PoemsWalter Scott, 1820 - 24 pages |
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Page vii
... folly , have inward feelings of their own , which , though they would , they can- We have been too long in the not suppress . secret ourselves , to account the proud , the am- bitious , or the voluptuous , happy . We must lose the ...
... folly , have inward feelings of their own , which , though they would , they can- We have been too long in the not suppress . secret ourselves , to account the proud , the am- bitious , or the voluptuous , happy . We must lose the ...
Page 11
... folly , lust , Enervate and enfeeble , and needs must ; And that a nation , shamefully debased , Will be despised , and trampled on at last , Unless sweet Penitence her powers renew ; Is truth , if history itself be true . There is a ...
... folly , lust , Enervate and enfeeble , and needs must ; And that a nation , shamefully debased , Will be despised , and trampled on at last , Unless sweet Penitence her powers renew ; Is truth , if history itself be true . There is a ...
Page 17
... Folly's cast , themselves unmoved the while . That constellation set , the world in vain Must hope to look upon their like again . A. Are we then left B. Not wholly in the dark ; Wit now and then , struck smartly , shows a spark ...
... Folly's cast , themselves unmoved the while . That constellation set , the world in vain Must hope to look upon their like again . A. Are we then left B. Not wholly in the dark ; Wit now and then , struck smartly , shows a spark ...
Page 20
... folly , lust , employ the pen ; If acrimony , slander , and abuse , Give it a charge to blacken and traduce ; Though Butler's wit , Pope's numbers , Prior's ease , With all that fancy can invent to please , Adorn the polish'd periods as ...
... folly , lust , employ the pen ; If acrimony , slander , and abuse , Give it a charge to blacken and traduce ; Though Butler's wit , Pope's numbers , Prior's ease , With all that fancy can invent to please , Adorn the polish'd periods as ...
Page 23
... Folly unsubdued behind . Gray dawn appears ; the sportsman and his train Speckle the bosom of the distant plain ; ' Tis he , the Nimrod of the neighbouring lairs ; Save that his scent is less acute than theirs , For persevering chase ...
... Folly unsubdued behind . Gray dawn appears ; the sportsman and his train Speckle the bosom of the distant plain ; ' Tis he , the Nimrod of the neighbouring lairs ; Save that his scent is less acute than theirs , For persevering chase ...
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Aspasio beauty beneath bids bless'd boast breath call'd cause charms dæmons death delight design'd distant divine docet dread dream e'en earth ease eyes fair fame fancy fear feel fire flowers folly form'd frown fruit give glory grace hand happy hast heart Heaven honour hope hour human John Gilpin labour land learn'd light live lyre mankind mercy mind muse Nature Nature's Nebaioth never night nymph o'er once pass'd peace perhaps pity pleasure plebeian poet's praise pride prize proud prove rapture rest rude sacred scene scorn seek seem'd shade shine sighs sight skies slave smile song soon soul sound Stamp'd stand stream sweet taste teach telescopic eye thee theme thine thought toil tongue trembling trifler truth Twas VINCENT BOURNE Virg virtue waste whate'er WILLIAM COWPER wind wisdom wonder worth youth