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Page 51
... pleasure , and they fly from pain ; Their judgment mends the plan their fancy draws , Th ' event presages , and explores the cause . The soft returns of gratitude they know , By fraud elude , by force repel the foe , While mutual wishes ...
... pleasure , and they fly from pain ; Their judgment mends the plan their fancy draws , Th ' event presages , and explores the cause . The soft returns of gratitude they know , By fraud elude , by force repel the foe , While mutual wishes ...
Page 78
... Pleasure arising from Vicissi- tude " is now generally given . I reproduce here such of them as are complete in form , though even these do not appear to have received the poet's final revising touch . It is a matter for great regret ...
... Pleasure arising from Vicissi- tude " is now generally given . I reproduce here such of them as are complete in form , though even these do not appear to have received the poet's final revising touch . It is a matter for great regret ...
Page 80
... Pleasure leads , See a kindred Grief pursue ; Behind the steps that Misery treads , Approaching Comfort view ; The hues of Bliss more brightly glow , Chastised by sabler tints of woe ; And blended form , with artful strife , The ...
... Pleasure leads , See a kindred Grief pursue ; Behind the steps that Misery treads , Approaching Comfort view ; The hues of Bliss more brightly glow , Chastised by sabler tints of woe ; And blended form , with artful strife , The ...
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