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... Folly such as yours , Graced with a sword , and worthier of a fan , Has made , what enemies could ne'er have done , Our arch of empire , steadfast but for you , A mutilated structure , soon to fall . 9 BOOK 1 . He would stroke DRAWN BY ...
... Folly such as yours , Graced with a sword , and worthier of a fan , Has made , what enemies could ne'er have done , Our arch of empire , steadfast but for you , A mutilated structure , soon to fall . 9 BOOK 1 . He would stroke DRAWN BY ...
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... folly and extravagance . - The mischiefs of profusion . - Profusion itself , with all its con- sequent evils , ascribed , as to its principal cause , to the want of discipline in the universities . O FOR a lodge in some vast wilderness ...
... folly and extravagance . - The mischiefs of profusion . - Profusion itself , with all its con- sequent evils , ascribed , as to its principal cause , to the want of discipline in the universities . O FOR a lodge in some vast wilderness ...
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... Folly is soon learn'd : And under such preceptors who can fail ! There is a pleasure in poetic pains , Which only poets know . The shifts and turns , The ' expedients and inventions multiform , To which the mind resorts , in chase of ...
... Folly is soon learn'd : And under such preceptors who can fail ! There is a pleasure in poetic pains , Which only poets know . The shifts and turns , The ' expedients and inventions multiform , To which the mind resorts , in chase of ...
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... , and , busy as he seems With an old tavern quill , is hungry yet ! The rout is Folly's circle , which she draws With magic wand . So potent is the spell That none , decoy'd into that fatal ring , Unless 52 BOOK II . THE TASK .
... , and , busy as he seems With an old tavern quill , is hungry yet ! The rout is Folly's circle , which she draws With magic wand . So potent is the spell That none , decoy'd into that fatal ring , Unless 52 BOOK II . THE TASK .
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... folly , but to spoil him is a task That bids defiance to the ' united powers Of fashion , dissipation , taverns , stews . Now blame we most the nurslings or the nurse ? The children crooked and twisted and deform'd Through want of care ...
... folly , but to spoil him is a task That bids defiance to the ' united powers Of fashion , dissipation , taverns , stews . Now blame we most the nurslings or the nurse ? The children crooked and twisted and deform'd Through want of care ...
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beauty beneath betimes boast breath call'd cause charge CHARLES ROLLS charms CHISWICK clime delights design'd distant divine dream e'en Earth ease fair fame fancy feed feel field of glory flower folly form'd fountain of eternal frown fruits give glory grace groves hand happy heart Heaven honour human JOHN SHARPE king labour learn'd less live lost lyre mercy Mighty winds mind mischief nature Nature's Nebaioth never nymphs o'er once palmistry pass'd peace perhaps pleased pleasures plebeian praise prize proud rapture RICHARD WESTALL riddance rude rural sacred sake scene schools scorn seek seem'd shade shine sight slaves sleep sloth smile SOFA song soon soul sound spare stroke sweet task taste thee theme thine thou art thought toil touch'd trembling truth twas virtue WILLIAM COWPER wind winter wisdom wise wonder worth youth
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Страница 65 - My panting side was charged when I withdrew To seek a tranquil death in distant shades.^ There was I found by one who had himself Been hurt by the archers.
Страница 32 - I would not have a slave to till my ground, To carry me, to fan me while I sleep, And tremble when I wake, for all the wealth That sinews bought and sold have ever earn'd.
Страница 121 - The cheerful haunts of man, to wield the axe And drive the wedge in yonder forest drear, From morn to eve his solitary task.
Страница 121 - Then shakes his powdered coat, and barks for joy. Heedless of all his pranks, the sturdy churl Moves right toward the mark ; nor stops for aught But now and then with pressure of his thumb To' adjust the fragrant charge of a short tube, That fumes beneath his nose : the trailing cloud Streams far behind him, scenting all the air.
Страница 157 - And of an humbler growth, the other tall, And throwing up into the darkest gloom Of neighbouring cypress or more sable yew Her silver globes, light as the foamy surf That the wind severs from the broken wave ; The lilac, various in array, now white, Now sanguine, and her beauteous head now set With purple spikes pyramidal, as if Studious of ornament, yet unresolved Which hue she most approved, she chose them all...
Страница 196 - Would you your son should be a sot or dunce, Lascivious, headstrong, or all these at once, That in good time, the stripling's finished taste For loose expense and fashionable waste Should prove your ruin, and his own at last, Train him in public with a mob of boys, Childish in mischief only and in noise, Else of a mannish growth, and five in ten In infidelity and lewdness, men.
Страница 136 - But th' age of virtuous politics is past, And we are deep in that of cold pretence. Patriots are grown too shrewd to be sincere, And we too wise to trust them.
Страница 125 - Some seek diversion in the tented field, And make the sorrows of mankind their sport. But war's a game, which, were their subjects wise, Kings would not play at.
Страница 31 - OH for a lodge in some vast wilderness, Some boundless contiguity of shade, Where rumour of oppression and deceit, Of unsuccessful or successful war Might never reach me more...
Страница 143 - Patriots have toiled, and in their country's cause Bled nobly; and their deeds, as they deserve, Receive proud recompense. We give in charge Their names to the sweet lyre. The historic muse, Proud of the treasure, marches with it down To latest times; and sculpture, in her turn, Gives bond in stone and ever-during brass To guard them, and to immortalize her trust...