Poems, Volum 1W. Lewis, 1814 - 480 sider |
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... folly unsubdu'd behind . Gray dawn appears ; the sportsman and his train Speckle the bosom of the distant plain ; ' Tis he , the Nimrod of the neighb'ring lairs ; Save that his scent is less acute than their's , For preserving chase ...
... folly unsubdu'd behind . Gray dawn appears ; the sportsman and his train Speckle the bosom of the distant plain ; ' Tis he , the Nimrod of the neighb'ring lairs ; Save that his scent is less acute than their's , For preserving chase ...
Side 51
... Folly and innocence are so alike , The diff'rence , though essential , fails to strike . Yet folly ever has a vacant stare , A simp❜ring count'nance , and a trifling air ; But innocence , sedate , serene , erect , Delights us , by ...
... Folly and innocence are so alike , The diff'rence , though essential , fails to strike . Yet folly ever has a vacant stare , A simp❜ring count'nance , and a trifling air ; But innocence , sedate , serene , erect , Delights us , by ...
Side 55
... folly with a full - moon tide . Then welcome errors , of whatever size , To justify it by a thousand lies . As creeping ivy clings to wood or stone , And hides the ruin that it feeds upon ; So sophistry cleaves close to , and protects ...
... folly with a full - moon tide . Then welcome errors , of whatever size , To justify it by a thousand lies . As creeping ivy clings to wood or stone , And hides the ruin that it feeds upon ; So sophistry cleaves close to , and protects ...
Side 56
... with safety reads , Footing it in the dance that fancy leads : Ye novelists , who mar what ye would mend , Sniv❜ling and driv'ling folly without end ; = the Passions under the Disguise of a Moral . 56 THE PROGRESS OF ERROR .
... with safety reads , Footing it in the dance that fancy leads : Ye novelists , who mar what ye would mend , Sniv❜ling and driv'ling folly without end ; = the Passions under the Disguise of a Moral . 56 THE PROGRESS OF ERROR .
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... plies ; Pants for't , aims at it , enters it , and dies ! Then farewell all self - satisfying schemes , His well - built systems , philosophic dreams ; VOL . 1 . L Folly of Ostentation contrasted with Modesty . Sit long and ...
... plies ; Pants for't , aims at it , enters it , and dies ! Then farewell all self - satisfying schemes , His well - built systems , philosophic dreams ; VOL . 1 . L Folly of Ostentation contrasted with Modesty . Sit long and ...
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