Bell's Classical Arrangement of Fugitive Poetry: Vol. V.John Bell, 1789 - 200 páginas |
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... voice the vain and vile obey , And every foe to wisdom feels her sway . Smarts , pedants , as she smiles , no more are vain ; Desponding fops resign the clouded cane : Hush'd at her voice , pert folly's self is still , And dulness ...
... voice the vain and vile obey , And every foe to wisdom feels her sway . Smarts , pedants , as she smiles , no more are vain ; Desponding fops resign the clouded cane : Hush'd at her voice , pert folly's self is still , And dulness ...
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... voice , O doom'd to shame , Thou fiend accurs'd , thou murderer of fame ! Fell ravisher , from innocence to tear That name , than liberty , than life more dear ! Where shall thy baseness meet its just return , Or what repay thy guilt ...
... voice , O doom'd to shame , Thou fiend accurs'd , thou murderer of fame ! Fell ravisher , from innocence to tear That name , than liberty , than life more dear ! Where shall thy baseness meet its just return , Or what repay thy guilt ...
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... voice , and form'd thy infant tongue , Next , to her bard majestic Wisdom came ; The bard enraptur'd caught the heav'nly flame : With taste superior scorn'd the venal tribe ; Whom fear can sway , or guilty greatness bribe ; At fancy's ...
... voice , and form'd thy infant tongue , Next , to her bard majestic Wisdom came ; The bard enraptur'd caught the heav'nly flame : With taste superior scorn'd the venal tribe ; Whom fear can sway , or guilty greatness bribe ; At fancy's ...
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... voice ; How nations sink , by darling schemes oppress'd , When vengeance listens to the fool's request . Fate wings with every wish th ' afflictive dart , Each gift of nature , and each grace of art ; Epist . II . EPISTLES SATIRICAL , & c .
... voice ; How nations sink , by darling schemes oppress'd , When vengeance listens to the fool's request . Fate wings with every wish th ' afflictive dart , Each gift of nature , and each grace of art ; Epist . II . EPISTLES SATIRICAL , & c .
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... voice declare , Search every state , and canvass every prayer . Unnumber'd suppliants crowd Preferment's gate , Athirst for wealth , and burning to be great ; Delusive Fortune hears th ' incessant call , They mount , they shine ...
... voice declare , Search every state , and canvass every prayer . Unnumber'd suppliants crowd Preferment's gate , Athirst for wealth , and burning to be great ; Delusive Fortune hears th ' incessant call , They mount , they shine ...
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Bard beauty Behold Bishop of Gloucester boast bold breast Brentford bright Britain's charms Colley Cibber court dare Democritus destin'd e'er Emperor of China EPISTLES SATIRICAL eunuchs ev'n facundia fair fame fancy Fashion fate fav'rite fear fire flame folly fool frown genius gibbets give glory gold golden reign good-natur'd grace Graecian haec hate hear heart heav'n honor hope Houyhnhnm ibid king land laugh lie Fit lord mankind merit mighty mind Muse ne'er Newmarket night numbers nunc o'er once passion Pindaric pleas'd Poet Pope pow'r praise pride quae Quam quid quod rage refin'd reign resistless ridicule rise risum SATIRE's SATIRICAL AND PRECEPTIVE scarce scenes scorn sense shame shew shine shun skies slave smile speak taste thou thought toil tongue truth Tyburn vice vide virtue Virtue's voice wise words Wreath youth
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Página 20 - His fall was destined to a barren strand, A petty fortress, and a dubious hand ; He left the name, at which the world grew pale, To point a moral, or adorn a tale.
Página 19 - The march begins in military state, And nations on his eye suspended wait; Stern Famine guards the solitary coast, And Winter barricades the realms of Frost; He comes, nor want nor cold his course delay; — Hide, blushing glory, hide Pultowa's day...
Página 16 - Speak thou whose thoughts at humble peace repine, Shall Wolsey's wealth, with Wolsey's end, be thine ? Or liv'st thou now, with safer pride content, The wisest justice on the banks of Trent ? For why did Wolsey, near the steeps of fate, On weak foundations raise th...
Página 23 - Lydia's monarch should the search descend, By Solon caution'd to regard his end, In life's last scene what prodigies surprise, Fears of the brave, and follies of the wise? From Marlb'rough's eyes the streams of dotage flow, And Swift expires a driveller and a show.
Página 17 - Should no disease thy torpid veins invade, Nor Melancholy's phantoms haunt thy shade ; Yet hope not life from grief or danger free, Nor think the doom of man revers'd for thee...
Página 12 - LET observation, with extensive view, Survey mankind, from China to Peru ; Remark each anxious toil, each eager strife, And watch the busy scenes of crowded life...
Página 19 - On what foundation stands the warrior's pride? How just his hopes, let Swedish Charles decide; A frame of adamant, a soul of fire, No dangers fright him, and no labours tire...
Página 24 - Where then shall hope and fear their objects find ? Must dull suspense corrupt the stagnant mind ? Must helpless man, in ignorance sedate, Roll darkling down the torrent of his fate...
Página 23 - The teeming mother anxious for her race, Begs for each birth the fortune of a face: Yet Vane could tell what ills from beauty spring; And Sedley curs'd the form that pleas'da king.
Página 29 - But what, my friend, what hope remains for me, Who start at theft, and blush at perjury ? Who scarce forbear, though Britain's court...