 | Alexander Pope - 1787 - 396 pages
...know lefs joy than I. O Friend ! may each domeftic blifa be thine! Be no unpleafing Melancholy mine : Me, let the tender office long engage, To rock the cradle of repofing Age, With lenient arts extend a Mother's breath, 413 Make Languor fmilc, and fmooth the bed... | |
 | English poets - 1790 - 398 pages
...know lefs joy than I. O Friend ! may each domeftic bHfs be thine ! Be no unpleafing Melancholy mine : Me, let the tender office long engage, To rock the cradle of repofing Age, With lenient arts extend a Mother's breath, 410 Make Languor fmile, and fmooth the bed... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - English poetry - 1791 - 966 pages
...lefs joy than I. f O Friend ! may each domcftic blifs be thine ! Be no unplcafing Melancholy mine: Me let the tender office long engage, To rock the cradle of rcpofing Age ; VARIATIONS. * Once, and hut once, hit herdlefs youth was hit, And lik'd that Jang'rous... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - Conduct of life - 1791 - 510 pages
...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,... | |
 | 1794 - 920 pages
...left joy than I. О friend ! may each iloricftic blifs be thine ! Be no nnpleafing melancholy mine : Me, let the tender office long engage. To rock the cradle of repoimg age. With lenient arts extend a mother's breath, 41« Make languor fniilf, and fmootii the... | |
 | Robert Anderson - English poetry - 1795 - 906 pages
...lefs joy than I. О friend ! may each domeftic blifs be thine '. Be no unpleafing melancholy mine : Me, let the tender office long engage. To rock the cradle of repofing age, With lenient arts extend a mother's breath, 41* Make languor fmile, and fmooth the bed... | |
 | John Bell - English poetry - 1796 - 480 pages
...know less joy than l. O Friend! may each domestic bliss be thine ! Be no unpleasing melancholy mine; Me let the tender office long engage To rock the cradle...reposing age, With lenient arts extend a mother's breath, 410 Make Languor smile, and smooth the bed of Death, Explore the thought, explain the asking eye. And... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - English poetry - 1796 - 576 pages
...lefs joy than I. О Friend ! may each domeftic blifs be thine ! Be no unplcafing Melancholy mine : Me let the tender office long engage, To rock the cradle of repofing Age ; With lenient arts extend a Mother's breath, iVJakc languor fmile, and fmooth the lied... | |
 | Samuel Stennett - Conduct of life - 1800 - 478 pages
...parental cave and love ! AfFefting examples of this kind I might here cite, but they (hall be referred * Me let the tender office long engage To rock the cradle of repofing age ; With lenient arts extend a mother's breath, Hake languor (mile, and fmooth the bed of... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1804 - 190 pages
...less joy than I. Oh, Friend ! may each domestic bliss be thine ! Be no unpleasing melancholy mine : Me let the tender office long engage To rock the cradle...reposing age, With lenient arts extend a mother's breath, 410 Make Languor smile, and smooth the bed of Death, Explore the thought, explain' the asking eye,... | |
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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! 
