 tis a soul like thine ; A soul supreme, in each hard instance tried, Above all pain, all passion, and all pride, The rage of power, the blast of public breath, The lust of lucre, and the dread of death.  The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper;: Dryden, Smith, Duke ... - Page 349edited by - 1810Full view - About this book
 | Alexander Pope - 1890 - 562 pages
...the said earl's imprisonment In the Tower, and retreat into toe country, ia the year 17^1.— PO^K. In vain to deserts thy retreat is made ; The muse...acts, and dignify disgrace. When interest calls off all her sneaking train, And all the obliged desert, and all the vain ; She waits, or to the scaffold,... | |
 | Art - 1812 - 762 pages
...flattering at character : " A soul supreme, in each bard instance trj'd, Above all pain, all anger, and all pride ; The rage of power, the blast of public breath« The lust of lucie, and the dread of death,." Extracts from the Portfolio of a Man of Letters. HESKE'S ERASMUS.... | |
 | Stephen Jones - Biography - 1799 - 456 pages
...the following lines ; ** A soul supreme, in each hard instance meet, Abcve all p.-,.; -, all anger, and all pride, The rage of power, the blast of public...breath, The lust of lucre, and the dread of death." t , . ÍJARMER (THOMAS) an emijient dissenting divine, and critical writer on biblical uterature, vrax... | |
 | 1901 - 604 pages
...depreciatory damnation is unjust. ' A soul supreme, in each hard instance try'd, Above all pain, and passion, and all pride ; The rage of power, the blast of public...breath, The lust of lucre, and the dread of death.' % These fine lines — which we must remember were written » .= a dedication in an edition of Parnell's... | |
 | Horace Walpole - English literature - 1806 - 546 pages
...passion too : " In vain to desarts thy retreat is made ; The Muse attends thee to thy silent shade : T is hers, the brave man's latest steps to trace, Rejudge...acts, and dignify disgrace. When Interest calls off all her sneaking train, And all the' oblig'd desert, and all the vain ; She waits, or to the scaffold,... | |
 | Joseph Warton - 1806 - 440 pages
...supreme in each hard instance try'd, Above all pain, all passion, and all pride ; The rage of pow'r, the blast of public breath, The lust of lucre, and the dread of death. And of which fortitude and firmness, another striking proof still remains, in a letter which the Earl... | |
 | Thomas Frognall Dibdin - 1807 - 692 pages
...intrinsically valuable, should have beA soul supreme, in each hard instance tried, Above all pain, and passion, and all pride; The rage of power, the blast of public...to deserts thy retreat is made ; The muse attends thec to thy silent shade : 'Tis her's the brave man's latest steps to trace, Kejudge his acts, and... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1807 - 474 pages
...instance tried, Ahove all pain, all passion, and all pride, The rage of pow'r, the hlast of puhlic hreath, The lust of lucre, and the dread of death. In vain...made, The Muse attends thee to thy silent shade : Tis her's the hrave man's latest steps to trace, Rejndge his acts, and dignify disgrace. When Interest... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1807 - 288 pages
...tried, Above all pain, all passion, and all pride, The rage of pow'r, the blast of public breath, 85 The lust of lucre, and the dread of death. In vain...made. The Muse attends thee to thy silent shade : 'Tis her's the brave man's latest steps to trace,' Ilejudge his acts, and dignify disgrace'. 30 When Interest... | |
 | John Bell - 1807 - 562 pages
...supreme, in each hard instance try'd, Above all pain, all passion, and all pride, The rage of pow'r, the blast of public breath, The lust of lucre, and the dread of death. In vain to deserts tby retreat is made, The Muse attends thee to tby silent shade : 'Tis lrer's the brave man's latest... | |
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