 | John Bell - 1789 - 426 pages
...Slopes the vale, and spreads the lawn ; As if sportive nature meant, Here to mock the works of Kent. Come, and with thee bring along • Jocund tale and...witty song, Sense to teach, and words to move, Arts that please, adorn, improve ; And, to gild the glorious scene, Conscience spotless and serene. Poor... | |
 | Frances Seymour Duchess of Somerset - 1805 - 332 pages
...fraught, Rise by magic pow'r of thought; While, remote from real pelf, Here thou shall enjoy thyself. Come: and with thee bring along Jocund tale and witty song ; Sense to teach ; and words to move; Arts that please, adorn, improve; And, to gild the glorious scene, Conscience spotless and serene. Wretched... | |
 | Horace Walpole - 1806 - 478 pages
...an ode and two epistles to lord Chesterfield. One of the latter from Howth Hills thus invites — " Come, and with thee bring along Jocund tale and witty song ; Sense to teach and words to move, Arts that please, adorn, improve ; And to gild the glorious scene, Conscience spotless and serene." u 3... | |
 | Horace Walpole - 1806 - 540 pages
...epistles to lord Chesterfield. One of the latter, from Howth-Hills, thus invites — " Come, and with thec bring along Jocund tale and witty song ; Sense to teach and words to move, Arts that please, adorn, improve ; And to gild the glorious scene, Conscience spotless and serene." There... | |
 | Claud Nugent - 1898 - 424 pages
...Slopes the vale, and spreads the lawn ; As if sportive nature meant, Here to mock the works of Kent. Come, and with thee bring along Jocund tale and witty song, Sense to teach, and words to move, Arts that please, adorn, improve ; And, to gild the glorious scene, Conscience spotless and serene. Poor... | |
 | Andrew Carpenter - 1998 - 662 pages
...Slopes the vale, and spreads the lawn; As if sportive nature meant, Here to mock the works of Kent.3 Come, and with thee bring along Jocund tale and witty song, Sense to teach, and words to move, Arts that please, adorn, improve; And, to gild the glorious scene, Conscience spotless and serene. 40 Poor... | |
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