Table Talk, and Other PoemsJ. Sharpe, 1817 - 179 páginas |
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... grace the bony phantom in their stead With the king's shoulder - knot and gay cockade ; Clothe the twin brethren in each others dress , The same their occupation and success . A. " Tis your belief the world was made for man ; Kings do ...
... grace the bony phantom in their stead With the king's shoulder - knot and gay cockade ; Clothe the twin brethren in each others dress , The same their occupation and success . A. " Tis your belief the world was made for man ; Kings do ...
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... the father of his age , And the Sixth Edward's grace th ' historic page . A. Kings then at last have but the lot of all : By their own conduct they must stand or fall , B. True . While they live the courtly laureat pays 4 TABLE TALK .
... the father of his age , And the Sixth Edward's grace th ' historic page . A. Kings then at last have but the lot of all : By their own conduct they must stand or fall , B. True . While they live the courtly laureat pays 4 TABLE TALK .
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... grace A devil's purpose with an angel's face ; If smiling peeresses , and simp'ring peers , Encompassing his throne a few short years ; If the gilt carriage and the pamper'd steed , That wants no driving , and disdains the lead ; If ...
... grace A devil's purpose with an angel's face ; If smiling peeresses , and simp'ring peers , Encompassing his throne a few short years ; If the gilt carriage and the pamper'd steed , That wants no driving , and disdains the lead ; If ...
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... awe , Spoke from his lips , and in his looks gave law . His speech , his form , his action , full of grace , And all his country beaming in his face , He stood , as some inimitable hand Would strive to 12 TABLE TALK .
... awe , Spoke from his lips , and in his looks gave law . His speech , his form , his action , full of grace , And all his country beaming in his face , He stood , as some inimitable hand Would strive to 12 TABLE TALK .
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... grace , Confess'd a God ; they kneel'd before they fought , And prais'd him in the victories he wrought . Now from the dust of ancient days bring forth Their sober zeal , integrity , and worth ; When Tumult lately burst his prison door ...
... grace , Confess'd a God ; they kneel'd before they fought , And prais'd him in the victories he wrought . Now from the dust of ancient days bring forth Their sober zeal , integrity , and worth ; When Tumult lately burst his prison door ...
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beams beneath bids blasphemy blest bliss boast breast call'd charg'd charms Christian dark deeds deist delight design'd divine dread dream Earth eternal ev'n ev'ry eyes fair fancy fear feel fire flow'rs folly fools form'd frown give glory God's grace hand happy hast hate heart Heav'n heav'nly hope hour INNER TEMPLE int'rest JOHN SHARPE land learn'd light lust lyre mankind mercy mind muse nations hunt Nature never night o'er once peace pharisee PICCADILLY plac'd plain pleasure poet's pow'r praise pray'rs pretence pride proud prove race rais'd sacred scene scorn scorn'd Scripture seem'd shame shine sight skies slave smile song soul sound Stamp'd stand stream sweet taste teach telescopic eye thee theme thine thou thought thousand toil tongue trembling trifler truth Twas Virg virtue waste Whate'er wild WILLIAM COWPER WILLIAM FINDEN wisdom Woden wrath zeal
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Página 194 - Absence of occupation is not rest, A mind quite vacant, is a mind distress'd.
Página 145 - Dubius is such a scrupulous good man ! Yes, you may catch him tripping if you can. He would not with a peremptory tone Assert the nose upon his face his own ; With hesitation admirably slow He humbly hopes, presumes, it may be so.
Página 151 - He says but little, and that little said Owes all its weight, like loaded dice, to lead. His wit invites you by his looks to come, But when you knock it never is at home: 'Tis like a parcel sent you...
Página 196 - Nor those of learn'd philologists, who chase A panting syllable through time and space, Start it at home, and hunt it in the dark, To Gaul, to Greece, and into Noah's ark ; But such as learning, without false pretence, The friend of truth, the associate of sound sense.
Página 159 - That, reaching home, the night, they said, is near, We must not now be parted — sojourn here ; The new acquaintance soon became a guest, And, made so welcome at their simple feast, He...
Página 68 - Since the dear hour that brought me to Thy foot, And cut up all my follies by the root, I never trusted in an arm but Thine, Nor hoped but in Thy righteousness divine...
Página 133 - Tis even as if an angel shook his wings ; Immortal fragrance fills the circuit wide, That tells us whence his treasures are supplied.
Página 158 - It happen'd on a solemn eventide, Soon after He that was our surety died, Two bosom friends, each pensively inclined, The scene of all those sorrows left behind, Sought their own village...
Página 50 - Oh how unlike the complex works of man, Heaven's easy, artless, unencumber'd plan ! No meretricious graces to beguile, No clustering ornaments to clog the pile ; From ostentation, as from weakness, free, It stands like the cerulean arch we see, Majestic in its own simplicity. Inscribed above the portal, from afar Conspicuous as the brightness of a star, Legible only by the light they give, Stand the soul-quickening words — BELIEVE, AND LIVE.
Página 42 - Diffused, make earth the vestibule of hell ; Thou fountain, at which drink the good and wise ; Thou ever-bubbling spring of endless lies ; Like Eden's dread probationary tree, Knowledge of good and evil is from thee ! No wild enthusiast ever yet could rest 470 Till half mankind were like himself possess'd.