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" Me, let the tender office long engage, To rock the cradle of reposing age, With lenient arts extend a mother's breath, Make languor smile, and smooth the bed of death, Explore the thought, explain the asking eye, And keep awhile one parent from the sky... "
Nugæ metricæ [selections from the English poets, with Lat. tr.] by sir H.H ... - Page 16
1839
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Essays, Biographical, Critical, and Historical, Illustrative of ..., Volume 2

Nathan Drake - 1805 - 424 pages
...to his filial duty. O Friend ! may each domestic bliss be thine ! Be no unpleasing melancholy mine: Me, let the tender office long engage, To rock the cradle of reposing age, With lenient arts extend a Mother's breath, Make Languor smile, and smooth the bed of Death, Explore the thought,...
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Essays, Biographical, Critical, and Historical, Illustrative of ..., Volume 3

Nathan Drake - 1805 - 420 pages
...to his filial duty. O Friend ! may each domestic bliss be thine ! Be no unpleasing melancholy mine : Me, let the tender office long engage, To rock the cradle of reposing age, With lenient arts extend a MotheVs breath, Make Languor smile, and smooth the bed of Death, Explore the thought,...
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Letters to a young clergyman from the Rev. Mr. Job Orton, 3d ed

Job Orton - 1805 - 376 pages
...other / following lines of Mr. POPE, which were defcriptive of their filial affeftion towards her. Me, let the tender office long engage, To rock the cradle of repofing age ; With lenient arts, extend a Mutter's breath, Make langour (mile, and fmooth the bed...
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An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope ...

Joseph Warton - 1806 - 440 pages
...quatres vers. 28. O, friend ! may each domestic bliss bs thine ! Be no unpleasing melancholy mine ! Me let the tender office long engage, To rock the cradle of reposing age ;* S 3 With * See a letter to Mr. Richardson, desiring him to come to Twickenham, and take a sketch...
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The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq. In Verse and Prose: Containing ..., Volume 4

Alexander Pope - 1806 - 550 pages
...know lefs joy than I. O Friend ! may each domeftic blifs be thine ! Be no unpleafmg Melancholy mine : Me, let the tender office long engage, To rock the cradle of repoling Age, With lenient arts extend a Mother's breath, 410 Make Languor fmile, and fmooth the bed...
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The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: Satires. On receiving from the Right ...

Alexander Pope, William Lisle Bowles - 1806 - 504 pages
...know lefs joy than I. O Friend ! may each domeftic blifs be thine ! Be no unpleafmg Melancholy mine : Me, let the tender office long engage, To rock the cradle of repofing Age, With lenient arts extend a Mother's breath, 410 Make Languor fmile, and fmooth the bed...
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The works of Alexander Pope. Containing the principal notes of drs ..., Volume 4

Alexander Pope - 1806 - 508 pages
...know lefs joy than I. O Friend ! may each domeftic blifs be thine ! Be no unpleafing Melancholy mine : Me, let the tender office long engage, To rock the cradle of repofing Age, With lenient arts extend a Mother's breath, 410 Make Languor fmile, and fmooth the bed...
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The poets of Great Britain complete from Chaucer to Churchill, Volume 40

John Bell - 1807 - 562 pages
...know less joy than I. O Friend ! may each domestic bliss be thine ! Be no unpleasing melancholy mine ; Me let the tender office long engage To rock the cradle of reposing age, With lenient arts extend a mother's breath, 410 Mike Languor smile, and smooth the bed of Death, Explore the thought,...
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The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1

Alexander Pope - 1807 - 474 pages
...know less joy than I. O friend ! may each domestic hliss he thine ! Be no unpleasing melancholy mine : Me, let the tender office long engage To rock the cradle of reposing age, With lenient arts extend a mother's hreath, Make languor smile, and smoothe the hed of death ; Explore the thought,...
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The poetical works of Alexander Pope. With his last corrections, additions ...

Alexander Pope - 1807 - 288 pages
...less joy than I. O friend ! may each domestic bliss he thine ! 406 Be no unpleasing melancholy mine : Me let the tender office long engage To rock the cradle of reposing age, With lenient arts extend a mother's breath, 410 Make languor smile, and smooth the hed of death, Explore the thought,...
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