The Book of Gems: Pomfret to BloomfieldSamuel Carter Hall Saunders and Otley, 1837 |
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Page 12
... bear as well as I. Here shift the scene , to represent How those I love my death lament . Poor Pope will grieve a month , and Gay A week , and Arbuthnot a day . St. John himself will scarce forbear To bite his pen , and drop a tear ...
... bear as well as I. Here shift the scene , to represent How those I love my death lament . Poor Pope will grieve a month , and Gay A week , and Arbuthnot a day . St. John himself will scarce forbear To bite his pen , and drop a tear ...
Page 24
... never run sincere : Earth has no unpolluted spring , From the curs'd soil some dangerous taint they bear ; So roses grow on thorns , and honey wears a sting . In vain we seek a heaven below the sky ; 24 . WATTS . Earth and Heaven.
... never run sincere : Earth has no unpolluted spring , From the curs'd soil some dangerous taint they bear ; So roses grow on thorns , and honey wears a sting . In vain we seek a heaven below the sky ; 24 . WATTS . Earth and Heaven.
Page 27
... a short adieu , Impatient to be there . I feel my powers releas'd From their old fleshy clod ; Fair guardian , bear me up in haste , And set me near my God . JOHN PHILIPS , the son of Dr. Stephen Philips , WATTS . 27 Looking Upward.
... a short adieu , Impatient to be there . I feel my powers releas'd From their old fleshy clod ; Fair guardian , bear me up in haste , And set me near my God . JOHN PHILIPS , the son of Dr. Stephen Philips , WATTS . 27 Looking Upward.
Page 28
... bears , and always with a grace , easy , unforced , and natural . The poem is , like the subject of it , essentially English - the style is nervous , clear and comprehen- sive ; the writer , if rarely enthusiastic , is always ...
... bears , and always with a grace , easy , unforced , and natural . The poem is , like the subject of it , essentially English - the style is nervous , clear and comprehen- sive ; the writer , if rarely enthusiastic , is always ...
Page 34
... bears disappointment with phlegm , and joy with indifference . He was ever very much elated or depressed ; and his whole life was spent in agony or rapture " -yet he resolved that his spleen should not annoy his friends , and " when the ...
... bears disappointment with phlegm , and joy with indifference . He was ever very much elated or depressed ; and his whole life was spent in agony or rapture " -yet he resolved that his spleen should not annoy his friends , and " when the ...
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