The Poems and PlaysMethuen, 1905 - 183 pages |
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... thing , who wants to be thought a bold man , having lost the character of a wise one . Him they dignify with the name of poet ; his tawdry lampoons are called satires , his turbulence is said to be force , and his phrenzy fire . What ...
... thing , who wants to be thought a bold man , having lost the character of a wise one . Him they dignify with the name of poet ; his tawdry lampoons are called satires , his turbulence is said to be force , and his phrenzy fire . What ...
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... things are great to little man ; And wiser he , whose sympathetic mind Exults in all the good of all mankind . Ye glitt'ring towns , with wealth and splendour crown'd , Ye fields , where summer spreads profusion round , Ye lakes , whose ...
... things are great to little man ; And wiser he , whose sympathetic mind Exults in all the good of all mankind . Ye glitt'ring towns , with wealth and splendour crown'd , Ye fields , where summer spreads profusion round , Ye lakes , whose ...
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... thing , That feebly bends beside the plashy spring : She , wretched matron , forc'd in age , for bread , To strip the brook with mantling cresses spread , To pick her wintry faggot from the thorn , To seek her nightly shed , and weep ...
... thing , That feebly bends beside the plashy spring : She , wretched matron , forc'd in age , for bread , To strip the brook with mantling cresses spread , To pick her wintry faggot from the thorn , To seek her nightly shed , and weep ...
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... things like these for thee ! How do thy potions , with insidious joy , Diffuse their pleasures only to destroy ! Kingdoms , by thee , to sickly greatness grown , Boast of a florid vigour not their own ; At every draught more large and ...
... things like these for thee ! How do thy potions , with insidious joy , Diffuse their pleasures only to destroy ! Kingdoms , by thee , to sickly greatness grown , Boast of a florid vigour not their own ; At every draught more large and ...
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... things , for all things unfit , Too nice for a statesman , too proud for a wit : For a patriot , too cool ; for a drudge , disobedient ; And too fond of the right to pursue the expedient . In short , ' twas his fate , unemploy'd , or in ...
... things , for all things unfit , Too nice for a statesman , too proud for a wit : For a patriot , too cool ; for a drudge , disobedient ; And too fond of the right to pursue the expedient . In short , ' twas his fate , unemploy'd , or in ...
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