A Collection of English Poems, 1660-1800Ronald Salmon Crane |
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... Pride that busy Sin Spoils all that I perform , Curs'd Pride , that creeps securely in , And swells a haughty Worm . Thy Glories I abate , Or praise thee with Design ; Some of thy Favors I forget , Or think the Merit mine . The very ...
... Pride that busy Sin Spoils all that I perform , Curs'd Pride , that creeps securely in , And swells a haughty Worm . Thy Glories I abate , Or praise thee with Design ; Some of thy Favors I forget , Or think the Merit mine . The very ...
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... Pride , the never - failing vice of fools . Whatever Nature has in worth deny'd , 190 195 200 205 She gives in large recruits of needful Pride ; For as in bodies , thus in souls , we find What wants in blood and spirits , swell'd with ...
... Pride , the never - failing vice of fools . Whatever Nature has in worth deny'd , 190 195 200 205 She gives in large recruits of needful Pride ; For as in bodies , thus in souls , we find What wants in blood and spirits , swell'd with ...
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... pride , from pride , our very reas'ning springs ; Account for moral , as for natʼral things : Why charge we Heav'n in those , in these acquit ? In both , to reason right is to submit . Better for Us , perhaps , it might appear , Were ...
... pride , from pride , our very reas'ning springs ; Account for moral , as for natʼral things : Why charge we Heav'n in those , in these acquit ? In both , to reason right is to submit . Better for Us , perhaps , it might appear , Were ...
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ABRAHAM COWLEY 161816331667 | 1 |
SIR WILLIAM DAVENANT 160616351668 | 12 |
SIR JOHN DENHAM 161516421669 | 20 |
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