The Poetical Works: With an Account of the Life and Writings of the AuthorM. & W. Ward, 1811 - 72 pages |
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... pride . When thus creation's charms around combine , Amidst the store , should thankless pride repine ? Say , should the philosophic mind disdain That good which makes each humbler bosom vain ? Let school - taught pride dissemble all it ...
... pride . When thus creation's charms around combine , Amidst the store , should thankless pride repine ? Say , should the philosophic mind disdain That good which makes each humbler bosom vain ? Let school - taught pride dissemble all it ...
Page 15
... the mountain's side , Woods over woods in gay theatric pride ; While oft some temple's mould'ring tops between With memorable grandeur mark the scene . Could Nature's bounty satisfy the breast , The sons of THE TRAVELLER . 15.
... the mountain's side , Woods over woods in gay theatric pride ; While oft some temple's mould'ring tops between With memorable grandeur mark the scene . Could Nature's bounty satisfy the breast , The sons of THE TRAVELLER . 15.
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... pride ; From these the feeble heart and long - fallen mind An easy compensation seem to find . Here may be seen , in bloodless pomp array'd , The pasteboard triumph and the cavalcade : • Processions form'd for piety and love , A ...
... pride ; From these the feeble heart and long - fallen mind An easy compensation seem to find . Here may be seen , in bloodless pomp array'd , The pasteboard triumph and the cavalcade : • Processions form'd for piety and love , A ...
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... Pride defrauds her daily cheer , To boast one splendid banquet once a year ; The mind still turns where shifting fashion draws , Nor weighs the solid worth of self - applause . To men of other minds my fancy flies , Embosom'd in the ...
... Pride defrauds her daily cheer , To boast one splendid banquet once a year ; The mind still turns where shifting fashion draws , Nor weighs the solid worth of self - applause . To men of other minds my fancy flies , Embosom'd in the ...
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... pride , And brighter streams than fam'd Hydaspis glide , ' There all around the gentlest breezes stray , There gentle music melts on every spray ; Creation's mildest charms are there combin❜d , Extremes are only in the master's mind ...
... pride , And brighter streams than fam'd Hydaspis glide , ' There all around the gentlest breezes stray , There gentle music melts on every spray ; Creation's mildest charms are there combin❜d , Extremes are only in the master's mind ...
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