Bell's Classical Arrangement of Fugitive Poetry: Vol. V.John Bell, 1789 - 200 էջ |
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... vain man , in folly only wise , Rejects the manna sent him from the skies : With rapture hears corrupted passion's call , Still proudly prone to mingle with the stall . As each deceitful shadow tempts his view , He for the imag'd ...
... vain man , in folly only wise , Rejects the manna sent him from the skies : With rapture hears corrupted passion's call , Still proudly prone to mingle with the stall . As each deceitful shadow tempts his view , He for the imag'd ...
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... vain man , in folly only wise , Rejects the manna sent him from the skies : With rapture hears corrupted passion's call , Still proudly prone to mingle with the stall . As each deceitful shadow tempts his view , He for the imag'd ...
... vain man , in folly only wise , Rejects the manna sent him from the skies : With rapture hears corrupted passion's call , Still proudly prone to mingle with the stall . As each deceitful shadow tempts his view , He for the imag'd ...
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... vain imagin'd pow'r , Though oft she mourns those ills she cannot cure . The worthy court her , and the worthless fear ; Who shun her piercing eye , that eye revere . Her awful voice the vain and vile obey , And every foe to wisdom ...
... vain imagin'd pow'r , Though oft she mourns those ills she cannot cure . The worthy court her , and the worthless fear ; Who shun her piercing eye , that eye revere . Her awful voice the vain and vile obey , And every foe to wisdom ...
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... vain . But SATIRE's shaft can pierce the harden'd breast ; She plays a ruling passion on the rest : Undaunted mounts the battery of his pride , And awes the Brave , that earth and heav'n defy'd . When fell Corruption , by her vassals ...
... vain . But SATIRE's shaft can pierce the harden'd breast ; She plays a ruling passion on the rest : Undaunted mounts the battery of his pride , And awes the Brave , that earth and heav'n defy'd . When fell Corruption , by her vassals ...
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... vain , In vain the trackless maze of Truth You scan , And lend th ' informing clue to erring man : No more shall Reason boast her power divine , Her base eternal shook by Folly's mine ! Truth's sacred fort th ' exploded laugh shall win ...
... vain , In vain the trackless maze of Truth You scan , And lend th ' informing clue to erring man : No more shall Reason boast her power divine , Her base eternal shook by Folly's mine ! Truth's sacred fort th ' exploded laugh shall win ...
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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...