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... virtue a school - name , and despise the austere admonitions of the philosopher , and feel not the inward reasons they stand upon , yet will be contented to be delighted , which is all the good fellow Poet seems to promise , and so ...
... virtue a school - name , and despise the austere admonitions of the philosopher , and feel not the inward reasons they stand upon , yet will be contented to be delighted , which is all the good fellow Poet seems to promise , and so ...
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... Virtue alone . POPE . Know then this truth ( enough for man to " Virtue alone is Happiness below . " [ know ) The only point where human bliss stands still , And takes the good without the fall to ill ; Where only merit constant pay ...
... Virtue alone . POPE . Know then this truth ( enough for man to " Virtue alone is Happiness below . " [ know ) The only point where human bliss stands still , And takes the good without the fall to ill ; Where only merit constant pay ...
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... virtue lift its hopeless eye , And heavy sorrow vent the heartless sigh ! An absent God no abler to defend , Protect , or punish , than an absent friend ; Distant alike our wants and griefs to know , To ease the anguish , or prevent the ...
... virtue lift its hopeless eye , And heavy sorrow vent the heartless sigh ! An absent God no abler to defend , Protect , or punish , than an absent friend ; Distant alike our wants and griefs to know , To ease the anguish , or prevent the ...
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... virtue bleeds ? Why monsters , nature must with blushes own , By crimes grow pow'rful , and disgrace a throne ? To Zembla's rock thou send'st the cheerful Why saints and sages , mark'd in every age , O'er Libya's sands thou pour'st the ...
... virtue bleeds ? Why monsters , nature must with blushes own , By crimes grow pow'rful , and disgrace a throne ? To Zembla's rock thou send'st the cheerful Why saints and sages , mark'd in every age , O'er Libya's sands thou pour'st the ...
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... virtue's acre , as on rapine's stores , See Heav'n impartial deal the fruitful show'rs ! ' Life's common blessings all her children share , ' [ air ! Tread the same earth , and breathe a gen'ral Mark how the wretch his awful name blas ...
... virtue's acre , as on rapine's stores , See Heav'n impartial deal the fruitful show'rs ! ' Life's common blessings all her children share , ' [ air ! Tread the same earth , and breathe a gen'ral Mark how the wretch his awful name blas ...
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