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The unreasonableness of his complaints against provi . dence , while on the one
hand he demands the perfections of the angels , and on the other hand the bodily
qualifications of the brutes , 165 . Though to possess any of the sensitive ...
The unreasonableness of his complaints against provi . dence , while on the one
hand he demands the perfections of the angels , and on the other hand the bodily
qualifications of the brutes , 165 . Though to possess any of the sensitive ...
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What if the foot , ordain ' d the dust to tread , Or hand , to toil , aspir ' d to be the
head ? What if the head , the eye , or ear repin ' d To serve mere engines to the
ruling Mind ? Just as absurd for any part to claim To be another , in this gen ' ral ...
What if the foot , ordain ' d the dust to tread , Or hand , to toil , aspir ' d to be the
head ? What if the head , the eye , or ear repin ' d To serve mere engines to the
ruling Mind ? Just as absurd for any part to claim To be another , in this gen ' ral ...
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Sepulchral columns wrestle , but in vain , With all - subduing time : bis cank ' ring
hand With calm delib ' rate malice wasteth them : Worn on the edge of days the
brass consumes , The busto moulders , and the deep - cut marble , Unsteady to ...
Sepulchral columns wrestle , but in vain , With all - subduing time : bis cank ' ring
hand With calm delib ' rate malice wasteth them : Worn on the edge of days the
brass consumes , The busto moulders , and the deep - cut marble , Unsteady to ...
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Thus hand in hand The sot has walk ' d with death twice twenty years . ; And yet
ne ' er yonker on the green laughs louder , Or clubs a smuttier tale : - When
drunkards meet , None sings a merrier catch , or lends a hand More willing to his
cup .
Thus hand in hand The sot has walk ' d with death twice twenty years . ; And yet
ne ' er yonker on the green laughs louder , Or clubs a smuttier tale : - When
drunkards meet , None sings a merrier catch , or lends a hand More willing to his
cup .
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When yet but warm from thy great Maker ' s hand , He stamp ' d thee with his
image , and , well - pleas ' d , Smild on his last fair work . - - Then all was well .
Sound was the body , and the soul serene ; Like two sweet instruments , ne ' er
out of ...
When yet but warm from thy great Maker ' s hand , He stamp ' d thee with his
image , and , well - pleas ' d , Smild on his last fair work . - - Then all was well .
Sound was the body , and the soul serene ; Like two sweet instruments , ne ' er
out of ...
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Page 88 - E'en in our ashes live their wonted fires. For thee, who, mindful of th' unhonour'd dead, Dost in these lines their artless tale relate; If chance, by lonely contemplation led, Some kindred spirit shall inquire thy fate — Haply some hoary-headed swain may say, ' Oft have we seen him at the peep of dawn Brushing with hasty steps the dews away To meet the sun upon the upland lawn.
Page 19 - Created half to rise, and half to fall; Great lord of all things, yet a prey to all; Sole judge of truth, in endless error hurl'd; The glory, jest, and riddle of the world!
Page 86 - Let not ambition mock their useful toil, Their homely joys, and destiny obscure; Nor grandeur hear with a disdainful smile The short and simple annals of the poor.
Page 114 - Beside yon straggling fence that skirts the way, With blossom'd furze unprofitably gay, There, in his noisy mansion, skill'd to rule, The village master taught his little school. A man severe he was, and stern to view; I knew him well, and every truant knew...
Page 18 - Lives through all life, extends through all extent, Spreads undivided, operates unspent: Breathes in our soul, informs our mortal part, As full, as perfect, in a hair as heart; As full, as perfect, in vile man that mourns, As the rapt seraph that adores and burns: To him no high, no low, no great, no small; He fills, he bounds, connects, and equals all.
Page 112 - tis hard to combat, learns to fly! For him no wretches, born to work and weep, Explore the mine, or tempt the dangerous deep; No surly porter stands in guilty state, To spurn imploring famine from the gate...
Page 14 - In Pride, in reas'ning Pride, our error lies; All quit their sphere, and rush into the skies. Pride still is aiming at the blest abodes, Men would be Angels, Angels would be Gods. Aspiring to be Gods, if Angels fell, Aspiring to be Angels, Men rebel: And who but wishes to invert the laws Of Order, sins against th
Page 115 - The chest contrived a double debt to pay, A bed by night, a chest of drawers by day...
Page 118 - And, pinch'd with cold, and shrinking from the shower, With heavy heart deplores that luckless hour, When idly first, ambitious of the town, She left her wheel and robes of country brown.
Page 85 - And all the air a solemn stillness holds, Save where the beetle wheels his droning flight...
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| Title | Elegant poems. Pope's Essay on man, Blair's Grave, Gray's Elegy, Goldsmith's Traveller, and Goldsmith's Deserted village |
| Author | Elegant poems |
| Published | 1814 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 26 Sep 2006 |
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