The British Poets: Including Translations ...C. Whittingham, 1822 |
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... Thou polish'd and high - finish'd foe to truth , Graybeard corrupter of our listening youth , To purge and skim away the filth of vice , That so refined it might the more entice , Then pour it on the morals of thy son ; To taint his ...
... Thou polish'd and high - finish'd foe to truth , Graybeard corrupter of our listening youth , To purge and skim away the filth of vice , That so refined it might the more entice , Then pour it on the morals of thy son ; To taint his ...
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... thou canst , one letter from the shades ; One , and one only , charged with deep regret , That thy worst part , thy principles , live yet ; One sad epistle thence may cure mankind Of the plague spread by bundles left behind . " Tis ...
... thou canst , one letter from the shades ; One , and one only , charged with deep regret , That thy worst part , thy principles , live yet ; One sad epistle thence may cure mankind Of the plague spread by bundles left behind . " Tis ...
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... thou harlot wooing all she meets , The worn out nuisance of the public streets , Herself from morn to night , from night to morn , Her own abhorrence , and as much your scorn ; The gracious shower , unlimited and free , Shall fall on ...
... thou harlot wooing all she meets , The worn out nuisance of the public streets , Herself from morn to night , from night to morn , Her own abhorrence , and as much your scorn ; The gracious shower , unlimited and free , Shall fall on ...
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... Thou canst not read with readiness and ease Providence adverse in events like these ? Know then that heavenly wisdom on this ball Creates , gives birth to , guides , consummates all ; That , while laborious and quick - thoughted man ...
... Thou canst not read with readiness and ease Providence adverse in events like these ? Know then that heavenly wisdom on this ball Creates , gives birth to , guides , consummates all ; That , while laborious and quick - thoughted man ...
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... thou ( a sacrilege his soul abhors ) Claim'd all the glory of thy prosperous wars ? Proud of thy fleets and armies , stolen the gem Of his just praise , to lavish it on them ? Hast thou not learn'd , what thou art often told , A truth ...
... thou ( a sacrilege his soul abhors ) Claim'd all the glory of thy prosperous wars ? Proud of thy fleets and armies , stolen the gem Of his just praise , to lavish it on them ? Hast thou not learn'd , what thou art often told , A truth ...
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