 | Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) - 436 pages
...recompense ; so that there is some return however, though there can \<e no rojuilo/. South' i Strmmi. Great idol of mankind we neither claim The praise of merit, nor aspire to fame ! "1'is all we beg thee to conceal from sight Those acts of goodness which themselves rrqvite : O let... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1830 - 500 pages
...night. Then came the smallest tribe I yet had seen : Plain was their dress, and modest was their mien. ' The favour'd hero in a veil of clouds. Thrice struck Pelides with indignant hear ! Bat, safe in deserts from the applause of men, Would die unheard-of as we lived unseen. ' Ты all... | |
 | Thomas Ewing - 1832 - 428 pages
...night. Then came the smallest tribe I yet had seen ; Plata was their dress, and modest was their mien. Great Idol of Mankind ! we neither claim The praise...merit, nor aspire to fame ; But safe in deserts from the applause of men, Would die unheard of, as we lived unseen. 'Tis all we beg thee, to conceal from... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1835 - 350 pages
...355 Then came the smallest tribe I yet had seen ; Plain was their dress, and modest was their mien. ' Great idol of mankind ! we neither claim The praise...merit, nor aspire to fame : But safe in deserts from the applause of men, 300 Would die unheard of, as we lived unseen. 'Tis all we beg thee, to conceal... | |
 | Alexander Pope - English poetry - 1836 - 332 pages
...Then came the smallest tribe I yet had seen : Plain was their dress, and modest was their mien. • Great idol of mankind ; we neither claim The praise...merit, nor aspire to fame ! But, safe in deserts from the applause of men, Would die unheard-of as we lived unseen. ' Tis all we beg thee, to conceal from... | |
 | Alexander Pope - English poetry - 1836 - 502 pages
...night. Then came the smallest trihe I yet had seen : Plain was their dress, and modest was their mien. * sun7 shall gild the morn, Nor evening Cynthia fill her silver horn ; 100 But lo ! Bat, safe in deserts from the applause of men, Would die unheard-of as we lived unseen. ' Tis all... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1839 - 510 pages
...night. Then came the smallest tribe I yet had seen' ; Plain was their dress, and modest was their mien. Great idol of mankind ! we neither claim The praise...merit, nor aspire to fame ! But safe in deserts from the applause of men, Would die unheard of, as we lived unseen. 'Tie all we beg thee, to conceal from... | |
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1841 - 840 pages
...night. Then came the smallest tribe I yet had seen ; Plain was their dress, and modest was their mien. " Would die unheard of, as we liv'd unseen. 'T« all we beg tliee, to conceal from sight Those acts of... | |
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1843 - 830 pages
...merit, nor aspire to Fame ! But, safe in deserts from th' applause of men, Would die unheard of, as wo joys partake, To follow Virtue ev'n for Virtue's sake." " And live there men, who slight immortal Fame... | |
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1843 - 826 pages
...night. Then came the smallest tribe I yet had seen; Plain was their dress, and modest was their mien. " -day Sunk in Thalestris' arms the nymph he found, Her eyes deject espire to Fame ! But, safe in deserts from th' applause of men, Would die unheard of, as we liv'd unseen.... | |
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Then came the smallest tribe I yet had seen, Plain was their dress, and modest was their mien. Great idol of mankind ! we neither claim The praise of merit, nor aspire to fame ! But safe in deserts from th... 
