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Page 153
When thus creation's charms around combine , Amidst the store , should
thankless pride repine ? Say , should the philosophic mind disdain That good
which makes each humbler bosom vain Let school - taught pride dissemble all it
can ...
When thus creation's charms around combine , Amidst the store , should
thankless pride repine ? Say , should the philosophic mind disdain That good
which makes each humbler bosom vain Let school - taught pride dissemble all it
can ...
Page 160
Hence ostentation here , with tawdry art , Pants for the vulgar praise which fools
impart ; Flere vanity assumes her pert grimace , And trin her robes of frieze with
copper lace ; Here beggar pride defrauds her daily cheer , To boast one splendid
...
Hence ostentation here , with tawdry art , Pants for the vulgar praise which fools
impart ; Flere vanity assumes her pert grimace , And trin her robes of frieze with
copper lace ; Here beggar pride defrauds her daily cheer , To boast one splendid
...
Page 161
Fired at the sound , my genius spreads her wing , And flies where Britain courts
the western spring ; Where lawns extend that scorn Arcadian pride , And brighter
streams than famed Hydaspes glide , There all around the gentlest breezes stray
...
Fired at the sound , my genius spreads her wing , And flies where Britain courts
the western spring ; Where lawns extend that scorn Arcadian pride , And brighter
streams than famed Hydaspes glide , There all around the gentlest breezes stray
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| Title | The Beauties of the British Poets: With a Few Introductory Observations... |
| Author | George Croly |
| Compiled by | George Croly |
| Publisher | Phillips, Sampson & Company, 1849 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 2 Sep 2006 |
| Length | 395 pages |
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