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taught. the. weak. to. bend. ,. the. proud. to. pray. ,. To pow ' r unseen , and
mightier far than they : She , from the rending earth and bursting skies , Saw gods
descend , and fiends infernal rise : Here fix ' d the dreadful , there the blest
abodes ...
taught. the. weak. to. bend. ,. the. proud. to. pray. ,. To pow ' r unseen , and
mightier far than they : She , from the rending earth and bursting skies , Saw gods
descend , and fiends infernal rise : Here fix ' d the dreadful , there the blest
abodes ...
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... not kindl ' d new ; If not God ' s image , yet his shadow drew : Taught pow ' r ' s
due use to people and to kings , ' Taught nor to slack , nor strain its tender strings
, 290 The less , or greater , set so justly true , . That touching one must strike the ...
... not kindl ' d new ; If not God ' s image , yet his shadow drew : Taught pow ' r ' s
due use to people and to kings , ' Taught nor to slack , nor strain its tender strings
, 290 The less , or greater , set so justly true , . That touching one must strike the ...
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Honour , that praise which real merit gains , Or e ' en imaginary worth obtains ,
Here passes current ; paid from hand to band , It shifts in splendid traffic round
the land : From courts to camps , to cottages it strays , And all are taught an
avarice ...
Honour , that praise which real merit gains , Or e ' en imaginary worth obtains ,
Here passes current ; paid from hand to band , It shifts in splendid traffic round
the land : From courts to camps , to cottages it strays , And all are taught an
avarice ...
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And thou , fair Freedom , taught alike to feel The rabble ' s rage , and tyrant ' s
angry steel ; Thou transitory flower , alike undone By cold contempt , or favour ' s
fostering sun , still may thy blooms the chargeful cline endure , I only would
repress ...
And thou , fair Freedom , taught alike to feel The rabble ' s rage , and tyrant ' s
angry steel ; Thou transitory flower , alike undone By cold contempt , or favour ' s
fostering sun , still may thy blooms the chargeful cline endure , I only would
repress ...
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... its breast the rolling clouds are spread , Eternal sunshine settles on its head . "
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 ...
... its breast the rolling clouds are spread , Eternal sunshine settles on its head . "
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 ...
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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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