 Tis folly to be wise. HYMN TO ADVERSITY DAUGHTER of Jove, relentless power, Thou tamer of the human breast, Whose iron scourge and torturing hour The bad affright, afflict the best ! Bound in thy adamantine chain The proud are taught to taste of pain,...  Poems by Mr. Gray - Page 30by Thomas Gray - 1770 - 120 pagesFull view - About this book
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...And purple tyrants vainly grone, With pangs unfclt before, unpity'd and alón«. \Vhen firft thy fire to fend on earth Virtue, his darling child, defign'd, To thee he gave the heav'uly birth, And bade to form her infant-mind. Stern rugged nurft ! thy rigid lore With patknce... | |
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...Tamer of the human breaft, Whofe iron fcourge and tort'ring hour The Bad affright, afflia the Beft ! Bound in thy adamantine chain The Proud are taught...of pain, And purple tyrants vainly groan With pangs uni-ck before, unpitied and alone. When firft thy Sire to fend on earth Virtue, his darling Child,... | |
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...of the hum. » breaft, Whofe iron fcourge and tort'ring hour The bad affr.gV.t, affKift the beft ! Bound in thy adamantine chain The proud are taught...tyrants vainly groan With pangs unfelt before, unpitied ,ina alone. When firft thy fire to fend on earth Virtue, his darling child, defign'd, To thee he gave... | |
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...of the human breaft, Whofe iron fcourge and tort'ring hour The Bad affright, afflift the Beft {• Bound in thy adamantine chain The Proud are taught to tafte of pain, And purple tyrants vainly grcan With pan^s unfelt before, unpitied and alone. ' - " ' When When firft thy Sire to fend on earth... | |
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...affright, affliil the hett ! Bound in thy adamantine chain, The proud are taught to tifte of pi-'П, And purple tyrants vainly groan, With pangs unfelt before, unpitied and alone." GREY. WHO would not relinquifh the gaudy pomp and fpleodour of a court, the coftly robe, the fumptuous... | |
 | History - 1778 - 626 pages
...hour, The bad affright, afflict the best! Bound in thy adamantine chain The proud are taught to taste of pain, And purple tyrants vainly groan, With pangs unfelt before, unpitied and alone. When first thy sirefo send on earth Virtue, hi* darling child, design'd, To thee he gave the heavbly birth,... | |
 | John Wesley - Biography - 1787 - 726 pages
...proud are taught to tafle of pain ; And purpled tyrants vainly groan With pangs unfelt before, unpiticd and alone. When firft thy Sire to fend on earth Virtue (his darling child) defigne'd, To thee he gave the heavenly birth, And bade thee form her infant mind. Stern, rugged Nurfe... | |
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...tamer of the human breaft, Whofe iron fcourge, and tort'ring hour, The bad affright, afflidt the beft ! Bound in thy adamantine chain, The proud are taught to tafte of pain, I And purple tyrants vainly groan With pangs unfelt before, unpitied and alone. When When firft thy... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1779 - 456 pages
...tamer of the human breaft, Whofe iron fcourge, and torturing hour, The bad Affright, afflict the beft ! Bound in thy adamantine chain The proud are taught...groan With pangs unfelt before, unpitied, and alone. DAUGHTER of Jove, relentlefs Power, When firft thy fire to fend on earth Virtue, his darling child,... | |
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...tamer of the human breaft, Whofe iron fcourge and tort'ring hour, The bad affright, afflia the beftl Bound in thy adamantine chain, The proud are taught...pangs unfelt before, unpitied and alone. When firft thy.fire to fend-on earth Virtue, his darling child, defign'd, To thee he gave the heav'nly birth,... | |
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