| John Gay - 1840 - 170 páginas
...And stands in rapture o'er his hoard. But now, with sudden qualms possest, He wrings his hands, and beats his breast. By conscience stung, he wildly stares,...stores confin'd, ' This heart had known sweet peace of mini ' But virtue's sold. Alas ! what price ' Can recompence the pangs of vice ; ' 0 bane of good !... | |
| John Gay - 1842 - 236 páginas
...stored, And stands in rapture o'er his hoard: But now with sudden qualms possess'd, He wrings his hands, he beats his breast: By conscience stung, he wildly...guilty soul declares : " Had the deep earth her stores confined, This heart had known sweet peace of mind. But virtue's sold. Good gods ! what price Can recompense... | |
| Leigh Hunt - 1845 - 280 páginas
...stor'd" are just made for one another) But now, with sudden qualms possess'd, He wrings his hands, he beats his breast; By conscience stung, he wildly stares, And thus his guilty soul declares. And so he denounces his gold, as miser never denounced it; and sighs, because Virtue resides on earth... | |
| Leigh Hunt - 1845 - 372 páginas
...stor'd" are just made for one another) But now, with sudden qualms possess'd, He wrings his hands, he beats his breast; By conscience stung, he wildly stares, And thus his guilty soul declares. And so he denounces his gold, as miser never denounced it; and sighs, because Virtue resides on earth... | |
| Leigh Hunt - 1845 - 278 páginas
...stor'd" are just made for one another) But now, with sudden qualms possess'd, He wrings his hands, he beats his breast; By conscience stung, he wildly stares, And thus his guilty soul declares. And so he denounces his gold, as miser never denounced it ; and sighs, because Virtue resides on earth... | |
| Leigh Hunt - 1845 - 292 páginas
...stor'd" are just made for one another) But now, with sudden qualms possess'd, He wrings his hands, he beats his breast ; By conscience stung, he wildly stares, And thus his guilty soul declares. And so he denounces his gold, as miser never denounced it ; and sighs, because Virtue resides on earth... | |
| Leigh Hunt - 1845 - 278 páginas
...stor'd" are just made for one another) But now, with sudden qualms possess'd, He wrings his hands, he beats his breast; By conscience stung, he wildly stares, And thus his guilty soul declares. And so he denounces his gold, as miser never denounced it ; and sighs, because Virtue resides on earth... | |
| English poetry - 1848 - 468 páginas
...stor'd, And stands in rapture o'er his hoard. But now with sudden qualms possest, He wrings his hands, he beats his breast , By conscience stung he wildly...gods ! what price Can recompense the pangs of vice ! 0 bane of good ! seducing cheat ! Can man, weak man, thy power defeat ? Gold banish'd honour from... | |
| John Gay - 1849 - 252 páginas
...stung, he wildly stares, And thus his guilty soul declares: " Had the deep earth her stores confined, This heart had known sweet peace of mind. But virtue's...of good ! seducing cheat ! Can man, weak man, thy power defeat? Gold banish'd honour from the mind, And only left the name behind ; Gold sow'd the world... | |
| Andrew Comstock - 1853 - 456 páginas
....hands ; | B rV<r U »r qualms possest, | he beats his breast — | rJJl PRACTICAL ELOCUTION. 105 ftr— By conscience stung, he wildly stares ; | And thus his guilty soul declares : | Btifdtr-R Had the deep earth | This heart had known *Kt Rl her stores confin'd, | sweet peace of... | |
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