The Works of the English Poets, 1. köideH. Hughs, 1779 - 407 pages |
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... pleasures , all the world , for me . " Thou neither great at court , nor in the war , " Nor at th ' exchange , shalt be , nor at the wrangling " Content thyself with the fniall barren praife , [ bar : “ That neglected verse does raise ...
... pleasures , all the world , for me . " Thou neither great at court , nor in the war , " Nor at th ' exchange , shalt be , nor at the wrangling " Content thyself with the fniall barren praife , [ bar : “ That neglected verse does raise ...
Page 41
... pleasures fpare : Since the whole stock may soon exhausted be , Bestow ' t not all in charity . Let Nature and let Art do what they please , When all ' s done , Life is an incurable disease . LIFE AND FAME . Ο H , Life ! thou Nothing's ...
... pleasures fpare : Since the whole stock may soon exhausted be , Bestow ' t not all in charity . Let Nature and let Art do what they please , When all ' s done , Life is an incurable disease . LIFE AND FAME . Ο H , Life ! thou Nothing's ...
Page 44
... pleasure could express . Oh , ' tis too much for man ! but let it ne'er be lefs ! The mighty ' Elijah mounted fo on high , That second man who leap'd the ditch where all The rest of mankind fall , And went not downwards to the fky ...
... pleasure could express . Oh , ' tis too much for man ! but let it ne'er be lefs ! The mighty ' Elijah mounted fo on high , That second man who leap'd the ditch where all The rest of mankind fall , And went not downwards to the fky ...
Page 92
... pleasure then to take his breath , 615 " When he shall strive and wrestle with his death ; 620 " Go , let him live- And yet shall I then stay " So long ? good and great actions hate delay . Some foolish piety perhaps , or he 625 " That ...
... pleasure then to take his breath , 615 " When he shall strive and wrestle with his death ; 620 " Go , let him live- And yet shall I then stay " So long ? good and great actions hate delay . Some foolish piety perhaps , or he 625 " That ...
Page 130
... pleasure which o'erflow'd him here : It broke the fetters , and burst ope his eye ; Away the timorous forms together fly : Fix'd with amaze he ftood ; and time muft take , To learn if yet he were at last awake . Sometimes he thinks that ...
... pleasure which o'erflow'd him here : It broke the fetters , and burst ope his eye ; Away the timorous forms together fly : Fix'd with amaze he ftood ; and time muft take , To learn if yet he were at last awake . Sometimes he thinks that ...
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