Poems and PlaysDent, 1910 - 317 pages |
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Page 24
... cumbrous pomp repose ; And every want to opulence allied , And every pang that folly pays to pride . Cf. Bewick's Water Birds , 1847 , p . 49. ] Those gentle hours that plenty bade to bloom , Those 24 The Deserted Village.
... cumbrous pomp repose ; And every want to opulence allied , And every pang that folly pays to pride . Cf. Bewick's Water Birds , 1847 , p . 49. ] Those gentle hours that plenty bade to bloom , Those 24 The Deserted Village.
Page 30
... Folly hails them from her shore ; Hoards , even beyond the miser's wish abound , And rich men flock from all the world around . Yet count our gains . This wealth is but a name That leaves our useful products still the same . Not so the ...
... Folly hails them from her shore ; Hoards , even beyond the miser's wish abound , And rich men flock from all the world around . Yet count our gains . This wealth is but a name That leaves our useful products still the same . Not so the ...
Page 39
... folly grows proud ; And coxcombs , alike in their failings alone , Adopting his portraits , are pleas'd with their own . Say , where has our poet this malady caught ? Or , wherefore his characters thus without fault Say , was it that ...
... folly grows proud ; And coxcombs , alike in their failings alone , Adopting his portraits , are pleas'd with their own . Say , where has our poet this malady caught ? Or , wherefore his characters thus without fault Say , was it that ...
Page 73
... folly , And finds too late that men betray , What charm can soothe her melancholy , What art can wash her guilt away ? The only art her guilt to cover , To hide her shame from every eye , To give repentance to her lover , And wring his ...
... folly , And finds too late that men betray , What charm can soothe her melancholy , What art can wash her guilt away ? The only art her guilt to cover , To hide her shame from every eye , To give repentance to her lover , And wring his ...
Page 79
... folly , fraud , your hearts engage , Tremble , ye mortals , at my rage ! Fall , round me fall , ye little things , Ye statesmen , warriors , poets , kings ! If virtue fail her counsel sage , Tremble , ye mortals , at my rage ! MAN ...
... folly , fraud , your hearts engage , Tremble , ye mortals , at my rage ! Fall , round me fall , ye little things , Ye statesmen , warriors , poets , kings ! If virtue fail her counsel sage , Tremble , ye mortals , at my rage ! MAN ...
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