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Wyatt resteth here , that quick could never rest : Whose heavenly gifts increased
by disdain ; And virtue sank the deeper in his breast : Such profit he of envy could
obtain . * A head where wisdom mysteries could frame ; Whose hammers beat ...
Wyatt resteth here , that quick could never rest : Whose heavenly gifts increased
by disdain ; And virtue sank the deeper in his breast : Such profit he of envy could
obtain . * A head where wisdom mysteries could frame ; Whose hammers beat ...
Page 42
The objects selected for praise in his departed friend , are virtues of the purest
and most exalted nature . Faith in God , and a humble reliance on divine grace ;
abhorrence of sin ; love of virtue ; innocency of life ; and a steady devotion of
great ...
The objects selected for praise in his departed friend , are virtues of the purest
and most exalted nature . Faith in God , and a humble reliance on divine grace ;
abhorrence of sin ; love of virtue ; innocency of life ; and a steady devotion of
great ...
Page 114
O eyes ! which do the spheres of beauty move , Whose beams be heaven ,
whose joys all virtues be , Who while they make ... Where virtue is made strong
by beauty's might ,Where love is chastness , pain doth learn delight , And
humbleness ...
O eyes ! which do the spheres of beauty move , Whose beams be heaven ,
whose joys all virtues be , Who while they make ... Where virtue is made strong
by beauty's might ,Where love is chastness , pain doth learn delight , And
humbleness ...
Page 118
Who will in fairest book of nature know , How virtue may best lodged in beauty be
, Let him but learn of love to read in thee , Stella , those fair lines , which true
goodness shew ; There shall he find all vice's overthrow , Not by rude force , but ...
Who will in fairest book of nature know , How virtue may best lodged in beauty be
, Let him but learn of love to read in thee , Stella , those fair lines , which true
goodness shew ; There shall he find all vice's overthrow , Not by rude force , but ...
Page 354
The modest muse a veil with pity throws O'er vice's friends and virtue's female
foes .: Abash'd she views the bold , unblushing mien Of modern Manley ,
Centlivre , and Behn ; And grieves to see one nobly born disgrace Her modest
sex , and ...
The modest muse a veil with pity throws O'er vice's friends and virtue's female
foes .: Abash'd she views the bold , unblushing mien Of modern Manley ,
Centlivre , and Behn ; And grieves to see one nobly born disgrace Her modest
sex , and ...
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| Title | Kentish Poets. A series of writers in English poetry, natives or residents in the county of Kent; with specimens of their compositions and some account of their lives and writings. By R. F. |
| Author | Rowland FREEMAN |
| Publisher | G. Wood, 1821 |
| Original from | The British Library |
| Digitized | 4 Feb 2015 |
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