, and the flow of soul : And he whose lightning prerc'd th' Iberian lines Now forms my quincunx, and now ranks my vines, Or tames the genius of the... | |
 | Alexander Pope, Thomas Park - 1808 - 388 pages
...my retreat the best companions grace, Chiefs out of war, and statesmen out of place : There St. Johu mingles with my friendly bowl The feast of reason and the flow of soul : And he, whose lightuing pierc'd the' Iberian lines, Now forms my quincunx, and now ranks my vines; Or tames the genins... | |
 | Daniel Defoe, George Carleton - Europe - 1808 - 516 pages
...those of Gay, Arbuthnot, Swift, and Pope. He lived in great intimacy with the last, who boasts, that He whose lightning pierced the Iberian lines. Now forms my quincunx, and now ranks my vines, Or tames the genius of the stubborn plain, Almost as quickly as he conquered Spain. To Pope, Peterborough... | |
 | 1809 - 388 pages
...can keep, Rolls o'er my grotto, and but sooths my sleep, There, my retreat the best companions grace, Chiefs out of war, and statesmen out of place. There St. John mingles with ray friendly bowl The feast of reason and the flow of soul : And he, whose lightning pierc'd th' Iberian... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - English poetry - 1809 - 604 pages
...can keep, Rolls o'er my grotto, and but sooths my sleep. There, my retreat the best companions grace, s. The court he quits, to fly from Care, And seeks the peace mingle* with my friendly bowl The feast of reason nnd the flow of soul : And he, whose lightning pierc'dth'... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1810 - 546 pages
...keep, Hulls o'er my grotto, and but sooths my sleep. s There, my retreat the best companions grace, Chiefs out of war, and statesmen out of place. There...reason and the flow of soul : And he, whose lightning pierc'd th' Iberian lines, Now forms my quincunx, and now ranks my Vines ; Or tames the genius of the... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 536 pages
...(.'• ;li • o'er my grotto, and but sooths my sleep. 1 Tiicre, my retreat the best companion* grace, Chiefs out of war, and statesmen out of place. There...with my friendly bowl The feast of reason and the 8ow of soul : And he, whose lightning piern'd th' Iberian lines, Now forms my quincunx, and now rank)... | |
 | Samuel Owen - Thames River (England) - 1811 - 416 pages
...can keep, Rolls o'er my grotto, and but soothes my sleep. There my retreat the best companions grace, Chiefs out of war, and statesmen out of place. There ST. JOHN mingles with the friendly bowl, The feast of reason and the flow of soul : And HE whose lightning pierc'd ih* Iberian... | |
 | William Bernard Cooke - England - 1811 - 324 pages
...can keep, Rolls o'er my grotto, and but soothes my sleep. There my retreat the best companions grace, Chiefs out of war, and statesmen out of place. There ST. JOHN mingles with the friendly bowl, The feast of reason and the flow of soul : And HE whose lightning pierc'd th' Iberian... | |
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