Poems, Volume 1Pr. por C. and J. Rivington, 1825 - 480 pages |
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... sense of misery far away . He drinks his simple beverage with a gust ; And , feasting on an onion and a crust , We never feel the alacrity and joy With which he shouts and carols Vive le roi , Fill'd with as much true merriment and glee ...
... sense of misery far away . He drinks his simple beverage with a gust ; And , feasting on an onion and a crust , We never feel the alacrity and joy With which he shouts and carols Vive le roi , Fill'd with as much true merriment and glee ...
Page 11
... sense of shame ; When infamous Venality , grown bold , Writes on his bosom , to be let or sold ; When Perjury , that Heaven - defying vice , Sells oaths by tale , and at the lowest price ; Stamps God's own name upon a lie just made , To ...
... sense of shame ; When infamous Venality , grown bold , Writes on his bosom , to be let or sold ; When Perjury , that Heaven - defying vice , Sells oaths by tale , and at the lowest price ; Stamps God's own name upon a lie just made , To ...
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... sense of scorn , The strings are swept with such a power , so loud , " The storm of music shakes the astonish'd crowd . So when remote futurity is brought Before the keen inquiry of her thought , A terrible sagacity informs The poet's ...
... sense of scorn , The strings are swept with such a power , so loud , " The storm of music shakes the astonish'd crowd . So when remote futurity is brought Before the keen inquiry of her thought , A terrible sagacity informs The poet's ...
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... sense , And makes his pupils proud with silver pence , I was a poet too ; but modern taste Is so refined , and delicate , and chaste , That verse , whatever fire the fancy warms , Without a creamy smoothness has no charms . Thus , all ...
... sense , And makes his pupils proud with silver pence , I was a poet too ; but modern taste Is so refined , and delicate , and chaste , That verse , whatever fire the fancy warms , Without a creamy smoothness has no charms . Thus , all ...
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... Sense , That neither gave nor would endure offence , Whipp'd out of sight , with satire just and keen , The puppy pack , that had defiled the scene . In front of these came Addison . In him Humour in holyday and sightly trim , Sublimity ...
... Sense , That neither gave nor would endure offence , Whipp'd out of sight , with satire just and keen , The puppy pack , that had defiled the scene . In front of these came Addison . In him Humour in holyday and sightly trim , Sublimity ...
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