 I've felt each reverse that from fortune can flow. That I've tasted each bliss that the happiest know, Has still been the whimsical fate of my life, Where anguish and joy have been evtr at strife. But, though vers'd in th' extremes both of pleasure and...  The Universal Magazine - Page 3521805Full view - About this book
 | 1778 - 626 pages
...intensely em ploy 'd., Or by pleasure relax'tl, by variety c-Niy'd ? For alike in this only, employment ami pain, Both slacken the springs of those nerves which...fortune can flow, That I've tasted each bliss that the happic-st know, Has still been the \\hinisical fate of my lite, . Where anguish and joy have been ever... | |
 | 1782 - 516 pages
...never fufficient for me. . Is my mind on diftrefs too intenfely employ'd, Or by«pleafure relax'd, by variety cloy'd? For, alike in this only, enjoyment and pain, Both flacken the fprings of thofe nerves which they flrain. That I've felt each reverie that from fortune... | |
 | 1783 - 286 pages
...was never fufficient for me. Is my mind on diftrefs too intenfely employ'd, Or by pleafure relax'd, by variety cloy'd ? For alike in this only, enjoyment and pain Both flacken the fprings of thofe nerves which they ftrain. That I've felt each reverfe that from fortune... | |
 | 1783 - 800 pages
...was never fufficient for me. Is my mind on diftreft too intenfcly employ'd ? Or by pleafiire relax'd, by variety cloy'd ? For, alike in this only, enjoyment and pain Both fl ickt-ii the fprings of thofe nerves which they drain. that I've felt each reverfe that from fortune... | |
 | 1785 - 304 pages
...was never fufficient for me-. Is my mind on diftrefs too intenfely employ'd, Or by pleafure relax'd, by variety cloy'd ? For alike in this only, enjoyment and pain Both flacken the fprings of thofe nerves which they ftrain, That I've felt each reverfe that from fortune... | |
 | John Almon - 1786 - 338 pages
...was never fufficient'for me. Is my mind on diftrefs too intenfely employ'd, Or by pleafure relax'd, by variety cloy'd ? For alike in this only, enjoyment and pain, Both flacken the fprings of thofe nerves which thejr flrain. That I've felt each reverje that from fortune... | |
 | 1808 - 496 pages
...for me. Is my mind on distress so intensely employ '<1, Or by pleasure relax'd, or variety cloy'df For alike in this only, enjoyment and pain Both slacken the springs of the nerves which they strain. That I've felt each reverse which frqm fortune can flow, That I've tasted... | |
 | 1818 - 596 pages
...was never sufficient for me. Is my mind on distress too intensely employ'd. Or by pleasure relax'd, by variety cloy'd? For alike in this only, enjoyment...strain. That I've felt each reverse that from fortune cnn flow, That I've tasted each bliss that the happiest know, Has still been the whimsical fate of... | |
 | Cupid - 1826 - 252 pages
...was never sufficient for me. Is my mind on distress too intensely employ'd,. Or by pleasure relax'd, by variety cloy'd > For alike in this only, enjoyment...slacken the springs of those nerves which they strain j That I've felt each reverse that from fortune can flow, That I've tasted each bliss that the happiest... | |
 | Horace Walpole, William Mason - 1851 - 478 pages
...was never sufficient for me. Is my mind on distress so intensely employed ? Or by pleasure relaxed or variety cloy'd ? For alike in this only enjoyment and pain Both slacken the springs of the nerves which they strain, That I've felt each reverse that from fortune can flow, That I've tasted... | |
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