A Collection of Poems in Six Volumes, Band 2Robert Dodsley J. Dodsley, 1782 |
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... Law - giver b of old , Who rais'd on Virtue's base his well - built ftate , Exiling from her walls barbaric gold , With all the mischiefs that upon it wait , Corruption , a Gilbert Weft was the fon of Dr. Weft , by a fifter of Sir ...
... Law - giver b of old , Who rais'd on Virtue's base his well - built ftate , Exiling from her walls barbaric gold , With all the mischiefs that upon it wait , Corruption , a Gilbert Weft was the fon of Dr. Weft , by a fifter of Sir ...
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... Laws , by diploma , for his excellent book on the Resurrection . In 1752 , he became one of the Clerks of the Privy Council , and his friend Mr. Pitt about the fame time made him Treasurer of Chelsea Hofpital . He did not long enjoy ...
... Laws , by diploma , for his excellent book on the Resurrection . In 1752 , he became one of the Clerks of the Privy Council , and his friend Mr. Pitt about the fame time made him Treasurer of Chelsea Hofpital . He did not long enjoy ...
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... laws . " Till fierce Paulinus , and his Roman bands , Them , and their gods defying , drove them thence To feek for fhelter in Hibernian shades . Yet fill enamour'd of their ancient haunts , Unfeen of mortal eyes , they hover round ...
... laws . " Till fierce Paulinus , and his Roman bands , Them , and their gods defying , drove them thence To feek for fhelter in Hibernian shades . Yet fill enamour'd of their ancient haunts , Unfeen of mortal eyes , they hover round ...
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... laws : Elfe would that headstrong beaft the multitude Forget obedience , and its rider's voice Difdain . But fhall the rider put a curb In his own mouth ? The laws that kings have made Shall they restrain the makers ? Edward , no ! For ...
... laws : Elfe would that headstrong beaft the multitude Forget obedience , and its rider's voice Difdain . But fhall the rider put a curb In his own mouth ? The laws that kings have made Shall they restrain the makers ? Edward , no ! For ...
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... law . No : I embrac'd her as the child of heav'n , Dow'r'd with the ample means of doing good ; From whofe efpoufals I might hope to raise An offspring , worth th ' ambition of a king , Immortal glory ; to a gen'rous mind As far ...
... law . No : I embrac'd her as the child of heav'n , Dow'r'd with the ample means of doing good ; From whofe efpoufals I might hope to raise An offspring , worth th ' ambition of a king , Immortal glory ; to a gen'rous mind As far ...
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Seite 272 - finew ftrains, Thofe in the deeper vitals rage ; Lo, poverty, to fill the band, That numbs the foul with icy hand, And flow-confuming age. To each his fuff'rings : all are men, Condemn'd alike to groan, The tender for another's pain ; Th' unfeeling for his own. Yet ah ! why mould they know their fate ! Since forrow never comes too late, And
Seite 275 - their gayly-gilded trim Quick-glancing to the fun d . IV, To Contemplation's fober eye ' Such is the race of man : And they that creep, and they that fly, Shall end where they began. Alike the bufy and the gay But flutter through life's little day, In fortune's varying colours
Seite 274 - reclin'd in ruftic ftate) How vain the ardour of the crowd, How low, how little are the proud, How indigent the great b ! III. Still is the toiling hand of care: The panting herds repofe : Yet hark, how through the peopled air The bufy murmur glows! ^ The
Seite 270 - Still as they run, they look behind* They hear a voice in every wind* And fnatch a fearful joy. Gay hope is theirs by fancy fed, Lefs pleafing when poflefs'd ; The tear forgot as foon as fhed. The
Seite 272 - Lo, in the vale of years beneath, A grifly troop are feen, The painful family of death, More hideous than their queen ; This racks the joints, this fires the veins, That every
Seite 273 - flowers, And wake the purple year ! The ATTIC warbler pours her throat Refponfive to the cuckow's note, The untaught harmony of fpring : While whifp'ring pleafure as they fly, Cool Zephyrs through the clear blue fky Their
Seite 78 - term affign'd to her here, In the uniform praftice of Religion and Virtue. MADE to engage all hearts, and charm all eyes ; Tho* meek, magnanimous ; tho' witty, wife ; Polite, as all her life in courts had been ; Yet good, as fhe the world had never feen
Seite 79 - The noble fire of an exalted mind, With gentle female tendernefs combin'd. Her Speech was the melodious voice of Love, Her Song the warbling of the vernal Grove ; Her Eloquence was fweeter than her Song, Soft as her Heart, and as her Reafon ftrong ;' Her Form each beauty of her mind exprefs'd, Her mind was Virtue by the Graces drefs'd. ON
Seite 69 - guide ? Ah ! where is now the hand whofe tender care To every Virtue would have form'd your Youth, And ftrew'd with flow'rs the thorny ways of Truth ? O lofs beyond repair! O wretched Father left alone To weep their dire misfortune, and thy own! How fhall thy
Seite 68 - But thofe, the gentleft and the beft, Whofe holy flames with energy divine The virtuous heart enliven and improve. The conjugal, and the maternal love. VI. Sweet babes, who, like the little playful fawns. Were wont to trip along thefe verdant lawns By