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" What though he knows not those fantastic joys That still amuse the wanton, still deceive ; A face of pleasure, but a heart of pain ; Their hollow moments undelighted all ! Sure peace is his ; a solid life, estrang'd To disappointment and fallacious hope... "
History of Roman Literature from Its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age ... - Page 141
by John Colin Dunlop - 1827
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Poems

James Thomson - 1730 - 260 pages
...ff Their hollow moments undelighftd all. Sur*peaeeishis; afolidlifr, eftra»g'd To difappointment, and fallacious hope; Rich in content, in Nature's bounty rich, In herbs, aad fruits 5 whatever gfeens the Sp r'mg, D 4 When heaven defcends in fhow'rs; or bends the bough,...
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The Preceptor: Containing a General Course of Education. Wherein ..., Volume 1

Robert Dodsley - Education - 1758 - 606 pages
...he knows not thofe fantaftic Joys, That ftill amufe the Wanton, frill deceive ; A Face of Pleafure, but a Heart of Pain ; Their hollow Moments undelighted all ? Sure Peace is his ; a folid Life, eflrang'd To Difappointment, and fallacious Hope : Rich in Content, in Nature's Bounty...
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The Works of James Thomson: With His Last Corrections and Improvements. ...

James Thomson - 1766 - 266 pages
...he knows not thofe fantaftic joys, That ftill amufe the wanton, ftill deceive ; A face of pleafure, but a heart of pain ; Their hollow moments undelighted all ? Sure peace is his ; a folid life, eftranged 1255 To difappointment, and fallacious hope i Rich in content, in Nature's bounty...
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The Works of James Thomson: With His Last Corrections and ..., Volume 1

James Thomson - 1774 - 272 pages
...tho' he knows not thofe fantaftic joys, That ftill amufe the wanton, Hill deceive; A face of pleafure, but a heart of pain ; Their hollow moments undelighted all ? Sure peace is his ; a folid life, eftrang'd 1255 To difappointment, and fallacious hope : Rich in content, in Nature's bounty...
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The Works of the English Poets: With Prefaces, Biographical and ..., Volume 48

Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1779 - 304 pages
...he knows not thofe fantaftic joys, That ftill amufe the wanton, ftill deceive; A face of pleafurc, but a heart of pain ; Their hollow moments undelighted all ? Sure peace is his ; a folid life, eftrang'd 1155 To difappointment, and fallacious hope : Rich in content, in Nature's bounty...
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The Speaker: Or, Miscellaneous Pieces, Selected from the Best English ...

William Enfield - Elocution - 1785 - 460 pages
...he knows not thofe fantaftic joys, That Hill amufe the wanton, fiill deceive ; A face of pleafure, but a heart of pain ; Their hollow moments undelighted all ? Sure peace is his ; a folid life eftrang'd To difappointment, and fallacious hope : Rich in content, in Nature's bounty rich,...
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Bell's Edition, Volumes 91-92

John Bell - English poetry - 1787 - 510 pages
...'He knows not thofe fantaftic joys That ftill amufe the wanton', ftill deceive," A face of plcafurc, but a heart of pain, Their hollow moments undelighted all ? Sure peace is his ; a folid life, eftrang'd \^5S To diiappointmcnt and fallacious hopei Hich in content, in Nature's bounty'rich,...
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The Works of James Thomson: With His Last Corrections and ..., Volume 1

James Thomson, Patrick Murdoch - 1788 - 326 pages
...he knows not thofe fantaftic joys, That ftill amufe the wanton, ftill deceive; A face of pleafure, but a heart of pain ; Their hollow moments undelighted all ? Sure peace is his; a folid life, eftranged To difappointment, and fallacious hope: Rich in content, in Nature's bounty rich,...
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The English Parnassus: Being a New Selection of Didactic, Descriptive ...

John Adams - English poetry - 1789 - 376 pages
...he knows not thofe fantaftic joys, That ftill amufe the wanton, ftill deceive j A face of pleafure, but a heart of pain ; Their hollow moments undelighted all ? Sure peace is his ; a folid life, eftrang'd To difappointment, and fallacious hope : Rich in content, in nature's bounty...
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The works of the English poets. With prefaces, biographical and ..., Volume 54

English poets - 1790 - 292 pages
...he knows not thofe fantaftic joys. That fiill amufe the wanton, ftill deceive ; A face of pleafure, but a heart of pain ; Their hollow moments undelighted all ? Sure peace is his ; a folid life, eftrang'd I25S To difappointment, and fallacious hope : Rich in content, in Nature's bounty...
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