Poems, Volum 1W. Lewis, 1814 - 480 sider |
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Side 2
... virtues of such men , man owes His portion in the good that heav'n bestows . And , when recording history displays Feats of renown , though wrought in ancient days ; Tells of a few stout hearts that fought and died Where duty plac'd ...
... virtues of such men , man owes His portion in the good that heav'n bestows . And , when recording history displays Feats of renown , though wrought in ancient days ; Tells of a few stout hearts that fought and died Where duty plac'd ...
Side 4
... of dispensing good , How seldom used , how little understood ! To pour in virtue's lap her just reward . Keep vice restrain❜d behind a double guard ; To give Religion her unbounded Scope . To quell the 4 TABLE TALK .
... of dispensing good , How seldom used , how little understood ! To pour in virtue's lap her just reward . Keep vice restrain❜d behind a double guard ; To give Religion her unbounded Scope . To quell the 4 TABLE TALK .
Side 7
... virtues that they scorn to wear , The fleeting forms of majesty engage Respect , while stalking o'er life's narrow stage ; Then leave their crimes for history to scan , And ask with busy scorn , Was this the man ? I pity king's whom ...
... virtues that they scorn to wear , The fleeting forms of majesty engage Respect , while stalking o'er life's narrow stage ; Then leave their crimes for history to scan , And ask with busy scorn , Was this the man ? I pity king's whom ...
Side 15
... fight for freedom , undertake The noblest cause mankind can have at stake Religion , virtue , truth , whate'er we call A blessing - freedom is the pledge of all . · Liberty the Parent of Genius and Nurse of Fancy . TABLE TALK . 15.
... fight for freedom , undertake The noblest cause mankind can have at stake Religion , virtue , truth , whate'er we call A blessing - freedom is the pledge of all . · Liberty the Parent of Genius and Nurse of Fancy . TABLE TALK . 15.
Side 18
... virtue still adorns our age , Though the chief actor died upon the stage . In him Demosthenes was heard again ; Liberty taught him her Athenian strain ; She cloth'd him with authority and awe , Spoke from his lips , and in his looks ...
... virtue still adorns our age , Though the chief actor died upon the stage . In him Demosthenes was heard again ; Liberty taught him her Athenian strain ; She cloth'd him with authority and awe , Spoke from his lips , and in his looks ...
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