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... thou find , 35 Why form'd so weak , so little , and so blind ! First , if thou canst the harder reason guess , Why form'd no weaker , blinder , and no less ; Ask of thy mother earth , why oaks are made Taller and stronger than the weeds ...
... thou find , 35 Why form'd so weak , so little , and so blind ! First , if thou canst the harder reason guess , Why form'd no weaker , blinder , and no less ; Ask of thy mother earth , why oaks are made Taller and stronger than the weeds ...
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... thou ! and in thy scale of sense Weigh thy opinion against providence ; Call imperfection what thou fanciest such , Say , here he gives too little , there too much ; Destroy all creatures for thy sport or gust , Yet cry , if man's ...
... thou ! and in thy scale of sense Weigh thy opinion against providence ; Call imperfection what thou fanciest such , Say , here he gives too little , there too much ; Destroy all creatures for thy sport or gust , Yet cry , if man's ...
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... thou canst bear : Safe in the hand of one disposing pow'r , Or in the natal , or the mortal hour . All nature is but art , unknown to thee ; 280 285 All chance , direction , which thou canst not see ; 290 All discord , harmony , not ...
... thou canst bear : Safe in the hand of one disposing pow'r , Or in the natal , or the mortal hour . All nature is but art , unknown to thee ; 280 285 All chance , direction , which thou canst not see ; 290 All discord , harmony , not ...
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... thou fool ! work'd solely for thy good , Thy joy , thy pastime , thy attire , thy food ? Who for thy table feeds the wanton fawn , For him as kindly spreads the flow'ry lawn . Is it for thee the lark ascends and sings ? Joy tunes his ...
... thou fool ! work'd solely for thy good , Thy joy , thy pastime , thy attire , thy food ? Who for thy table feeds the wanton fawn , For him as kindly spreads the flow'ry lawn . Is it for thee the lark ascends and sings ? Joy tunes his ...
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... his feast of life before Thou too must perish , when thy feast is o'er ! To each unthinking being , Heav'n a friend , Gives not the useless knowledge of its end ; ; 50 55 60 65 70 To man imparts it ; but with such a view 28 POPE'S ESSAY.
... his feast of life before Thou too must perish , when thy feast is o'er ! To each unthinking being , Heav'n a friend , Gives not the useless knowledge of its end ; ; 50 55 60 65 70 To man imparts it ; but with such a view 28 POPE'S ESSAY.
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alike Amidst beneath Blair blank verse bless'd blessing blest bliss blood boast breast breath charms climes creature dear death e'en e'er earth ease Elegy EPISTLE EPISTLE II eternal ev'n ev'ry fame fear fix'd flies fool form'd gen'ral giv'n grave hand happiness heart Heav'n honour hope hope and fear human instinct int'rest kings land laws learn'd looks lord luxury man's mankind mind monarch moral nature nature's ne'er never o'er OLIVER GOLDSMITH once pain passions plac'd Pleas'd pleasure poem poor pow'r pride proud reason reign rest rich rill rise Robert Blair round Self-love shade shame sire skies slave smiling society soul spread strength swain sweet SWEET AUBURN taught tell thee thine thing thou thro toil Twas tyrant vice village virtue weak wealth Whilst whole wise world unknown wretch yonder
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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...