...chain'd his country, say, Or he whose virtue sigh'd to lose a day ? ' But sometimes virtue starves, while vice is fed,' What then? Is the- reward of virtue...vice may merit, 'tis the price of toil ; The knave deserves it, when he tills the soil, The knave deserves it when he tempts the main, Where folly fights...

...looked at properly, is a consoling truth. So sings Alexander Pope: — But sometimes Virtue starves, while Vice is fed — What then ? Is the reward of Virtue bread ? If the knave is clever, he deserves his money. If rigging the market, and picking the pockets of...

...made for one. Ib. iii. 242. Order is heaven's first law. Ib. iv. 49. • But sometimes Virtue starves, while Vice is fed :' What then ? Is the reward of Virtue bread ? Ib. iv. 150. Honour and state from no condition rise ; Act well your part, there all the honour lies....

...chained his country, say, Or he whose virtue sighed to lose a day ? " But sometimes virtue starves, ubmission of our own faculties, and in the perfect...there can be no too much or too little, nothing us deserves it, when he tills the soil, The knave deserves it, when he tempts the main, Where folly fights...

...chain'd his country, say, Or he whose virtue sigh'd to lose a day ? ' But sometimes virtue starves, while vice is fed,' What then ? Is the reward of virtue...vice may merit, 'tis the price of toil ; The knave deserves it, when he tills the soil, The knave deserves it when he tempts the main, Where folly fights...

...say, Or he whose virtue sigh'd to lose a day ? ' But sometimes virtue starves, while vice is fed, 1 What then ? Is the reward of virtue bread ? That, vice may merit, 'tis the price of toil ; The knave deserves it, when he tills the soil, The knave deserves it when he tempts the main, Where folly fights...

...sigh'd to lose a day ? ' But sometimes virtue starves, while vice is fed,' What then ? Is the rewasd of virtue bread ? That, vice may merit, 'tis the price of toil ; The knave deserves it, when he tills the soil, The knave deserves it when he tempts the main, Where folly fights...

...would, One they must want — which is, to pass for good. Pope, EM iv. 89. But sometimes virtue starves while vice is fed, What then is the reward of virtue — bread ? Pupe^.M.lv.\SO. What nothing earthly gives, or can destroy, — The soul's calm sunshine, and the...

...hardly feel much confidence in a man who had never been imposed upon. (2) But sometimes virtue starves while vice is fed : What then ? is the reward of virtue bread ? (3) If this measure be right, would it have escaped the wisdom of those Saxon progenitors to whom...

...temperance alone, And peace ; O Virtue, peace is all thy own. IV. 149—175But sometimes Virtue starves while Vice is fed ; What then, is the reward of Virtue bread ? . . . What nothing earthly gives or can destroy, The soul's calm sunshine, and the heartfelt joy,...