Elegant poems. Pope's Essay on man, Blair's Grave, Gray's Elegy, Goldsmith's Traveller, and Goldsmith's Deserted village1814 |
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... forms of society , 180. Origin of political society , 199. Origin of monarchy , 211. Patriarchal government , 216. Origin of true religion and go- vernment , from the same principle of love , 235 , & c . Origin of superstition and ...
... forms of society , 180. Origin of political society , 199. Origin of monarchy , 211. Patriarchal government , 216. Origin of true religion and go- vernment , from the same principle of love , 235 , & c . Origin of superstition and ...
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... form'd so weak , so little , and so blind ! First , if thou canst the harder reason guess , Why form'd no weaker , blinder , and no less ; Ask of thy mother earth , why oaks are made Taller and stronger than the weeds they shade ; 40 Or ...
... form'd so weak , so little , and so blind ! First , if thou canst the harder reason guess , Why form'd no weaker , blinder , and no less ; Ask of thy mother earth , why oaks are made Taller and stronger than the weeds they shade ; 40 Or ...
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... forms , Who heaves old ocean , and who wings the storms , Pours fierce ambition in a Cæsar's mind , Or turns young Ammon loose to scourge man- kind ? 160 From pride , from pride , our very reas'ning springs ; Account for moral , as for ...
... forms , Who heaves old ocean , and who wings the storms , Pours fierce ambition in a Cæsar's mind , Or turns young Ammon loose to scourge man- kind ? 160 From pride , from pride , our very reas'ning springs ; Account for moral , as for ...
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... Form'd but to check , delib'rate , and advise . Self - love , still stronger , as its object's nigh ; Reason's at distance , and in prospect lie : 60 65 70 That sees immediate good by present sense ; Reason the 20 POPE'S ESSAY.
... Form'd but to check , delib'rate , and advise . Self - love , still stronger , as its object's nigh ; Reason's at distance , and in prospect lie : 60 65 70 That sees immediate good by present sense ; Reason the 20 POPE'S ESSAY.
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... Form'd and impell'd its neighbour to embrace . See matter next , with various life endu'd , Press to one centre still ... forms supply , ( By turns we catch the vital breath and die ) Like bubbles on the sea of matter borne , They rise ...
... Form'd and impell'd its neighbour to embrace . See matter next , with various life endu'd , Press to one centre still ... forms supply , ( By turns we catch the vital breath and die ) Like bubbles on the sea of matter borne , They rise ...
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alike Amidst beneath Blair blank verse bless'd blessing blest bliss blood boast breast breath charms climes creature dear death e'en e'er earth ease Elegy EPISTLE EPISTLE II eternal ev'n ev'ry fame fear fix'd flies fool form'd gen'ral giv'n grave hand happiness heart Heav'n honour hope hope and fear human instinct int'rest kings land laws learn'd looks lord luxury man's mankind mind monarch moral nature nature's ne'er never o'er OLIVER GOLDSMITH once pain passions plac'd Pleas'd pleasure poem poor pow'r pride proud reason reign rest rich rill rise Robert Blair round Self-love shade shame sire skies slave smiling society soul spread strength swain sweet SWEET AUBURN taught tell thee thine thing thou thro toil Twas tyrant vice village virtue weak wealth Whilst whole wise world unknown wretch yonder
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Страница 88 - E'en in our ashes live their wonted fires. For thee, who, mindful of th' unhonour'd dead, Dost in these lines their artless tale relate; If chance, by lonely contemplation led, Some kindred spirit shall inquire thy fate — Haply some hoary-headed swain may say, ' Oft have we seen him at the peep of dawn Brushing with hasty steps the dews away To meet the sun upon the upland lawn.
Страница 19 - Created half to rise, and half to fall; Great lord of all things, yet a prey to all; Sole judge of truth, in endless error hurl'd; The glory, jest, and riddle of the world!
Страница 86 - Let not ambition mock their useful toil, Their homely joys, and destiny obscure; Nor grandeur hear with a disdainful smile The short and simple annals of the poor.
Страница 114 - Beside yon straggling fence that skirts the way, With blossom'd furze unprofitably gay, There, in his noisy mansion, skill'd to rule, The village master taught his little school. A man severe he was, and stern to view; I knew him well, and every truant knew...
Страница 18 - Lives through all life, extends through all extent, Spreads undivided, operates unspent: Breathes in our soul, informs our mortal part, As full, as perfect, in a hair as heart; As full, as perfect, in vile man that mourns, As the rapt seraph that adores and burns: To him no high, no low, no great, no small; He fills, he bounds, connects, and equals all.
Страница 112 - tis hard to combat, learns to fly! For him no wretches, born to work and weep, Explore the mine, or tempt the dangerous deep; No surly porter stands in guilty state, To spurn imploring famine from the gate...
Страница 14 - In Pride, in reas'ning Pride, our error lies; All quit their sphere, and rush into the skies. Pride still is aiming at the blest abodes, Men would be Angels, Angels would be Gods. Aspiring to be Gods, if Angels fell, Aspiring to be Angels, Men rebel: And who but wishes to invert the laws Of Order, sins against th
Страница 115 - The chest contrived a double debt to pay, A bed by night, a chest of drawers by day...
Страница 118 - And, pinch'd with cold, and shrinking from the shower, With heavy heart deplores that luckless hour, When idly first, ambitious of the town, She left her wheel and robes of country brown.
Страница 85 - And all the air a solemn stillness holds, Save where the beetle wheels his droning flight...