The wild garland; or, Curiosities of poetry, selected by I.J. Reeve, Volumen2Isaac Jack Reeve 1866 |
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... never mistaken for U. A MAN OF WIT . A- , they say , has wit ; for what ? For writing ? -No ; for writing not . SWIFT . ON THE TWO LOCKES ; IN IMITATION OF DRYDEN'S EPIGRAM ON MILTON . Two Lockes in England have distinction claimed ...
... never mistaken for U. A MAN OF WIT . A- , they say , has wit ; for what ? For writing ? -No ; for writing not . SWIFT . ON THE TWO LOCKES ; IN IMITATION OF DRYDEN'S EPIGRAM ON MILTON . Two Lockes in England have distinction claimed ...
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... never fly from you . SWIFT . ON THE CENSORSHIP . ( From the German " Charivari , " by A. SCHULTZ . ) ANXIOUSLY , Interrogation Wondered : " Will the condemnation Of the censor fall on me ? " Dash thought likewise , silently ; Comma ...
... never fly from you . SWIFT . ON THE CENSORSHIP . ( From the German " Charivari , " by A. SCHULTZ . ) ANXIOUSLY , Interrogation Wondered : " Will the condemnation Of the censor fall on me ? " Dash thought likewise , silently ; Comma ...
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... marble by the hand that slew . 3 LORD JEFFREY . THE same skill'd hand that took their lives on high , Here on this marble bids them never die . LORD F. 4 THE life the Sportsman - artist took , The 18 THE WILD GARLAND .
... marble by the hand that slew . 3 LORD JEFFREY . THE same skill'd hand that took their lives on high , Here on this marble bids them never die . LORD F. 4 THE life the Sportsman - artist took , The 18 THE WILD GARLAND .
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Isaac Jack Reeve. ON LORD PALMERSTON'S RETIREMENT FROM LORD JOHN RUSSELL'S MINISTRY . NEVER fear , my Lord John , since Palmerston goes , That the popular breath you will catch less ; For , rid of that Lucifer , every one knows Your ...
Isaac Jack Reeve. ON LORD PALMERSTON'S RETIREMENT FROM LORD JOHN RUSSELL'S MINISTRY . NEVER fear , my Lord John , since Palmerston goes , That the popular breath you will catch less ; For , rid of that Lucifer , every one knows Your ...
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... never more be seen , Till More be there again . ON MR . GULLY THE PUGILIST , BEING RETURNED M.P. FOR PONTEFRACT . STRANGE is it , proud Pontefract's borough should sully Its fame by returning to Parliament , Gully . * The etymological ...
... never more be seen , Till More be there again . ON MR . GULLY THE PUGILIST , BEING RETURNED M.P. FOR PONTEFRACT . STRANGE is it , proud Pontefract's borough should sully Its fame by returning to Parliament , Gully . * The etymological ...
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ADDRESSED answer appear asked beauty better BISHOP cause Charles Church court cried dear death doctor England Epigram eyes fair fear fool fortune French gave George give grace hand happy head hear heart Heaven hope Italy JOHN kind king kiss known LADY late learned light lines live Lord MARRIAGE marry mind Miss mortal nature ne'er never night o'er once pain pass play pleasure poet poor Pope praise pray present prove Queen quoth reason replied rich rose rule SATIRICAL sense sent smile soon soul sure sweet tell thee thing thou thought TRANSLATION true truth turn verse wealth wife wise wish WITTY woman wonder WRITTEN wrote young youth
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Página 281 - Live while you live, the Epicure would say, And seize the pleasures of the present day. Live while you live, the sacred Preacher cries, And give to God each moment as it flies.
Página 250 - Knowledge and wisdom, far from being one, Have ofttimes no connection. Knowledge dwells In heads replete with thoughts of other men, Wisdom in minds attentive to their own.
Página 203 - Sweet Swan of Avon ! what a sight it were To see thee in our waters yet appear, And make those flights upon the banks of Thames, That so did take Eliza, and our James...
Página 252 - LIKE to the falling of a star, Or as the flights of eagles are, Or like the fresh spring's gaudy hue, Or silver drops of morning dew, Or like a wind that chafes the flood, Or bubbles which on water stood : Even such is man, whose borrowed light Is straight called in and paid to-night.
Página 253 - Know, nature's children all divide her care ; The fur that warms a monarch, warm'da bear. While man exclaims,
Página 265 - THE wretch, condemn'd with life to part, Still, still on hope relies ; And every pang that rends the heart, Bids expectation rise. Hope, like the glimmering taper's light, Adorns and cheers the way ; And still, as darker grows the night, Emits a brighter ray.
Página 262 - Honour or wealth with all his worth and pains ! It sounds like stories from the land of spirits, If any man obtain that which he merits, Or any merit that which he obtains.
Página 279 - If solid happiness we prize, Within our breast this jewel lies ; And they are fools who roam : The world has nothing to bestow ; From our own selves our joys must flow, And that dear hut, our home.
Página 79 - GOOD people all, with one accord, Lament for Madam Blaize, Who never wanted a good word— From those who spoke her praise. The needy seldom pass'd her door, And always found her kind; She freely lent to all the poor— Who left a pledge behind.
Página 283 - tis madness to defer : Next day the fatal precedent will plead ; Thus on, till wisdom is push'd out of life. Procrastination is the thief of time ; Year after year it steals, till all are fled, . And to the mercies of a moment leaves The vast concerns of an eternal scene.