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" In starving solitude! while luxury, In palaces, lay straining her low thought— To form unreal wants: why heaven-born truth, And moderation fair, wore the red marks Of superstition's scourge: why licensed pain, That cruel spoiler, that embosom'd foe,... "
The seasons. To which is prefixed, the life of the author, by P. Murdoch ... - Page 229
by James Thomson - 1803
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The Works of the English Poets: With Prefaces, Biographical ..., Volumes 48-49

Samuel Johnson - 1779 - 628 pages
...and bitternefs of foul : 1055 Why the lone widow and her orphans pin'd la ftarving folitude ; whjle luxury, In palaces, lay ftraining her low thought,...heaven.born Truth, And Moderation fair, wore the red marks 1060 Of Superftition's fcourge : why licens'd Pain, That cruel fpoiler, that embofom'd foe, Imbitter'd...
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The Works of the English Poets: Thomson

Samuel Johnson - 1779 - 274 pages
...liv'd, And dy'd, negle&ed : why the good man's fhare In life was gall and bitternefs of foul : i055 Why the lone widow and her orphans pin'd In ftarving folitude ; while luxury, In palaces, lay flraining her low thought, To form unreal wants : why heaven-born Truth, And Moderation fair, wore...
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The Speaker: Or, Miscellaneous Pieces, Selected from the Best English ...

William Enfield - 1785 - 460 pages
...now the caufe, Why unaffuming worth in fecret liv'd, And dy'd, ncglefted : why the good Man's fhare In life was gall and bitternefs of foul : Why the...ftraining her low thought, To form unreal wants : why heaven- born truth, And moderation fair, wore the red marks Of fuperftition's fcourge : why licen/d...
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The works of the English poets. With prefaces, biographical and ..., Volume 54

English poets - 1790 - 292 pages
...And And dy'd, neglefted : why the good man's fhare Jn life was gall and bitternefs of foul : l°SS Why the lone widow and her orphans pin'd In ftarving folitude ; while luxury, In palaces, lay flraining her low thought, To form unreal wants : why heaven-born Truth, And Moderation fair, wore...
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Extracts, Elegant, Instructive, and Entertaining, in Poetry, Volume 1

Vicesimus Knox - 1791 - 966 pages
...life was gall and bitterncfs of foul : Why the lone widow and her orphans pin'd In fiarving folirudc ; while luxury, In palaces, lay ftraining her low thought,...truth, And moderation fair, wore the red marks Of fupcrfution's fcourge : why licens'd pain, That cruel fpoilcr, that cmbofom'd foe, » Embittcr'd all...
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Universal Magazine of Knowledge and Pleasure, Volume 91

1792 - 530 pages
...now the caufe, Why unaffuming worth in fecret liv'd, And dy'd, negleaed : why the good man's (hare In life was gall and bitternefs of foul : Why the lone widow and the orphan pin'd In ftarving folitude ; while Luxury, In palaces, lay draining her low thought, To...
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The Seasons: By James Thomson; with His Life, an Index, and Glossary ...

James Thomson - 1793 - 300 pages
...neglected: why the good Man's share In life was gall and bitterness of soul: 1O5S In palaces, lay straining her low thought, To form unreal wants : why heaven-born truth, And moderation fair, wore the red marks 1060 Of superstition's scourge: why licens'd pain, That cruel spoiler, that embosom'd foe, Imbitter'd...
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The Seasons

James Thomson, Robert Heron - 1793 - 384 pages
...liv'd, And died, neglected : why the good Man's mare In life was gall and bitternefs of foul: IO55 Why the lone widow and her orphans pin'd In ftarving folitude ; while luxury, In palaces, lay {training her low thought, To form unreal wants : why heaven-born truth, And moderation fair, wore...
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A Complete Edition of the Poets of Great Britain..: Swift. Thompson. Watts ...

1794 - 954 pages
...Why unaffuming worth in fecret liv'd, And dy'd, neglcfted : why the good man's (hare In life was gal! and bitternefs of foul : Why the lone widow and her...ftarving folitude ; while luxury, In palaces, lay draining her low thought, To form unreal wants : why heaven-bom truth, And moderation fair, wore the...
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The Works of the British Poets: With Prefaces, Biographical and ..., Volume 9

Robert Anderson - 1795 - 972 pages
...worth in fecrct liv'd, And dy'd, neglected : why the good man's (hare In life was gall and bittcrnefs of foul : Why the lone widow and her orphans pin'd...ftarving folitude ; while luxury, In palaces, lay draining her low thoaghf, To form unreal wants : why heaven-born truth, And moderation fair, wore the...
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