The Art of English Poetry Containing: Rules for making verses. A collection of the most natural, agreeable and sublime thoughts (!) ... that are to be found in the best English poets. A dictionary of rhymes. I.. II.. III. |
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Page 157
Fortune takes Care thac Fools should still be seen : She places ' em aloft , o'th'top
- moft Spoke Of all her Wheel . Fools are the daily Work Of Nature ; her Vocation :
If the form A Man she loses by't ; ' tis too expensive ; ' Twould make ten Fools ...
Fortune takes Care thac Fools should still be seen : She places ' em aloft , o'th'top
- moft Spoke Of all her Wheel . Fools are the daily Work Of Nature ; her Vocation :
If the form A Man she loses by't ; ' tis too expensive ; ' Twould make ten Fools ...
Page 160
FORTUNE . See Fatę , Fool , Viciffitude . ... Fortune was never worshipp'd by the
Wise , But , fet aloft by Fools , ufurps the Skies.i . Dryd . Jur . She for her Pleasure
can her Fools advance , And ross ' em topmost on the Wheel of Chance . Dryd .
FORTUNE . See Fatę , Fool , Viciffitude . ... Fortune was never worshipp'd by the
Wise , But , fet aloft by Fools , ufurps the Skies.i . Dryd . Jur . She for her Pleasure
can her Fools advance , And ross ' em topmost on the Wheel of Chance . Dryd .
Page 163
Body and Brawn Do all her Work : Hercules was a Fool , And streight grew
famous ; A mad boift'rous Fool ! Nay worse , a Woman's Fool . Fool is the Stuff of
which Heav'n makes a Hero . Dryd . [ Spoken by Creon in Oedipus . ) Nature
meant ...
Body and Brawn Do all her Work : Hercules was a Fool , And streight grew
famous ; A mad boift'rous Fool ! Nay worse , a Woman's Fool . Fool is the Stuff of
which Heav'n makes a Hero . Dryd . [ Spoken by Creon in Oedipus . ) Nature
meant ...
Page 476
Fools we must have , or else we cannot sway , Por none but Fools will
Womankind obey : If they prove stubborn , and resist our Wií , We exercise our
Pow'r , and use ' em ill : The passive Slave , that whines , adores , and dics ,
Sometimes we ...
Fools we must have , or else we cannot sway , Por none but Fools will
Womankind obey : If they prove stubborn , and resist our Wií , We exercise our
Pow'r , and use ' em ill : The passive Slave , that whines , adores , and dics ,
Sometimes we ...
Page 477
Some will a Husband - Fool , but such are curft ; For Fools perverse of Husbands
are the Worst : All Women would be counted chaste and wise , Nor should our
Spouses fee , but with our Eyes For Fools will prate , and tho ' they want the Wic ...
Some will a Husband - Fool , but such are curft ; For Fools perverse of Husbands
are the Worst : All Women would be counted chaste and wise , Nor should our
Spouses fee , but with our Eyes For Fools will prate , and tho ' they want the Wic ...
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| Title | The Art of English Poetry Containing: Rules for making verses. A collection of the most natural, agreeable and sublime thoughts (!) ... that are to be found in the best English poets. A dictionary of rhymes. I.. II.. III. |
| Author | Edward Bysshe |
| Publisher | S. Buckley, 1710 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 30 Jun 2005 |
| Length | 554 pages |
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