 HAIL, awful scenes, that calm the troubled breast, And woo the weary to profound repose ! Can passion's wildest uproar lay to rest, And whisper comfort to the man of woes ! Here Innocence may wander, safe from foes, And Contemplation soar on seraph wings....  An Essay on Bashfulness - Page 33by Samuel Charters - 1815 - 96 pagesFull view - About this book
 | John Bell - English poetry - 1789 - 416 pages
...wander, safe from foes, And Contemplation soar on seraph wings. O Solitude, the man who thee foregoes,' When lucre lures him, or ambition stings, Shall never know the source whence real grandeur springs. XI. " Va.in man, is grandeur given to gay attire ? Then let the butterfly thy pride upbraid : To friends,... | |
 | James Beattie - 1797 - 150 pages
...safe from foes, " And Contemplation soar on seraph wings. " O Solitude, the man who thee foregoes, " When lucre lures him, or ambition stings, " Shall...never know the source whence real grandeur springs. XI. " Vain man, is grandeur given to gay attire? " Then let the butterfly thy pride upbraid : — "... | |
 | Health - 1802 - 302 pages
...safe from foes, " And contemplation soar on seraph wings. " O Solitude, the man who thee foregoes, " When lucre lures him, or ambition stings, " Shall...never know the source whence real grandeur springs. XI. " Vain man, is graadeur given to gay attire? " Then let the butterfly thy pride upbraid : " To... | |
 | James Beattie - Wood-engraving - 1802 - 152 pages
...safe from foes, " And contemplation soar on seraph wings. " O Solitude, the man who thee foregoes, " When lucre lures him, or ambition stings, " Shall...never know the source whence real grandeur springs. XI. " Vain man, is grandeur given to gay attire ? " Then let the butterfly thy pride upbraid : " To... | |
 | James Beattie - 1803 - 190 pages
...safe from foes, " And Contemplation soar on seraph wings. " O Solitude ! the man who thee foregoes, " When lucre lures him, or ambition stings, Shall never know the source whence real grandeur " springs. XI. " Vain man! is grandeur given to gay attire? " Then let the butterfly thy pride upbraid : " To... | |
 | James Beattie, Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1805 - 190 pages
...safe from foes, " And Contemplation soar on seraph wings. " O solitude ! the man who thee foregoes, " When lucre lures him, or ambition stings, " Shall...never know the source whence real grandeur " springs. 11 " Vain man ! is grandeur given to gay attire ? •" Then let the butterfly thy piide upbraid : "... | |
 | James Beattie, Alexander Chalmers - Poets, Scottish - 1811 - 308 pages
...wander, safe from foes, And Contemplation soar on seraph wings. O solitude ! the man who thee foregoes, When lucre lures him, or ambition stings, Shall never know the source whence real grandeur springs. ." Vain man ! is grandeur giv'n to gay attire ? Then let the butterfly thy pride upbraid: To friends,... | |
 | John Feltham - 1813 - 306 pages
...And contemplation soar on seraph's wings. O solitnde ! tbe man who thee foregoes, When locre lores him, or ambition stings, Shall never know the source whence real grandeur springs. So sings Beattip's Minstrel, Fxlwin, who it might be imagined, on contemplating the gloom, the grandeur,... | |
 | English poetry - 1814 - 310 pages
...safe from foes, " And Contemplation soar on seraph wings. " () Solitude, the man who thee foregoes, " When lucre lures him, or ambition stings, *' Shall...never know the source whence real grandeur springs. XL " Vain man, is grandeur given to gay attire ? " Then let the butterfly thy pride upbraid : — "... | |
 | John Evans - 1817 - 610 pages
...from foes, And Contemplation soar on serajih wings— O SoDTuns ! the man who thee foregoes When lncre lures him or ambition stings, Shall never know the source whence real grandeur springs ! Vain man ! is grandeur given to gay attire .' Then let the butterfly thy pride upbraid : To friends,... | |
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