He wrings his hands, he beats his breast: By conscience stung, he wildly stares, And thus his guilty soul declares : " Had the deep earth her stores confined, This heart had known sweet peace of mind. Fables - Страница 21по John Gay - 1870Пълен достъп - Информация за книгата
| John Gay - 1796 - 284 страници
...stung he wildly stares, And thus his guilty soul declares — Had the deep earth her stores confin'd, This heart had known sweet peace of mind. But virtue's...of good ! seducing cheat ! Can man, weak man, thy pow'r defeat ? Gold banish'd honour from the mind, And only left the name behind ; Gold sow'd the world... | |
| John Bell - 1797 - 424 страници
...guilty soul declares. Had the deep earth her stores corjin'd, This heart had known sweet 1 eace ef mind. But virtue's sold. Good Gods! what price Can recompense the pangs of vice ! 0 bane of good ! seducing cheat ! Can man, weak man, thy pow'r defeat? Gold banish'd honour from... | |
| E. Tomkins - 1804 - 416 страници
...stung, he wildly stares, And thus his guilty soul declares : Had the deep earth her stores confin'd, This heart had known sweet peace of mind. But virtue's...gods ! what price Can recompense the pangs of vice! O hane of good ! seducing cheat ! Can man, weak man, thy pow'r defeat? Gold hanish'd honour from the... | |
| John Gay - 1806 - 178 страници
...stung he wildly stares, And thus his guilty soul declares : ' Had the deep earth her stores confin'd, This heart had known sweet peace of mind. But virtue's...seducing cheat ! Can man, weak man, thy power defeat I Gold banish'd honour from the mind, And only left the name behind ; Gold sow'd the world with every... | |
| E Tomkins - 1806 - 280 страници
...stung, he wildly stares. And thus his guilty soul declares: Had the deep earth her stores confin'd, This heart had known sweet peace of mind. But virtue's sold. Good gods! what pricu Can recompense the pangs of vice! 0 bane of good ! seducing cheat! Can man, weak man, thy pow'r... | |
| William Henry Ireland - 1807 - 330 страници
...from Gay's fable* of the Miser and Plutus are well calculated to depict the baneful effects of gold. Gold banish'd honour from the mind,! And only left the name behind, Gold sow'd the world with ev'ry ill; Gold taught the murd'rer's sword to kill. Thus when the villain crams his chest, Gold is... | |
| William Henry Ireland - 1807 - 356 страници
...from Guy's fable of the Miser and Plutus are well calculated to depict the baneful effects of gold. Gold banish'd honour from the mind, And only left the name behind, Goldsow'd the world with ev'ry ill; Gold taught the murd'rer's sword to kilL Thus when the villain... | |
| John Gay - 1808 - 146 страници
...virtue's sold. Good gods ! what priee Can reeompense the pangs of viee ! O bane of good ! sedueing eheat ' Can man, weak man, thy power defeat ? Gold banish'd...only left the name behind ; Gold sow'd the world with ev'ry ill ; Gold taught the murd'rer's sword to kill-: 'Twas gold instrueted eoward hearts, In treaeh'ry's... | |
| John Gay, Thomas Park - 1808 - 322 страници
...stung he wildly stares, And thus his guilty soul declares : ' Had the deep earth her stores confin'd, This heart had known sweet peace of mind. But virtue's...gods ! what price Can recompense the pangs of vice ! 0 bane of good ! seducing cheat ! Can man, weak man, thy power defeat? Gold banish'd honour from... | |
| Vicesimus Knox - 1809 - 604 страници
...thus his guilty soul declares : Had the deep earth her stores confin'd. This heart had known swret n'rals blacken all the way), lx> ! these were they whose souls tlieFuriessteel'd, And curs' baneof good ! seducing cheat! Can man, weak man, thy pow'r defeat? ' Gold banish'd honor from the mind.... | |
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