The Judgment of Hercules, a Poem: By a Student of Oxford. To which is Subjoined, the Golden Verses of Pythagoras, Translated from the Greek by Mr. RoweRobert Foulis, 1743 - 28 páginas |
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addrefs'd affign'd affwage beſt bleft abode blifs bold breaft cauſe celeftial charms confefs'd deed delight didſt difplay'd diſguiſe earth eaſe ev'ry exceeding human facred fair Fame Feaft fecret feem'd fenfe fhall fhalt thou fight firft firſt flander fleep fnows fome fong forrow foul from wrong ftill fuch fummer's fure furvey'd gen'rous gentle Youth GOLDEN VERSES guard thy foul happineſs heart heav'n heav'nly Immortal indolence Jove JUDGMENT of HERCULES juft juftly labor let thy monſters muſt opprefs'd paffion pain paſs paſt peace pleaſe pleaſure pow'r praiſe range thro reafon reſt ſeek ſhall ſhalt ſhame ſhare ſhe ſhould ſkies Sloth ſmile ſoft ſpoil ſtealing ſteep ſtep ſtill ſweet thee Theſe thine thofe thoſe thou doft thy fteps thy mind Thy tender age thy thought toil Tranflated tranſport uſe thy VERSES OF PYTHAGORAS virtue's wafte waſte winning wiſdom woes Would'ft Would'ft thou Would't thou wretched
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Página 19 - If Evil were thy Deeds, repenting mourn, And let thy Soul with strong Remorse be torn. If Good, the Good with Peace of Mind repay, And to thy secret Self with Pleasure say, Rejoice, my Heart, for all went well to Day.
Página 21 - Man, thou fhalt be taught to know, Who bears within himfelf the inborn Caufe of Woe. Unhappy Race ! that never yet could tell, How near their Good and Happinefs they dwell. Depriv'd of...
Página 19 - Where have I fail'd in what I ought to do ? In what to God, to man, or to myself I owe ? Inquire severe, whate'er from first to last, From morning's dawn till ev'ning's gloom has past.
Página 10 - Lead, goddefs, I am thine !" (tranfported cry'd Alcides :) " O propitious pow'r, thy way " Teach me ! pofiefs my foul ; be thou my guide : " From thee, O never, never let me ftray !" While ardent thus the youth his vows addrefs'd ; "With all the goddefs fill'd, already glow'd his breaft.
Página 15 - Nor think it chance, nor murmur at the load; For know what man calls Fortune is from God.
Página 15 - And reason e v'n thy meanest actions guide: For know that death is man's appointed doom. Know that the day of great account will come,
Página 8 - Lift, and enlarge, thy thoughts. Behold the way " That leads to fame; and raifes thee from earth " Immortal! Lo, I guide thy fteps. Arife, " Purfue the glorious path; and claim thy native fkies.
Página 20 - Employ thy ftudy, and engage thy love. *» Thefe are the rules which will to virtue lead, And teach thy feet her heav'nly paths to tread.
Página 7 - Vast happiness enjoy thy gay allies ! A youth of follies, an old age of cares ; Young yet enervate, old yet never wise, Vice wastes their vigour, and their mind impairs...