Poems, Band 3J. Wilkes, 1776 |
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... round their tomb . Let thofe , who without genius write , and write , Verfemen or Profemen , all in Nature's spite , The pen laid down , their course of folly run , In peace , unread , unmention'd be undone . Why fhould I tell to cross ...
... round their tomb . Let thofe , who without genius write , and write , Verfemen or Profemen , all in Nature's spite , The pen laid down , their course of folly run , In peace , unread , unmention'd be undone . Why fhould I tell to cross ...
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... round , Nor to thy purpose can one spot be found , Like England , where to rampant vigour grown Vice choaks up ev'ry virtue , where , self - sown . The feeds of folly shoot forth rank and bold , And ev'ry feed brings forth a hundred ...
... round , Nor to thy purpose can one spot be found , Like England , where to rampant vigour grown Vice choaks up ev'ry virtue , where , self - sown . The feeds of folly shoot forth rank and bold , And ev'ry feed brings forth a hundred ...
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... round the throne , did not true piety , ( Who , link'd with honour for the nobleft ends , Ranks none but honest men amongst her friends ) Forbid us to be crush'd with fuch a weight , He might in time be Minister of State . But why ...
... round the throne , did not true piety , ( Who , link'd with honour for the nobleft ends , Ranks none but honest men amongst her friends ) Forbid us to be crush'd with fuch a weight , He might in time be Minister of State . But why ...
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... round , and vifit ev'ry court To ape their follies , and their crimes import . To diff'rent lands for diff'rent fins we roam , And , richly freighted bring our cargoe home , Nobly induftrious to make vice appear In her full ftate , and ...
... round , and vifit ev'ry court To ape their follies , and their crimes import . To diff'rent lands for diff'rent fins we roam , And , richly freighted bring our cargoe home , Nobly induftrious to make vice appear In her full ftate , and ...
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... vain lyes full in view ; As Quin hath dreft it , he may eat it too , Apicius cannot - When the glass goes round , Quick - circling , and the roofs with mirth refound , 1 Sober he fits , and filent - all alone THE TIMES . 71.
... vain lyes full in view ; As Quin hath dreft it , he may eat it too , Apicius cannot - When the glass goes round , Quick - circling , and the roofs with mirth refound , 1 Sober he fits , and filent - all alone THE TIMES . 71.
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againſt Apicius bafe Bard beſt blefs breaſt call'd cauſe Churchill reign courſe crown curfe dar'd dare dull earth eaſe ev'ry facred fafe fair falfe fame fear fecure fenfe fhall fhame firſt flain flaves fleep flow'r foes follies fome fons fools foul ftand ftate ftill ftrains of gratitude ftrength fubject fuch Gainft give Gotham fing grace hath heart Heav'n herſelf himſelf honeft honour juft Juftice king land laſt lefs live Lord mighty moft moſt muft muſe muſt myſelf Nature Ne'er never o'er paffion paſs plac'd pleaſe pleaſure pow'r praife praiſe preſent pride profe proud purpoſe reaſon reft rhime ſcarce ſcorn ſenſe ſhall ſhame ſhe ſhould ſome ſpeak ſpirit ſpring ſtand ſtate ſuch taſk thee themſelves theſe thofe thoſe thou thought thouſand thro throne truft turn'd uſe vice virtue whilft whofe whoſe ye happy Gothamites zeal
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Seite 51 - May Heav'n in mercy to our grievous crimes Allot some milder vengeance, nor to them, And to their rage this wretched land condemn. Thou God above, on whom all states depend, Who...
Seite 12 - Let one poor sprig of Bay around my head Bloom whilst I live, and point me out when dead ; Let It (may Heav'n, indulgent, grant that pray'r) Be planted on my grave, nor wither there ; And when, on travel bound, some riming guest Roams thro' the Church-yard, whilst his Dinner's dress'd, Let It hold up this comment to his eyes ; Life to the last enjoy'd, here Churchill lies ; Whilst (O, what joy that pleasing flatt'ry gives) Reading my Works, he cries — here Churchill lives.
Seite 187 - ENGLAND has not loft her pray'r, And GEORGE the good has got an heir. A royal babe, a PRINCE, of WALES.
Seite 93 - And, dumb to others' praise, be loud in mine. Rejoice, ye happy Gothamites, rejoice ; lift up your voice on high, a mighty voice, The voice of gladness, and on ev'ry tongue, In strains of gratitude, be praises hung, The praises of so great and good a king ; Shall Churchill reign, and shall not Gotham sing...
Seite 199 - Such as they are, my thoughts in measure flow. Convinc'd, determin'd, I in prose begin, But e*re I write one sentence, Verse creeps in, And taints me thro...
Seite 151 - But not impair'd, heard Dryden tune that lay Which might have drawn an angel from his sphere, And kept him from his office list'ning here.
Seite 210 - Dulness ever in my view, Sleep at my bidding crept from pew to pew, — Much did I wish, though little could I hope, A friend in him who was the friend of Pope.
Seite 11 - All (nor shall resentment flush my cheek) Who know me well, what they know, freely speak. So Those (the greatest curse I meet below) Who know me not, may not pretend to know. Let none of Those...
Seite 53 - Who may, though judge, turn advocate at large, And deal replies out by the way of charge, Making Interpretation all the way, In...
Seite 69 - Woman, the pride and happiness of Man, Without whose soft endearments Nature's plan Had been a blank, and Life not worth a thought; Woman, by all the Loves and Graces taught, With softest arts, and sure, tho...