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Page 128
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 can ...
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 can ...
Page 135
Hence ostentation here , with tawdry art , Pants for the vulgar praise which fools
impart ; Here vanity assumes her pert grimace , And trims her robes of frieze with
copper Here beggar pride defrauds her daily cheer , To boast one splendid ...
Hence ostentation here , with tawdry art , Pants for the vulgar praise which fools
impart ; Here vanity assumes her pert grimace , And trims her robes of frieze with
copper Here beggar pride defrauds her daily cheer , To boast one splendid ...
Page 136
Fired at the sound , my genius spreads her wing , And flies where Britain courts
the western spring ; Where lawns extend that scorn Arcadian pride , And brighter
streams than famed Hydaspis glide , There all around the gentlest breezes stray
...
Fired at the sound , my genius spreads her wing , And flies where Britain courts
the western spring ; Where lawns extend that scorn Arcadian pride , And brighter
streams than famed Hydaspis glide , There all around the gentlest breezes stray
...
Page 141
... trade's unfeeling train Usurp the land , and dispossess the swain ; Along the
lawn , where scattered hamlets rose , Unwieldy wealth and cumberous pomp
repose ; And every want to luxury allied , And every pang that folly pays to pride .
... trade's unfeeling train Usurp the land , and dispossess the swain ; Along the
lawn , where scattered hamlets rose , Unwieldy wealth and cumberous pomp
repose ; And every want to luxury allied , And every pang that folly pays to pride .
Page 244
... high degree ; In pride of power , in beauty's bloom , Had wept o'er Monmouth's
bloody tomb ! When kindness had his wants supplied , And the old man was
gratified , Began to rise his minstrel pride : And he began to talk anon , Of good
earl ...
... high degree ; In pride of power , in beauty's bloom , Had wept o'er Monmouth's
bloody tomb ! When kindness had his wants supplied , And the old man was
gratified , Began to rise his minstrel pride : And he began to talk anon , Of good
earl ...
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| Title | The Beauties of the British Poets: With a Few Introductory Observations |
| Author | George Croly |
| Editor | George Croly |
| Publisher | R.B. Seeley and W. Burnside ; and sold by L.B. Seeley and Sons, 1828 |
| Original from | The British Library |
| Digitized | 4 Feb 2015 |
| Length | 367 pages |
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