The Oxford Book of Eighteenth Century VerseDavid Nichol Smith Clarendon Press, 1971 - 727 pages |
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Page 101
... fame : Then teach me , Heav'n ! to scorn the guilty bays ; Drive from my breast that wretched lust of praise ; Unblemish'd let me live , or die unknown ; Oh grant an honest fame , or grant me none ! The Temple of Fame , 1715 . 58 To Mr ...
... fame : Then teach me , Heav'n ! to scorn the guilty bays ; Drive from my breast that wretched lust of praise ; Unblemish'd let me live , or die unknown ; Oh grant an honest fame , or grant me none ! The Temple of Fame , 1715 . 58 To Mr ...
Page 158
... Fame , ( Which e'er our Sett of Friends decay Their frequent Steps may wear away ) A middle Race of Mortals own ... Fame they live , Are sensless of the Fame they give . Ha ! while I gaze , pale Cynthia fades , The bursting Earth ...
... Fame , ( Which e'er our Sett of Friends decay Their frequent Steps may wear away ) A middle Race of Mortals own ... Fame they live , Are sensless of the Fame they give . Ha ! while I gaze , pale Cynthia fades , The bursting Earth ...
Page 178
... fame , Nor he surviv'd to give , nor thou to claim . Swift after him thy social spirit flies , And close to his , how soon ! thy coffin lies . Blest pair ! whose union future bards shall tell In future tongues : each other's boast ...
... fame , Nor he surviv'd to give , nor thou to claim . Swift after him thy social spirit flies , And close to his , how soon ! thy coffin lies . Blest pair ! whose union future bards shall tell In future tongues : each other's boast ...
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