Miscellanea from the Works of John Sheffield, Duke of Buckingham |
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Wonder not a fancy'd bliss Can such griefs as mine remove ; That honour as fantastic is , Which makes you slight such constant love . The virtue which you value so , Is but a fancy frail and vain ; Nothing is solid here below , Except ...
Wonder not a fancy'd bliss Can such griefs as mine remove ; That honour as fantastic is , Which makes you slight such constant love . The virtue which you value so , Is but a fancy frail and vain ; Nothing is solid here below , Except ...
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As all is dulness , when the fancy's bad ; So , without judgment , fancy is but mad : And judgment has a boundless influence Not only in the choice of words , or sense , But on the world , on manners , and on men ; Fancy is but the ...
As all is dulness , when the fancy's bad ; So , without judgment , fancy is but mad : And judgment has a boundless influence Not only in the choice of words , or sense , But on the world , on manners , and on men ; Fancy is but the ...
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Their greatest fault , who in this kind have writ , Is not defect in words , or want of wit ; But should this muse harmonious numbers yield , And ev'ry couplet be with fancy fill'd ; If yet a just coherence be not made Between each ...
Their greatest fault , who in this kind have writ , Is not defect in words , or want of wit ; But should this muse harmonious numbers yield , And ev'ry couplet be with fancy fill'd ; If yet a just coherence be not made Between each ...
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A SHORT LIFE OF THE DUKE | 11 |
Loves SLAVERY AND OTHER POEMS page | 27 |
ON FRIENDSHIP page | 65 |
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