Elegant poems. Pope's Essay on man, Blair's Grave, Gray's Elegy, Goldsmith's Traveller, and Goldsmith's Deserted village |
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All nature is but art , unknown to thee ; All chance , direction , which thou canst
not see ; 290 All discord , harmony , not understood ; All partial evil universal
good : And spite of pride , in erring reason ' s spite , One truth is clear , “ Whatever
is is ...
All nature is but art , unknown to thee ; All chance , direction , which thou canst
not see ; 290 All discord , harmony , not understood ; All partial evil universal
good : And spite of pride , in erring reason ' s spite , One truth is clear , “ Whatever
is is ...
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In all the madness of superfluous health , The train of pride , the impudence of
wealth , Let this great truth be present night and day ; 5 But most be present , if
we preach or pray . Look round our world ; behold the chain of love Combining
all ...
In all the madness of superfluous health , The train of pride , the impudence of
wealth , Let this great truth be present night and day ; 5 But most be present , if
we preach or pray . Look round our world ; behold the chain of love Combining
all ...
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Oh , blind to truth , and God ' s whole scheme below , Who fancy bliss to vice , to
virtue woe ! Who sees and follows that great scheme the best , 95 Best knows the
blessing , and will most be blest . But fools the good alone unhappy call , For ills ...
Oh , blind to truth , and God ' s whole scheme below , Who fancy bliss to vice , to
virtue woe ! Who sees and follows that great scheme the best , 95 Best knows the
blessing , and will most be blest . But fools the good alone unhappy call , For ills ...
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Their lot forbade ; nor circumscrib ' d alone Their growing virtues , but their crimes
confin ' d : Forbade to wade through slaughter to a throne , And shut the gates of
mercy on mankind : The struggling pangs of conscious truth to hide ; To quench ...
Their lot forbade ; nor circumscrib ' d alone Their growing virtues , but their crimes
confin ' d : Forbade to wade through slaughter to a throne , And shut the gates of
mercy on mankind : The struggling pangs of conscious truth to hide ; To quench ...
Page 104
Yet think not thus , when Freedom ' s ilís I state , I mean to flatter kings , ' or court
the great ; Ye powers of truth that bid my soul aspire , Far from my bosom drive
the low desire ! And thou , fair Freedom , taught alike to feel The rabble ' s rage ...
Yet think not thus , when Freedom ' s ilís I state , I mean to flatter kings , ' or court
the great ; Ye powers of truth that bid my soul aspire , Far from my bosom drive
the low desire ! And thou , fair Freedom , taught alike to feel The rabble ' s rage ...
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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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