 | Health - 1802 - 302 pages
...Maker said, That not in humble or in brief delight, Not in the fading echoes of renown 215 Power's purple robes, or pleasure's flow'ry lap The soul should...but from these Turning disdainful to an equal good, Thro' all the ascent of things enlarge her view, Till every bound at length should disappear, 220 And... | |
 | Mark Akenside - 1804 - 206 pages
...mortal man, the Sov'ran Mak'.r said, Not in the fading echoes of renown, 215 Pow'rs purple robes, nor Pleasure's flow'ry lap, The soul should find enjoyment...but from these Turning disdainful to an equal good, Thro' all th' ascent of things enlarge her view, Till ev'ry bound at length should disappear, 220 And... | |
 | English poetry - 1806 - 408 pages
...brief delight, Not in the fading echoes of renown, Pow'r's purple robes, nor pleasure's flow'ry Lip, The soul should find enjoyment : but from these Turning disdainful to an equal good, Thro' all th' ascent of things enlarge her view, Till every bound at length should disappear, And infinite... | |
 | Mark Akenside - 1807 - 254 pages
...brief delight, Not in the fading echoes, of renown, jtf Power's purple robes, nor pleasure's flowery lap, The soul should find enjoyment: but from these Turning disdainful to an equal good, Through all the ascent of things enlarge her view, Till every bound at length should disappear, 280 And infinite... | |
 | Mark Akenside, Thomas Park - 1808 - 358 pages
...in brief delight, Not in the fading echoes of renown, Power's purple rohes, nor Pleasure's flowery lap, The soul should find enjoyment : but from these Turning disdainful to an equal good, Through all the' ascent of things enlarge her view Till every bound at length should disappear, ' And infinite... | |
 | William Enfield - Elocution - 1808 - 434 pages
...not in humble nor in brief delight, Not in the fading echoes of renown, Power's. purple robes, nor pleasure's flow'ry lap, The soul should find enjoyment...but from these Turning disdainful to an equal good, Thro' all th' ascent of things enlarge her view, 'Till every bound at length should disappear, infinite... | |
 | Cabinet - 1808 - 524 pages
...in brief delight, Not in the fading echoes of renown, Power's purple robes, nor pleasure's flowery lap, The soul should find enjoyment : but from these Turning disdainful to an equal good, Through all the ascent of things enlarge her view, Till every bound at length should disappear, And infinite perfection... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - English poetry - 1809 - 604 pages
...in brief delight, Not in the fading echoes of renown,' Power's purple tubes, nor pleasure's flowery critics criticise, that holds Inquisitive attention, while I read, Fast bound in chains Thro' all the ascent ofthingsenlarge her view, 'Tilt evejy bound at length should disappear, .And -infinite... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1810 - 622 pages
...in brief delight, Not in the fading echoes of Renown, Power's purple rubes, nor Pleasure's flowery lap, The soul should find enjoyment: but from these Turning disdainful to an equal good, Through all the ascent of things enlarge her view, Till every bound at length should disappear, 220 And infinite... | |
 | Mark Akenside - Imagination - 1818 - 210 pages
...brief delight, Not in the fading echoes of renown, 215 Power's purple robes, nor pleasure's flowery lap, The soul should find enjoyment : but from these Turning disdainful to an equal good, Through all the ascent of things enlarge her view, Till every bound at length should disappear, 220 And infinite... | |
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Rest at the fated goal. For from the birth Of mortal man, the sovereign Maker said, That not in humble nor in brief delight, Not in the fading echoes of Renown, Power's purple robes, nor Pleasure's flowery lap, The soul should find enjoyment : but from... 
