The wild garland; or, Curiosities of poetry, selected by I.J. Reeve, 2. köideIsaac Jack Reeve 1866 |
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Anacreon asked AUSONIUS bard beauty BEN JONSON BISHOP boast charms Chirognomy Church Colley Cibber court COWPER cried DEAN dear death devil doctor doth Earl Eikon Basilike Epigram eyes fair fame following epigram folly fool fortune French Garrick George give grace GREEK happy head heart Heaven honour HORACE WALPOLE IMPROMPTU JOHN king kiss LADY Le Mann live Lord MARRIAGE marry mind Miss mortal ne'er never nose numbers o'er once Oxford PASQUINADE pleasure POEM poet poor Pope praise pray Queen QUEEN CAROLINE quoth replied rich rose SATIRICAL SIR JOHN HARRINGTON Sir Roger L'Estrange smile soul sure sweet SWIFT Teetotum tell thee THEODORE HOOK there's thine thing thou thought tongue TRANSLATION true truth twas twill verse VINCENT BOURNE Whigs Whilst wife wise wish WITTY AND HUMOROUS woman WRITTEN young youth
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Page 281 - Live while you live, the Epicure would say, And seize the pleasures of the present day. Live while you live, the sacred Preacher cries, And give to God each moment as it flies.
Page 250 - Knowledge and wisdom, far from being one, Have ofttimes no connection. Knowledge dwells In heads replete with thoughts of other men, Wisdom in minds attentive to their own.
Page 203 - Sweet Swan of Avon ! what a sight it were To see thee in our waters yet appear, And make those flights upon the banks of Thames, That so did take Eliza, and our James...
Page 252 - LIKE to the falling of a star, Or as the flights of eagles are, Or like the fresh spring's gaudy hue, Or silver drops of morning dew, Or like a wind that chafes the flood, Or bubbles which on water stood : Even such is man, whose borrowed light Is straight called in and paid to-night.
Page 253 - Know, nature's children all divide her care ; The fur that warms a monarch, warm'da bear. While man exclaims,
Page 265 - THE wretch, condemn'd with life to part, Still, still on hope relies ; And every pang that rends the heart, Bids expectation rise. Hope, like the glimmering taper's light, Adorns and cheers the way ; And still, as darker grows the night, Emits a brighter ray.
Page 262 - Honour or wealth with all his worth and pains ! It sounds like stories from the land of spirits, If any man obtain that which he merits, Or any merit that which he obtains.
Page 279 - If solid happiness we prize, Within our breast this jewel lies ; And they are fools who roam : The world has nothing to bestow ; From our own selves our joys must flow, And that dear hut, our home.
Page 79 - GOOD people all, with one accord, Lament for Madam Blaize, Who never wanted a good word— From those who spoke her praise. The needy seldom pass'd her door, And always found her kind; She freely lent to all the poor— Who left a pledge behind.
Page 283 - tis madness to defer : Next day the fatal precedent will plead ; Thus on, till wisdom is push'd out of life. Procrastination is the thief of time ; Year after year it steals, till all are fled, . And to the mercies of a moment leaves The vast concerns of an eternal scene.