Various Pieces in Verse and Prose: Many of which Were Never Before Published, Том 1J. Dodsley, 1791 |
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... pleasure faw The Ant fulfil her parents law . Ah ! fifter - labourer , fays fhe , How very fortunate are we ! Who taught in infancy to know , The comforts which from labour flow , Are independent of the Great , Nor know the wants of ...
... pleasure faw The Ant fulfil her parents law . Ah ! fifter - labourer , fays fhe , How very fortunate are we ! Who taught in infancy to know , The comforts which from labour flow , Are independent of the Great , Nor know the wants of ...
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... pleasures court the human heart , WE Oh ! ' tis reluctant work to part . Are we with griefs and pains oppress'd ? Woe fays that Death's a welcome guest ? Tho ' fure to cure our evils all , He's the laft doctor we wou'd call . We think ...
... pleasures court the human heart , WE Oh ! ' tis reluctant work to part . Are we with griefs and pains oppress'd ? Woe fays that Death's a welcome guest ? Tho ' fure to cure our evils all , He's the laft doctor we wou'd call . We think ...
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... pleasures can dispense , Or pleasures pall upon the fenfe ; When the eye feels departing fight , And rolls its orb in vain for light ; When music's joys no longer cheer The fick'ning heart , or heavy ear ; Or when my aching limbs ...
... pleasures can dispense , Or pleasures pall upon the fenfe ; When the eye feels departing fight , And rolls its orb in vain for light ; When music's joys no longer cheer The fick'ning heart , or heavy ear ; Or when my aching limbs ...
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... pleasures dear , And feal'd your own deftruction here . Inflam'd your reckoning too above , By midnight bowls , and lawless love . Warning , you know , I gave betimes- Now go , and anfwer for your crimes . Oh my good lord , reprefs the ...
... pleasures dear , And feal'd your own deftruction here . Inflam'd your reckoning too above , By midnight bowls , and lawless love . Warning , you know , I gave betimes- Now go , and anfwer for your crimes . Oh my good lord , reprefs the ...
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... prove a spring , Whence pleasures ever rife : We'll form their minds with ftudious care , To all that's manly , good , and fair , And train them for the fkies . While they our wifest hours engage , They'll joy our While 66 VARIOUS PIECES .
... prove a spring , Whence pleasures ever rife : We'll form their minds with ftudious care , To all that's manly , good , and fair , And train them for the fkies . While they our wifest hours engage , They'll joy our While 66 VARIOUS PIECES .
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Страница viii - Why is our food fo very fweet ? Becaufe we earn before we eat. Why are our wants fo very few ? Becaufe we Nature's calls purfue. Whence our complacency of mind ? Becaufe we act our parts affign'd.