 | Samuel Johnson - 1779 - 820 pages
...Strength, till thou doff bright And noble fires beget. WhilSt this hard truth I teach, methinks, lice The monSter London laugh at me; I Should at thee too, fooliSh city! If it were fit to laugh at mifery; But thy eState I pity. tet but thy wicked men from out thee g'¿' And all the fools, that crowd... | |
 | Abraham Cowley - 1806 - 290 pages
...burning-glass, unite; Dost multiply the feeble heat, Whilst this hard truth I teach, methinks, I see The monster London laugh at me ; I should at thee...to laugh at misery; But thy estate I pity. Let but thy wicked men from out thee go, And all the fools that crowd thee so, Even thon, who dost thy millions... | |
 | Abraham Cowley - 1809 - 286 pages
...strength, till thou dost bright And noble fires beget. Whilst this hard truth I teach, methinks, I see The monster London laugh at me ; I should at thee...to laugh at misery; But thy estate I pity. Let but thy wicked men from out thee go, And all the fools that crowd thee so, Even thou, who dost thy millions... | |
 | Abraham Cowley - 1809 - 284 pages
...burning-glass, unite; Dost multiply the feeble heat, Whilst this hard truth I teach, methinks, I see The monster London laugh at me ; I should at thee...to laugh at misery; But thy estate I pity. Let but thy wicked men from out thee go, And all the fools that crowd thee so, Even thou, who dost thy millions... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 564 pages
...strength, till thou dost bright And noble fires beget. Whilst this hard truth I teach, methinks, I Ml The monster London laugh at me ; I should at thee...to laugh at misery ; But thy estate I pity. Let but thy wicked men from out thee go, And all the fools that crowd thee so. Even tlniu who dost thy millions... | |
 | Sir Egerton Brydges - 1813 - 338 pages
...strength, 'till thou dost bright And noble fires beget. Whilst this hard truth I teach, methinks, I see The monster London laugh at me; I should at thee too,...to laugh at misery: But thy estate I pity. Let but thy wicked men from out thee go, And all the fools that crowd thee so, Ev'n thou, who dost thy millions... | |
 | Sir Egerton Brydges - 1813 - 330 pages
...Soepe priores. * " Whilst this hard truth I teach, methinks, I see The monster London laugh at me; 1 should at thee too, foolish city! If it were fit to laugh at misery; But thy estate I pity. Quid struis pulchros thalamos in altum, Membra sub terra positurus ima ? Conserens hortos, sed in omne... | |
 | 1821 - 424 pages
...Whilst this hard truth I teach, methinks, I see The monster London* laugh at me,-}I should at thee to, foolish city, If it were fit to laugh at misery; But thy estate I pity. Let but thy wicked men from out thee go, And all the fools, that crowd thee so, poet, in tliis and the following... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 246 pages
...strength, till thou dost bright And noble fires beget. Whilst this hard truth I teach, methinks, I see The monster London laugh at me; I should at thee too,...to laugh at misery ; But thy estate I pity. Let but thy wicked men from out thee go, And all the fools that crowd thee so, Even thou, who dost thy millions... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 268 pages
...strength, till thou dost bright And noble fires beget. Whilst this hard truth I teach, methinks, I see The monster London laugh at me; I should at thee too,...to laugh at misery ; But thy estate I pity. Let but thy wicked men from out thee go, And all the fools that crowd thee so, Even thou, who dost thy millions... | |
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The monster London laugh at me ; I should at thee too, foolish city ! If it were fit to laugh at misery; But thy estate I pity. Let but the wicked men from out thee go, And all the fools that crowd thee so, Ee'n thou, who dost thy millions boast, 
