Poetical Works: With a Memoir, Volume 2Little, Brown & Company, 1866 |
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... race , Which heaven itself in vain has tried with grace ! When will our reason's long charm'd eyes unclose , And Israel judge between her friends and foes ? When shall we see expir'd deceivers ' sway , And credit what our God and ...
... race , Which heaven itself in vain has tried with grace ! When will our reason's long charm'd eyes unclose , And Israel judge between her friends and foes ? When shall we see expir'd deceivers ' sway , And credit what our God and ...
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... race , 1085 To virtue's scandal , and the stars ' disgrace ! Oh ! had the indulgent powers vouchsafed to yield , Instead of faithless shelves , a listed field ; A listed field of heaven's and David's foes , Fierce as the troops that did ...
... race , 1085 To virtue's scandal , and the stars ' disgrace ! Oh ! had the indulgent powers vouchsafed to yield , Instead of faithless shelves , a listed field ; A listed field of heaven's and David's foes , Fierce as the troops that did ...
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... race of Noah . That there is something above us , some principle of motion , our reason can apprehend , though it cannot discover what it is by its own virtue . And indeed ' tis very improbable , that we , who by the strength of our ...
... race of Noah . That there is something above us , some principle of motion , our reason can apprehend , though it cannot discover what it is by its own virtue . And indeed ' tis very improbable , that we , who by the strength of our ...
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... race supply : So all we make of Heaven's discover'd will Is , not to have it , or to use it ill . The danger's much the same ; on several shelves If others wreck us , or we wreck ourselves . What then remains , but , waving each extreme ...
... race supply : So all we make of Heaven's discover'd will Is , not to have it , or to use it ill . The danger's much the same ; on several shelves If others wreck us , or we wreck ourselves . What then remains , but , waving each extreme ...
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... race began , O'er infancy he swiftly ran ; The future god at first was more than man : Dangers and toils , and Juno's hate E'en o'er his cradle lay in wait ; And there he grappled first with fate : 450 In his young hands the hissing ...
... race began , O'er infancy he swiftly ran ; The future god at first was more than man : Dangers and toils , and Juno's hate E'en o'er his cradle lay in wait ; And there he grappled first with fate : 450 In his young hands the hissing ...
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Page 80 - Dim as the borrow'd beams of moon and stars To lonely, weary, wandering travellers, Is reason to the soul: and as on high, Those rolling fires discover but the sky, Not light us here; so reason's glimmering ray Was lent, not to assure our doubtful way, But guide us upward to a better day. And as those nightly tapers disappear When day's bright lord ascends our hemisphere; So pale grows reason at religion's sight; So dies, and so dissolves in supernatural light.
Page 276 - Better to hunt in fields for health unbought Than fee the doctor for a nauseous draught. The wise for cure on exercise depend : God never made His work for man to mend.
Page 240 - There thou may'st wings display, and altars raise, And torture one poor word ten thousand ways; Or, if thou wouldst thy different talents suit, Set thy own songs, and sing them to thy lute.
Page 126 - But, gracious God, how well dost thou provide For erring judgments an unerring guide! Thy throne is darkness in the abyss of light, A blaze of glory that forbids the sight. O teach me to believe thee thus conceal'd, And search no farther than thyself reveal'd; But her alone for my director take, Whom thou hast promised never to forsake!
Page 233 - Tis resolved, for Nature pleads that he Should only rule who most resembles me. Shadwell alone my perfect image bears, Mature in dulness from his tender years ; Shadwell alone of all my sons is he Who stands confirmed in full stupidity. The rest to some faint meaning make pretence, But Shadwell never deviates into sense.
Page 295 - Meantime her warlike brother on the seas His waving streamers to the winds displays, And vows for his return, with vain devotion, pays. Ah, generous youth, that wish forbear, The winds too soon will waft thee here ! Slack all thy sails, and fear...
Page 233 - Through all the realms of Nonsense absolute. This aged prince, now flourishing in peace And blest with issue of a large increase, Worn out with business, did at length debate To settle the succession of the state ; And pondering which of all his sons was fit To reign and wage immortal war with wit, Cried, ' 'Tis resolved, for Nature pleads that he Should only rule who most resembles me.
Page 96 - Tis some relief, that points not clearly known, Without much hazard may be let alone : And after hearing what our Church can say, If still our reason runs another way, That private reason 'tis more just to curb, Than by disputes the public peace disturb. For points obscure are of small use to learn : But common quiet is mankind's concern.
Page 85 - Whence but from Heaven could men, unskilled in arts, In several ages born, in several parts, Weave such agreeing truths? or how or why Should all conspire to cheat us with a lie? Unasked their pains, ungrateful their advice, Starving their gain and martyrdom their price.
Page 288 - O early ripe! to thy abundant store What could advancing age have added more? It might (what nature never gives the young) Have taught the numbers of thy native tongue. But satire needs not those, and wit will shine Through the harsh cadence of a rugged line.