Poems, Volum 1W. Lewis, 1814 - 480 sider |
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Side 39
... fair Of vanity , a wreath for self to wear , Is profanation of the basest kind- Proof of a triffling and a worthless mind . A. Hail Sternhold , then ; and Hopkins , hail ! B. Amen . If flatt'ry , folly , lust , employ the pen ; If ...
... fair Of vanity , a wreath for self to wear , Is profanation of the basest kind- Proof of a triffling and a worthless mind . A. Hail Sternhold , then ; and Hopkins , hail ! B. Amen . If flatt'ry , folly , lust , employ the pen ; If ...
Side 52
... fair . Gorgonious sits , abdominous and wan , Like a fat squab upon a Chinese fan : He snuff's far off th ' anticipated joy ; Turtle and ven'son all his thoughts employ ; Prepares for meals as jockies take a sweat , Oh , nauseous ! -an ...
... fair . Gorgonious sits , abdominous and wan , Like a fat squab upon a Chinese fan : He snuff's far off th ' anticipated joy ; Turtle and ven'son all his thoughts employ ; Prepares for meals as jockies take a sweat , Oh , nauseous ! -an ...
Side 53
... fair , tempts only to destroy . Remorse , the fatal egg by pleasure laid In every bosom where her nest is made , Hatch'd by the beams of truth , denies him rest And proves a raging scorpion in his breast . No pleasure ? Are domestic ...
... fair , tempts only to destroy . Remorse , the fatal egg by pleasure laid In every bosom where her nest is made , Hatch'd by the beams of truth , denies him rest And proves a raging scorpion in his breast . No pleasure ? Are domestic ...
Side 56
... fair . The sacred implement I now employ Might prove a mischief , or at best a toy ; A trifle , if it move but to amuse : But , if to wrong the judgment and abuse , Worse than a poignard in the basest hand , It stabs at once the morals ...
... fair . The sacred implement I now employ Might prove a mischief , or at best a toy ; A trifle , if it move but to amuse : But , if to wrong the judgment and abuse , Worse than a poignard in the basest hand , It stabs at once the morals ...
Side 57
... fair pretence , Steal to the closet of young innocence , And teach her , unexperienc'd yet and green , To scribble as you scribbled at fifteen ; Who , kindling a combustion of desire , With some cold moral think to quench the fire ...
... fair pretence , Steal to the closet of young innocence , And teach her , unexperienc'd yet and green , To scribble as you scribbled at fifteen ; Who , kindling a combustion of desire , With some cold moral think to quench the fire ...
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