A Collection of Poems ...Robert Dodsley J. Hughs, 1758 |
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... vain ! " Heed not what flander , vain Detractor , fays : " Slander , ftill prompt , true merit to defame ; " To blot the brightest worth , and blaft the fairest name . " XI . By this , arrived the fair majestic maid : ( She all the ...
... vain ! " Heed not what flander , vain Detractor , fays : " Slander , ftill prompt , true merit to defame ; " To blot the brightest worth , and blaft the fairest name . " XI . By this , arrived the fair majestic maid : ( She all the ...
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... vain mistaken wretch , are thine ! ( Virtue with scorn reply'd :) " who sleep'st in ease " Infenfate ; whose soft limbs the toil decline " That feafons blifs , and makes enjoyment please . " Draining the copious bowl , ere thirst ...
... vain mistaken wretch , are thine ! ( Virtue with scorn reply'd :) " who sleep'st in ease " Infenfate ; whose soft limbs the toil decline " That feafons blifs , and makes enjoyment please . " Draining the copious bowl , ere thirst ...
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... Vain , idle , delicate , in thoughtless ease " Referving woes for age their prime they spend ; " All wretched , hopeless , in the evil days " With forrow to the verge of life they tend . " Griev'd , with the prefent ; of the paft ...
... Vain , idle , delicate , in thoughtless ease " Referving woes for age their prime they spend ; " All wretched , hopeless , in the evil days " With forrow to the verge of life they tend . " Griev'd , with the prefent ; of the paft ...
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... vain she spreads her once - victorious fails : Or fear , or rashness , in her chiefs prevails ; And wildly these prevent , those bafely fhun the fight ; Content with humble praife , the foe Avoids the long impending blow ; Improves the ...
... vain she spreads her once - victorious fails : Or fear , or rashness , in her chiefs prevails ; And wildly these prevent , those bafely fhun the fight ; Content with humble praife , the foe Avoids the long impending blow ; Improves the ...
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... vain expence ; To celebrate with flaunting air The midnight revels of the fair ; Studious of ev'ry praise , but virtue , truth , and sense . VIII . Thus leffon'd in intrigue her early thought improves , Nor meditates in vain forbidden ...
... vain expence ; To celebrate with flaunting air The midnight revels of the fair ; Studious of ev'ry praise , but virtue , truth , and sense . VIII . Thus leffon'd in intrigue her early thought improves , Nor meditates in vain forbidden ...
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