A Collection of Poems in Six Volumes, Volume 6For R. and J. Dodsley, at Tully's-Head in Pall-Mall, 1763 - 336 pages |
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Page 82
... never will refume her reign ; On this vain hope adulterers , thieves rely , And to this altar vile affaffins fly . " But rules not God by general laws divine ? " Man's vice , or virtues change not the defign . " What laws are thefe ...
... never will refume her reign ; On this vain hope adulterers , thieves rely , And to this altar vile affaffins fly . " But rules not God by general laws divine ? " Man's vice , or virtues change not the defign . " What laws are thefe ...
Page 98
... never fail to find My vacant folitude inclin'd Thy ferious leffons to attend , For they I ween shall be with goodness fraught , Whether thou bid me meditate On man , in untaught nature's state ; How far this life he ought to prize ; How ...
... never fail to find My vacant folitude inclin'd Thy ferious leffons to attend , For they I ween shall be with goodness fraught , Whether thou bid me meditate On man , in untaught nature's state ; How far this life he ought to prize ; How ...
Page 118
... never more fhall his old restless foes Awake his fears , nor trouble his repofe ? 470 475 Never . 1 In righteous habitude inur'd , From Paflion's baneful anarchy fecur'd , In each enticing fcene , each inftant hard , That fovereign ...
... never more fhall his old restless foes Awake his fears , nor trouble his repofe ? 470 475 Never . 1 In righteous habitude inur'd , From Paflion's baneful anarchy fecur'd , In each enticing fcene , each inftant hard , That fovereign ...
Page 120
... never never found 525 Where Knowledge dwells , ' tis interdicted ground , At Wisdom's gate th ' Opinions must refign Their charge , thofe limits their employ confine . Thus trading barks , fkill'd in the wat'ry road , To distant climes ...
... never never found 525 Where Knowledge dwells , ' tis interdicted ground , At Wisdom's gate th ' Opinions must refign Their charge , thofe limits their employ confine . Thus trading barks , fkill'd in the wat'ry road , To distant climes ...
Page 121
... Never ( he calls ) on Fortune's faith rely , Nor grafp her dubious gifts as property . Let not her smile tranfport , her frown difmay , Nor praise , nor blame , nor wonder at her fway Which reafon never guides : ' tis fortune ftill ...
... Never ( he calls ) on Fortune's faith rely , Nor grafp her dubious gifts as property . Let not her smile tranfport , her frown difmay , Nor praise , nor blame , nor wonder at her fway Which reafon never guides : ' tis fortune ftill ...
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