The Poetical Works ...Bell and Daldy, 1866 - 355 pages |
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... land ; he officiated occasionally in the parish of Kilkenny West , in the county of Westmeath , the rector of which was his wife's uncle ; and he seems to have been regularly the curate of the parish of Forney , lying next to the other ...
... land ; he officiated occasionally in the parish of Kilkenny West , in the county of Westmeath , the rector of which was his wife's uncle ; and he seems to have been regularly the curate of the parish of Forney , lying next to the other ...
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... land . But small the bliss that sense alone bestows , And sensual bliss is all the nation knows . In florid beauty groves and fields appear ; Man seems the only growth that dwindles here . Contrasted faults through all his manners reign ...
... land . But small the bliss that sense alone bestows , And sensual bliss is all the nation knows . In florid beauty groves and fields appear ; Man seems the only growth that dwindles here . Contrasted faults through all his manners reign ...
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... that stimulates the breast Becomes a source of pleasure when redrest ; Whence from such lands each pleasing science flies That first excites desire , and then supplies ; Unknown to them , when sensual pleasures cloy , To 4I THE TRAVELLER .
... that stimulates the breast Becomes a source of pleasure when redrest ; Whence from such lands each pleasing science flies That first excites desire , and then supplies ; Unknown to them , when sensual pleasures cloy , To 4I THE TRAVELLER .
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... land of mirth and social ease ! Pleased with thyself , whom all the world can please ; How often have I led thy sportive choir , With tuneless pipe , beside the murmuring Loire ; Where shading elms along the margin grew , And , 42 ...
... land of mirth and social ease ! Pleased with thyself , whom all the world can please ; How often have I led thy sportive choir , With tuneless pipe , beside the murmuring Loire ; Where shading elms along the margin grew , And , 42 ...
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... land ; From courts to camps , to cottages it strays , And all are taught an avarice of praise ; They please , are pleased ; they give to get esteem , Till , seeming blest , they grow to what they seem . But while this softer art their ...
... land ; From courts to camps , to cottages it strays , And all are taught an avarice of praise ; They please , are pleased ; they give to get esteem , Till , seeming blest , they grow to what they seem . But while this softer art their ...
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Ballads beauty blessings blest bliss bound in cloth breast BULKLEY Burke CHALDEAN CHARLES BENNETT CHARLES GRIFFIN charms cheer CHORUS cloth and gold cloth gilt elegant comedy Covent Garden cried David Garrick dear Edited EDMUND BURKE EPILOGUE essays eyes fame Fcap fear flies folly handsomely bound heart Heaven honour Illustrated Johnson Kilkenny labour land Lord luxury Memoir and Notes mind mirth MISS CATLEY never o'er OLIVER GOLDSMITH pain Pasty plain pleasure poem Poetical Poets poor praise pride rage raptures Recitative Reynolds rise ROBERT BELL round Royal 8vo scene SECOND PRIEST SECOND PROPHET sigh sinks sizar skies smiling SONG sorrow soul spread spurn Stoops to Conquer supplies swain sweet SWEET Auburn thee thine thou thoughts toil Toned Paper triumph turn Twas Ven'son village wealth weep Whitefoord WILLIAM SPALDING WOMAN wretch yonder youth