Bell's Classical Arrangement of Fugitive Poetry: Vol. V.John Bell, 1789 - 200 էջ |
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... Thou fiend accurs'd , thou murderer of fame ! Fell ravisher , from innocence to tear That name , than liberty , than life more dear ! Where shall thy baseness meet its just return , Or what repay thy guilt , but endless scorn ! And know ...
... Thou fiend accurs'd , thou murderer of fame ! Fell ravisher , from innocence to tear That name , than liberty , than life more dear ! Where shall thy baseness meet its just return , Or what repay thy guilt , but endless scorn ! And know ...
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... thou , fair Truth , descend , And watchful guard her in an honest end ; Kindly severe , instruct her equal line To court no friend , nor own a foe but thine . But if her giddy eye should vainly quit Thy sacred paths , to run the maze of ...
... thou , fair Truth , descend , And watchful guard her in an honest end ; Kindly severe , instruct her equal line To court no friend , nor own a foe but thine . But if her giddy eye should vainly quit Thy sacred paths , to run the maze of ...
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... Thou who could'st laugh where want enchain'd ca- price , Toil crush'd conceit , and man was of a piece ; Where wealth unlov'd without a mourner dy'd ; And scarce a sycophant was fed by pride ; Where ne'er was known the form of mock ...
... Thou who could'st laugh where want enchain'd ca- price , Toil crush'd conceit , and man was of a piece ; Where wealth unlov'd without a mourner dy'd ; And scarce a sycophant was fed by pride ; Where ne'er was known the form of mock ...
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... thou , whose thoughts at humble peace repine , Shall Wolsey's wealth with Wolsey's end be thine ? Or liv'st thou now , with safer pride content , The wisest justice on the banks of Trent ? For why did Wolsey near the steeps of fate , On ...
... thou , whose thoughts at humble peace repine , Shall Wolsey's wealth with Wolsey's end be thine ? Or liv'st thou now , with safer pride content , The wisest justice on the banks of Trent ? For why did Wolsey near the steeps of fate , On ...
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... thou , should tempting villany present , All Marlb'rough hoarded , or all Villiers spent , Turn from the glitt'ring bribe thy scornful eye , Nor sell for gold , what gold could never buy , The peaceful slumber , self - approving day ...
... thou , should tempting villany present , All Marlb'rough hoarded , or all Villiers spent , Turn from the glitt'ring bribe thy scornful eye , Nor sell for gold , what gold could never buy , The peaceful slumber , self - approving day ...
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Bard beauty Behold Bishop of Gloucester boast bold breast Brentford bright Britain's charms Colley Cibber court dare Democritus destin'd e'er Emperor of China EPISTLES SATIRICAL eunuchs ev'n facundia fair fame fancy Fashion fate fav'rite fear fire flame folly fool frown genius gibbets give glory gold golden reign good-natur'd grace Graecian haec hate hear heart heav'n honor hope Houyhnhnm ibid king land laugh lie Fit lord mankind merit mighty mind Muse ne'er Newmarket night numbers nunc o'er once passion Pindaric pleas'd Poet Pope pow'r praise pride quae Quam quid quod rage refin'd reign resistless ridicule rise risum SATIRE's SATIRICAL AND PRECEPTIVE scarce scenes scorn sense shame shew shine shun skies slave smile speak taste thou thought toil tongue truth Tyburn vice vide virtue Virtue's voice wise words Wreath youth
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Էջ 20 - His fall was destined to a barren strand, A petty fortress, and a dubious hand ; He left the name, at which the world grew pale, To point a moral, or adorn a tale.
Էջ 19 - The march begins in military state, And nations on his eye suspended wait; Stern Famine guards the solitary coast, And Winter barricades the realms of Frost; He comes, nor want nor cold his course delay; — Hide, blushing glory, hide Pultowa's day...
Էջ 16 - Speak thou whose thoughts at humble peace repine, Shall Wolsey's wealth, with Wolsey's end, be thine ? Or liv'st thou now, with safer pride content, The wisest justice on the banks of Trent ? For why did Wolsey, near the steeps of fate, On weak foundations raise th...
Էջ 23 - Lydia's monarch should the search descend, By Solon caution'd to regard his end, In life's last scene what prodigies surprise, Fears of the brave, and follies of the wise? From Marlb'rough's eyes the streams of dotage flow, And Swift expires a driveller and a show.
Էջ 17 - Should no disease thy torpid veins invade, Nor Melancholy's phantoms haunt thy shade ; Yet hope not life from grief or danger free, Nor think the doom of man revers'd for thee...
Էջ 12 - LET observation, with extensive view, Survey mankind, from China to Peru ; Remark each anxious toil, each eager strife, And watch the busy scenes of crowded life...
Էջ 19 - On what foundation stands the warrior's pride? How just his hopes, let Swedish Charles decide; A frame of adamant, a soul of fire, No dangers fright him, and no labours tire...
Էջ 24 - Where then shall hope and fear their objects find ? Must dull suspense corrupt the stagnant mind ? Must helpless man, in ignorance sedate, Roll darkling down the torrent of his fate...
Էջ 23 - The teeming mother anxious for her race, Begs for each birth the fortune of a face: Yet Vane could tell what ills from beauty spring; And Sedley curs'd the form that pleas'da king.
Էջ 29 - But what, my friend, what hope remains for me, Who start at theft, and blush at perjury ? Who scarce forbear, though Britain's court...