Poems, Volum 1W. Lewis, 1814 - 480 sider |
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Side 4
... falls like an inverted cone , Wanting its proper base to stand upon . Man made for kings ! those optics are but dim That tell you so say , rather , they for him . That were indeed a king - ennobling thought , Could they , or would they ...
... falls like an inverted cone , Wanting its proper base to stand upon . Man made for kings ! those optics are but dim That tell you so say , rather , they for him . That were indeed a king - ennobling thought , Could they , or would they ...
Side 7
... fall . B. True . While they live , the courtly laureat His quit - rent ode , his pepper - corn of praise ; And many a dunce , whose finger's 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 laureat His quit - rent ode , his pepper - corn of praise ; And many a dunce , whose finger's itch to write , Adds , as he can , his tributary mite : A subject's faults a subject may ...
Side 23
... fall'n , and lost In all that wars against that title most ; What follows next let cities of great name , And regions long since desolate , proclaim . Nineveh , Babylon , and antient Rome , Speak to the present times , and times to come ...
... fall'n , and lost In all that wars against that title most ; What follows next let cities of great name , And regions long since desolate , proclaim . Nineveh , Babylon , and antient Rome , Speak to the present times , and times to come ...
Side 39
... wit , Pope's numbers , Prior's ease , With all that fancy can invent to please , Adorn the polish'd periods as they fall , One madrigal of their's is worth them all . Sternhold and Hopkins prefered to Pope , & c . TABLE TALK . 39.
... wit , Pope's numbers , Prior's ease , With all that fancy can invent to please , Adorn the polish'd periods as they fall , One madrigal of their's is worth them all . Sternhold and Hopkins prefered to Pope , & c . TABLE TALK . 39.
Side 42
... Falls soporific on the listless ear ; Like quicksilver , the rhet'ric they display Shines as it runs , but , grasp'd at , slips away . Plac'd for his trial on this bustling stage , From thoughtless youth to ruminating age , Free in his ...
... Falls soporific on the listless ear ; Like quicksilver , the rhet'ric they display Shines as it runs , but , grasp'd at , slips away . Plac'd for his trial on this bustling stage , From thoughtless youth to ruminating age , Free in his ...
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