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" Twas but a kindred sound to move, For pity melts the mind to love. Softly sweet in Lydian measures, Soon he soothed his soul to pleasures. War, he sung, is toil and trouble ; Honour but an empty bubble... "
Poems by Cowley, Waller, Butler, Denham, Dryden, and Pomfret - Page 24
by Abraham Cowley - 1810 - 220 pages
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The Art of English Poetry Containing: Rules for making verses. A collection ...

Edward Bysshe - 1710 - 620 pages
...Honour but an empty Bubble ; Never ending, (till beginning ; Fighting ftill, and ftill deftroying: If the World be worth thy winning, Think, O think it worth enjoying ! Lovely Thau fits befide thee ; Take the Good the Gods provide thee: The Many rend the Skies with loud Applaufe,...
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Fables Antient and Modern: Translated Into Verse from Homer, Ovid, Boccace ...

John Dryden - 1713 - 614 pages
...; Honour but an empty Bubble. Never' ending, {till beginning, Fighting ftill, and ftill deftroying, If the World be worth thy Winning, Think, O think, it worth Enjoying. Lovely Thais fits befides thee, Take the Good the Gods provide thee. 1 The Many rend the Skies, with loud Applaufe;...
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The virgin muse. Being a collection of poems from our most celebrated ...

Virgin muse - 1722 - 250 pages
...•, Honour but an empty Bubble. Never ending, ftill beginning^ Fighting ftill, and ftill deftroying, If the World be worth thy Winning,. Think, O think, it worth Enjoying. Lovely 73W.rfits befides theei Take the Good the'Gods provide thee. The many rend the Skies, with loud Applaufe...
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The Miscellaneous Works: Containing All His Original Poems, Tales ..., Volume 2

John Dryden - 1760 - 488 pages
...j Honor but an empty bubble ; Never ending, ftill beginning, Fighting ftill, and ftill deftroying : If the world be worth thy winning, Think, O think, it worth enjoying : Lovely Thais fits befides thee, Take the good the gods provide thec. The many rend the fides .with loud applaufe...
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The Miscellaneous Works of John Dryden, Esq;: Containing All His Original ...

John Dryden - 1760 - 528 pages
...Honor but an empty bubble ; Never ending, ftill beginning, Fighting ftill, and ftil'l deftroying : If the world be worth thy winning, Think, O think, it worth enjoying : Lovely Thais fits befides thee, Take the goo.d the gods provide thee. The many rend the fkies with loud applaufe...
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The Miscellaneous Works of John Dryden, Esq: Containing All His Original ...

John Dryden - 1767 - 388 pages
...Honour but an empty bubble; . Never ending, ftill beginning, Fighting ftill, and ftill deftroying : If the world be worth thy winning, Think, O think, it worth enjoying : Lovely Thais fits befides thee, Take the good the gods provide thee. The many rend the fkies with loud applaufe...
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The Beauties of English Poesy, Volume 1

Oliver Goldsmith - 1767 - 294 pages
...Honour, but an empty bubble : Never ending, ftill beginning, Fighting ftill, and ftill deftroying : If the world be worth thy winning, Think, O think it worth enjoying. Lovely Thai's fits befide thee, Take the good the gods provide thee. The many rend the flues with loud applaufe...
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The Beauties of English Poesy, Volume 1

Oliver Goldsmith - 1767 - 288 pages
...deftroying : If the world be worth thy winning, Think, O think it worth enjoying. Lovely Thais fits befide thee, Take the good the gods provide thee. The many rend the fides with loud applaufe ; So Love was crown'd, but Mafic won the caufe. The prince, unable to conceal...
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The Miscellaneous Works of John Dryden, Esq: Containing All His Original ...

John Dryden - 1767 - 386 pages
...: If the world be worth thy winning, Think, O think, it worth enjoying : Lovely Thais fits befides thee, Take the good the gods provide thee. The many rend the flues with loud applaufe ; So Love was crown'd, but Mufic won the caufe. The prince, unable to conceal...
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Bell's Edition, Volumes 41-42

John Bell - 1777 - 644 pages
...Soon he sooth'd his soul to pleasures. War. he sung, is toil and trouble, "ur hut an empty hubble i Never ending, still beginning. Fighting still, and...the skies with loud applause : So love was crown'd, hut music won the cause. The prince, unable to conceal his pain, Gaz'd on the fair Who caus'd his care,...
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