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... first edition . He laments him as a friend , and has given fome sketches of his genius . To teach our paffions fecret fprings Was his peculiar care , And deep his genius div'd In bofoms of the fair . Nature which favours to the few ...
... first edition . He laments him as a friend , and has given fome sketches of his genius . To teach our paffions fecret fprings Was his peculiar care , And deep his genius div'd In bofoms of the fair . Nature which favours to the few ...
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... First beyond time our thoughts to raise , Then lash our love of tranfient praise ; In both we own thy doctrine just , And fame's a breath , and men are duft . 1736 . 10 15 20 25 28 . J. BANCKS A PREFACE . S the occafion of this poem was ...
... First beyond time our thoughts to raise , Then lash our love of tranfient praise ; In both we own thy doctrine just , And fame's a breath , and men are duft . 1736 . 10 15 20 25 28 . J. BANCKS A PREFACE . S the occafion of this poem was ...
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... first inftant its idea fair 360 To labouring thought is born . How dim our eye ! The prefent moment terminates our fight ; Clouds , thick as thofe on doomsday , drown the next : We penetrate , we prophefy in vain . Time is dealt out by ...
... first inftant its idea fair 360 To labouring thought is born . How dim our eye ! The prefent moment terminates our fight ; Clouds , thick as thofe on doomsday , drown the next : We penetrate , we prophefy in vain . Time is dealt out by ...
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... First , on thy friend , deliberate with thyself ; 565 Paufe , ponder , fift ; not eager in the choice , Nor jealous of the chosen ; fixing , fix , Judge before friendship , then confide till death . Well , for thy friend ; but nobler ...
... First , on thy friend , deliberate with thyself ; 565 Paufe , ponder , fift ; not eager in the choice , Nor jealous of the chosen ; fixing , fix , Judge before friendship , then confide till death . Well , for thy friend ; but nobler ...
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... first votary - but not thy laft , If , like thy namefake , thou art ever kind . And kind thou wilt be , kind on fuch a theme ; 55 A theme fo like thee , a quite lunar theme , Soft , modeft , melancholy , female fair ! A theme that rofe ...
... first votary - but not thy laft , If , like thy namefake , thou art ever kind . And kind thou wilt be , kind on fuch a theme ; 55 A theme fo like thee , a quite lunar theme , Soft , modeft , melancholy , female fair ! A theme that rofe ...
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againſt ambition angels art thou bleffings blefs'd blifs bofom boundleſs breaſt caufe cauſe dæmons darkneſs death defcend Deity deſpair diftant divine doft dread duft earth endleſs eternal ev'ry facred fafe fame fate fatires fcene feems feen fenfe fhades fhall fhines fhould figh fight fkies flain fleeps fmile foar foft fome fong fons foon forrow foul fpirit ftars ftill ftrange ftrike fuch fure glory grave grief guilt happineſs heart heaven himſelf human illuftrious immortal juft laft lefs life's loft Lorenzo luftre man's moft mortal moſt muft muſt Nature Nature's ne'er night nought numbers o'er paffion paft pain paſt peace pleaſure pow'r praife praiſe prefent pride proud reafon rife ſcene ſhall ſkies ſmile ſphere ſtars ſtill thee thefe theme theſe thine thofe thoſe thought thouſand thro throne truth univerfal virtue whofe wifdom wife wing wretched
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Page 43 - The chamber where the good man meets his fate, Is privileg'd beyond the common walk Of virtuous life, quite in the verge of heav'n.
Page 25 - tis madness to defer ; Next day the fatal precedent will plead ; Thus on, till wisdom is push'd out of life. Procrastination is the thief of time ; Year after year it steals, till all are fled, And to the mercies of a moment leaves The vast concerns of an eternal scene.
Page 15 - From short (as usual) and disturb'd repose I wake : how happy they who wake no more ! Yet that were vain, if dreams infest the grave.
Page 197 - All the black cares and tumults of this life, Like harmless thunders, breaking at his feet, Excite his pity, not impair his peace.
Page 57 - While reason and religion, better taught, Congratulate the dead, and crown his tomb With wreath triumphant.
Page 62 - From darkness, teeming darkness, where I lay The worm's inferior, and, in rank, beneath The dust I tread on, high to bear my brow, To drink the spirit of the golden day, And triumph in existence ; and couldst know No motive, but my bliss ; and hast ordain'd A rise in blessing ! with the patriarch's joy...
Page 30 - How heavily we drag the load of life! Blest leisure is our curse; like that of Cain, It makes us wander, wander earth around, To fly that tyrant Thought. As Atlas groan'd The world beneath, we groan beneath an hour.
Page 25 - How excellent that life they ne'er will lead! Time lodg'd in their own hands is Folly's vails ; That lodg'd in Fate's to wisdom they consign ; The thing they can't but purpose they postpone.
Page 119 - Enjoy the various riches nature yields ; Far nobler ! give the riches they enjoy ; Give taste to fruits ; and harmony to groves ; Their radiant beams to gold, and gold's bright...
Page 21 - Here, plung'd in mines, forgets a sun was made. There, beings deathless as their haughty lord, Are hammer'd to the galling oar for life ; And plough the winter's wave, and reap despair. Some, for hard masters, broken under arms, In battle lopt away, with half their limbs, Beg bitter bread thro' realms their valour sav'd, If so the tyrant, or his minion, doom.