The Oxford Book of Eighteenth Century VerseDavid Nichol Smith Clarendon Press, 1971 - 727 pages |
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Page 70
... Virtue in Mankind The Nutriment that feeds the Mind ? Upheld by each good Action past , And still continued by the last : Then , who with Reason can pretend , That all Effects of Virtue end ? Believe me Stella , when you show That true ...
... Virtue in Mankind The Nutriment that feeds the Mind ? Upheld by each good Action past , And still continued by the last : Then , who with Reason can pretend , That all Effects of Virtue end ? Believe me Stella , when you show That true ...
Page 166
... virtue priz'd.— Alas ! to foreign climates he ' s confin'd , Or else to see thee here I well surmiz'd : Thou too , my Swift , dost breathe Baotian air ; When wilt thou bring back wit and humour here ? Harcourt I see for eloquence renown ...
... virtue priz'd.— Alas ! to foreign climates he ' s confin'd , Or else to see thee here I well surmiz'd : Thou too , my Swift , dost breathe Baotian air ; When wilt thou bring back wit and humour here ? Harcourt I see for eloquence renown ...
Page 322
... Virtue call'd Oblivion to her Aid . Then crush'd by Rules , and weaken'd as refin'd , For Years the Pow'r of Tragedy declin'd ; From Bard , to Bard , the frigid Caution crept , Till Declamation roar'd , while Passion slept . Yet still ...
... Virtue call'd Oblivion to her Aid . Then crush'd by Rules , and weaken'd as refin'd , For Years the Pow'r of Tragedy declin'd ; From Bard , to Bard , the frigid Caution crept , Till Declamation roar'd , while Passion slept . Yet still ...
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