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... basely left , Betray'd , deserted ; from his airy height Headlong he falls ; and thro ' the rest of life , Drags the dull load of disappointment on . → AN ODE . ON READING SIR CHARLES GRANDISON , IN 36 VERSES WRITTEN AT BATH .
... basely left , Betray'd , deserted ; from his airy height Headlong he falls ; and thro ' the rest of life , Drags the dull load of disappointment on . → AN ODE . ON READING SIR CHARLES GRANDISON , IN 36 VERSES WRITTEN AT BATH .
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... ! the power of logic reigns With much sufficiency in royal brains . Such reasoning falls like an inverted cone , Wanting its proper base to stand upon . Man made for kings ! those optics are but dim TABLE TALK . 113 4I Table Talk ·
... ! the power of logic reigns With much sufficiency in royal brains . Such reasoning falls like an inverted cone , Wanting its proper base to stand upon . Man made for kings ! those optics are but dim TABLE TALK . 113 4I Table Talk ·
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... fall . B. True . While they live , the courtly laureate pays His quit - rent ode , his pepper - corn of praise , And many a dunce whose fingers itch to write , Adds , as he can , his tributary mite ; A subject's faults , a subject may ...
... fall . B. True . While they live , the courtly laureate pays His quit - rent ode , his pepper - corn of praise , And many a dunce whose fingers itch to write , Adds , as he can , his tributary mite ; A subject's faults , a subject may ...
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... me now . Angelic gratulations rend the skies , Pride falls unemptied , never more to rise ; Humility is crown'd , and faith receives the prize . → EXPOSTULATION . " Tantane , tam patiens , nullo certamine 54 TRUTH .
... me now . Angelic gratulations rend the skies , Pride falls unemptied , never more to rise ; Humility is crown'd , and faith receives the prize . → EXPOSTULATION . " Tantane , tam patiens , nullo certamine 54 TRUTH .
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... fall , Their woes , not yet repeal'd , thence date them all . O Israel , of all nations most undone ! Thy diadem displaced , thy sceptre gone ; Thy temple , once thy glory , fallen and rased , And thou a worshipper e'en where thou mayst ...
... fall , Their woes , not yet repeal'd , thence date them all . O Israel , of all nations most undone ! Thy diadem displaced , thy sceptre gone ; Thy temple , once thy glory , fallen and rased , And thou a worshipper e'en where thou mayst ...
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Page 324 - Ye fearful saints, fresh courage take ; The clouds ye so much dread Are big with mercy, and shall break In blessings on your head.
Page 165 - JOHN GILPIN was a citizen Of credit and renown, A trainband captain eke was he Of famous London town. John Gilpin's spouse said to her dear, Though wedded we have been These twice ten tedious years, yet we No holiday have seen. To-morrow is our wedding day, And we will then repair Unto the Bell at Edmonton All in a chaise and pair.
Page 106 - Nor rural sights alone, but rural sounds Exhilarate the spirit, and restore The tone of languid nature. Mighty winds, That sweep the skirt of some far-spreading wood Of ancient growth, make music not unlike The dash of Ocean on his winding shore...
Page 209 - Thy nightly visits to my chamber made, That thou might'st know me safe and warmly laid ; Thy morning bounties ere I left my home, The biscuit, or confectionary plum...
Page 186 - His sword was in its sheath, His fingers held the pen, When Kempenfelt went down With twice four hundred men.
Page 27 - My panting side was charged when I withdrew To seek a tranquil death in distant shades.^ There was I found by one who had himself Been hurt by the archers. In his side he bore And in his hands and feet the cruel scars. With gentle force soliciting the darts He drew them forth, and healed and bade me live.
Page 210 - My boast is not, that I deduce my birth From loins enthroned, and rulers of the earth : But higher far my proud pretensions rise — The son of parents pass'd into the skies.
Page 172 - And galloped off with all his might, As he had done before. Away went Gilpin, and away Went Gilpin's hat and wig: He lost them sooner than at first, For why? — they were too big. Now...
Page 325 - Where is the blessedness I knew When first I saw the Lord? Where is the soul-refreshing view Of Jesus and his word? 3 What peaceful hours I once enjoyed ! How sweet their memory still ! But they have left an aching void The world can never fill.
Page 234 - And the scene where his melody charm'd me before Resounds with his sweet-flowing ditty no more. My fugitive years are all hasting away, And I must ere long lie as lowly as they, With a turf on my breast, and a stone at my head, Ere another such grove shall arise in its stead.