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Page vii
... to be the rescue of man from the dominion of vice : yet , it is probable , if such an object occupied the attention of its numerous authors , that it never was in any instance at- be so may tained . It must be admitted , PREFACE . vii.
... to be the rescue of man from the dominion of vice : yet , it is probable , if such an object occupied the attention of its numerous authors , that it never was in any instance at- be so may tained . It must be admitted , PREFACE . vii.
Page viii
... vice inwrapt by its allurements , as to continue insensible of his great deviation from virtue ; whose voice is inaudible throughout the clamor of the passions : but it is well known , that whenever the convulsions of those lords of the ...
... vice inwrapt by its allurements , as to continue insensible of his great deviation from virtue ; whose voice is inaudible throughout the clamor of the passions : but it is well known , that whenever the convulsions of those lords of the ...
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... vice By art is made to look more nice , Intending but of it to sip Though by degrees in ruin dip , As hapless , never learn'd these fools To err by strict mechanic rules . Some to the city rush , yet there Have nought to occupy one care ...
... vice By art is made to look more nice , Intending but of it to sip Though by degrees in ruin dip , As hapless , never learn'd these fools To err by strict mechanic rules . Some to the city rush , yet there Have nought to occupy one care ...
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... mass : Our cities seem like human cages Where toiling vice receives its wages , In which if men were forc'd to stay With Job they'd sit and curse the day , 450 560 Their effects on man . But as they cleave to THE AGE . 13.
... mass : Our cities seem like human cages Where toiling vice receives its wages , In which if men were forc'd to stay With Job they'd sit and curse the day , 450 560 Their effects on man . But as they cleave to THE AGE . 13.
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... now a green . Men there to character attain , In strict proportion as they gain ; The means can ne'er the man affect By which his hoards he may collect ; 400 410 420 著 The prevailing passion . Tho ' vice is us'd in THE AGE . 15.
... now a green . Men there to character attain , In strict proportion as they gain ; The means can ne'er the man affect By which his hoards he may collect ; 400 410 420 著 The prevailing passion . Tho ' vice is us'd in THE AGE . 15.
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Page 199 - Where-e'er you tread, your foot shall set The primrose and the violet ; All spices, perfumes, and sweet powders, Shall borrow from your breath their odours ; Nature her charter shall renew, And take all lives of things from you ; The world depend upon your eye, And when you frown upon it die : Only our loves shall survive, New worlds and natures to out-live ; And like to heralds moons remain, All crescents, without change or wane.
Page 190 - Thy cheeks are comely with rows of jewels, thy neck with chains of gold.
Page 268 - Tis the temptation of the devil That makes all human actions evil : For Saints may do the same things by The Spirit, in sincerity, Which other men are tempted to, And at the devil's instance do ; And yet the actions be contrary, Just as the Saints and Wicked vary.
Page 250 - At once as far as angels ken he views The dismal situation waste and wild A dungeon horrible, on all sides round As one great furnace flamed, yet from those flames No light, but rather darkness visible Served only to discover sights of woe, Regions of sorrow, doleful shades, where peace And rest can never dwell, hope never comes That comes to all; but torture without...
Page 250 - A dungeon horrible on all sides round As one great furnace flamed; yet from those flames No light; but rather darkness visible Served only to discover sights of woe, Regions of sorrow, doleful shades, where peace And rest can never dwell, hope never comes That comes to all; but torture without end Still urges, and a fiery deluge, fed With ever-burning sulphur unconsumed.
Page 198 - The sun and day shall sooner part, Than love or you shake off my heart ; The sun, that shall no more dispense His own, but your bright influence. I'll carve your name on barks of trees...
Page 198 - Quoth he, My faith, as adamantine, As chains of destiny, I'll maintain ; True as Apollo ever spoke, Or oracle from heart of oak ; And if you'll give my flame but vent, Now in close hugger-mugger pent, And shine upon me but benignly, With that one, and that other pigsney...
Page 190 - I sleep, but my heart waketh: it is the voice of my beloved that knocketh, saying: Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my undefiled: for my head is filled with dew, and my locks with the drops of the night.
Page 231 - Of vermin did at first proceed. So e're the storm of war broke out, Religion spawn'da various rout Of petulant Capricious sects, The maggots of corrupted texts, That first run all religion down, And after ev'ry swarm its own. For as the Persian {h} Magi once Upon their mothers got their sons, That were incapable t...
Page 125 - Great and high, The world knows only two, that's Rome and I. My roof receives me not ; 'tis air I tread ; And, at each step, I feel my advanced head Knock out a star in heaven...