 | Edward Young - Women - 1741 - 194 pages
...men attempt for f acred praife ? The love of praife, howe'er conceal'd by art, Reigns more, or lefs, and glows in every heart ^ The proud to gain it toils on toils endure, The modejl mun it, but to make it fure. O'er globes, and fcepters, now, on Thrones it fwellsr Now, trims... | |
 | Edward Young - 1802 - 420 pages
...praise ? The Love of Praise, howe'er conceal'd by art/1 ' . Reigns, more or less, and glows, in ev'ry heart : The proud, to gain it, toils on toils endure ; The modest shun it, but to make it sure. O'er globes, and sceptres, now on thrones it swells : Now, trims the midnight... | |
 | Sophia Lee - 1804 - 378 pages
...yet admiration is so alluring, that the mind must be independent indeed which is above courting it. " The proud, to gain it, toils on toils endure; The modest shun it but to make it sure :" and, perhaps, those who are truly deserving only bound their desires to obtaining... | |
 | Edward Young - English poetry - 1805 - 232 pages
...sacred praise ? The love of praise, howe'er conceal'd by art, Reigns, more or less, and glows in ev'ry heart : The proud, to gain it, toils on toils endure ; The modest shun it, but to make it sure. O'er globes and sceptres, now on thrones it swells, Now trims the midnight lamp... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - English poetry - 1809 - 604 pages
...sacred praise ? The love of praise, hnwe'cr conceal'd by art, Reigns, more or less, arid glows in ev'ry heart: The proud, to gain it, toils on toils endure ; The modest shun it but to make it sure. O'er <jlobc> and sceptres now on thrones it swells, Xow trims the midnight lamp... | |
 | Edward Young - Drama - 1811 - 294 pages
...sacred praise ? The Love of Praise, howe'er conceal'd by art, Reigns, more or less, and glows in ev'ry heart : The proud, to gain it, toils on toils endure ; The modest shun it, but to make it sure. O'er globes, and sceptres, now on thrones it swells ; Now, trims the midnight... | |
 | John Prior Estlin - Ethics - 1818 - 350 pages
...civil authority, and power. Dr. Young says, " The love of praise, howe'er concealed by art,. Reigns, more or less, and glows in every heart': The proud...gain it, toils on toils endure ; The modest shun it, but to make it sure. It aids the dancer's heel, the writer's head,. And heaps the plain with mountains... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - Authors, English - 1819 - 498 pages
...WHAT -will not men attempt for sacred praise ? The love of praise, howe'er conceal'd by art, Reigns, more or less, and glows, in every heart : The proud,...gain it, toils on toils endure ; The modest shun it, but to make it sure. O'er globes, and sceptres, now on thrones it swells ; Now trims the midnight lamp... | |
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1821 - 358 pages
...What will not men attempt for sacred praise ? The love of praise, howe'er conceal'd by art, Reigns, more or less, and glows, in every heart : The proud,...gain it, toils on toils endure ; The modest shun it, but to make it sure. O'er globes, and sceptres, now on thrones it swells ; Now, trims the midnight... | |
 | British poets - Classical poetry - 1822 - 270 pages
...What will not men attempt for sacred praise ? The love of praise, howe'er conceal'd by art, Reigns, more or less, and glows in every heart ; The proud...gain it, toils on toils endure ; The modest shun it, but to make it sure. O'er globes and sceptres, now on thrones it swells, Now trims the midnight lamp... | |
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The love of praise, howe'er concealed by art, Reigns, more or less, and glows in every heart ; The proud to gain it, toils on toils endure ; The modest shun it, but to make it sure. 
