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... must be , greater than the Rest , More rich , more wife : But who infers from hence , That such are happier , shocks all common Sense : Heav'n to Mankind impartial we confess , If all were equal in their Happiness : But mutual Wants ...
... must be , greater than the Rest , More rich , more wife : But who infers from hence , That such are happier , shocks all common Sense : Heav'n to Mankind impartial we confess , If all were equal in their Happiness : But mutual Wants ...
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... must be Joy . When even at last the folemn Hour shall come , And wing my mystic Flight to future Worlds , I chearful will obey ; there , with new Powers , Will rifing Wonders fing ; I cannot go Where univerfal Love not smiles around ...
... must be Joy . When even at last the folemn Hour shall come , And wing my mystic Flight to future Worlds , I chearful will obey ; there , with new Powers , Will rifing Wonders fing ; I cannot go Where univerfal Love not smiles around ...
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... must we pass ! The wide , th ' unbounded Prospect lies before me ; But Shadows , Clouds , and Darkness rest upon it . Here will I hold . If there's a Power above us , ( And that there is all Nature cries aloud Through all her Works ) he ...
... must we pass ! The wide , th ' unbounded Prospect lies before me ; But Shadows , Clouds , and Darkness rest upon it . Here will I hold . If there's a Power above us , ( And that there is all Nature cries aloud Through all her Works ) he ...
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Select lessons ! Since I must bid this World adieu , Let me my former Life review . I grant , my Bargains well were made , But all Men over - reach in Trade ; ' Tis Self - Defence in each Profession ; Sure Self - Defence is no ...
Select lessons ! Since I must bid this World adieu , Let me my former Life review . I grant , my Bargains well were made , But all Men over - reach in Trade ; ' Tis Self - Defence in each Profession ; Sure Self - Defence is no ...
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... must part ! How shall we all lament ! Adieu . For fee the Hounds are just in View . D The COURT of DEATH . GAY . EATH on a folemn Night of State , In all his Pomp of Terrors fate ; Th ' Attendants on his gloomy Reign , Diseases dire , a ...
... must part ! How shall we all lament ! Adieu . For fee the Hounds are just in View . D The COURT of DEATH . GAY . EATH on a folemn Night of State , In all his Pomp of Terrors fate ; Th ' Attendants on his gloomy Reign , Diseases dire , a ...
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Angels Anſwer Beam Beauty becauſe behold beneath beſt Bliſs Breath Cauſe Ceaſe Charms chearful Clouds Confcience Courſe dark Darkneſs Death Dervise Deſart deſigns diſplay diſtant divine dreadful Earth eternal Ev'n ev'ry Eyes facred fafe fair Fame Fear filent filly fing firſt folemn fome Friend fuch Glory Hand hath Heart Heaven Hills Hour Houſe HYMN inſpire itſelf juſt laſt Light loft LORD loſe Love Maſter Morn moſt Muſe muſt Nature neceſſary never Night o'er paſs paſſing pleaſing Pleaſure Pow'r Praife Praiſe preſent raiſe Reaſon repoſe reſolve Reſt rife riſe round ſame ſay ſcarce ſeem'd ſeen Senſe ſet ſeveral ſhall ſhe ſhed ſhine ſhould Skies ſmile ſoft ſome Song Soul ſpacious ſpeak ſpread ſtand ſtately ſtill ſtood ſtretch ſuch ſweet ſwelling thee theſe thine Things thoſe thou thro Throne TILLOTSON Tongue trembling univerſal Uſe Virtue Voice wand'ring waſte whoſe World
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Página 105 - One morn I missed him on the customed hill, Along the heath and near his favorite tree; Another came; nor yet beside the rill, Nor up the lawn, nor at the wood was he; "The next with dirges due in sad array Slow through the churchway path we saw him borne. Approach and read (for thou canst read) the lay, Graved on the stone beneath yon aged thorn.
Página 60 - This many summers in a sea of glory; But far beyond my depth : my high-blown pride At length broke under me ; and now has left me, Weary, and old with service, to the mercy Of a rude stream, that must for ever hide me.
Página 102 - The boast of heraldry, the pomp of pow'r, And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave, Await alike th
Página 14 - All discord, harmony not understood ; All partial evil, universal good : And, spite of pride, in erring reason's spite, One truth is clear, WHATEVER is, is RIGHT.
Página 106 - When I look upon the tombs of the great, every emotion of envy dies in me ; when I read the epitaphs of the beautiful, every inordinate desire goes out; when I meet with the grief of parents upon a tombstone, my heart melts with compassion; when I see the tomb of the parents themselves, I consider the vanity of grieving for those whom we must quickly follow.
Página 101 - Each in his narrow cell for ever laid, The rude forefathers of the hamlet sleep. The breezy call of incense-breathing morn, , The swallow twittering from the straw-built shed, The cock's shrill clarion, or the echoing horn, No more shall rouse them from their lowly bed.
Página 30 - Those other two equalled with me in fate, So were I equalled with them in renown, Blind Thamyris and blind Maeonides, And Tiresias and Phineus, prophets old. Then feed on thoughts, that voluntary move Harmonious numbers; as the wakeful bird Sings darkling, and in shadiest covert hid Tunes her nocturnal note.
Página 9 - The swain in barren deserts with surprise Sees lilies spring, and sudden verdure rise ; And starts, amidst the thirsty wilds to hear New falls of water murmuring in his ear. On rifted rocks, the dragon's late abodes, The green reed trembles, and the bulrush nods.
Página 103 - Forbade to wade through slaughter to a throne. And shut the gates of mercy on mankind, The struggling pangs of conscious truth to hide, To quench the blushes of ingenuous shame, Or heap the shrine of Luxury and Pride With incense kindled at the Muse's flame.
Página 19 - FAR in a wild, unknown to public view, From youth to age a reverend hermit grew; The moss his bed, the cave his humble cell, His food the fruits, his drink the crystal well: Remote from man, with God he pass'd the days Prayer all his business, all his pleasure praise.