The Works of the Poets of Great Britain and Ireland, Volume 5J. Moore, 1800 - English poetry |
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... Virtue , Fortune , and Mankind , Fav'ring his fame , once , to do justice join'd ; No carping critic interrupts his praise ; No rival ftrives , but for a fecond place ; No want conftrain'd ; ( the writer's ufual fate ) A Poet with a ...
... Virtue , Fortune , and Mankind , Fav'ring his fame , once , to do justice join'd ; No carping critic interrupts his praise ; No rival ftrives , but for a fecond place ; No want conftrain'd ; ( the writer's ufual fate ) A Poet with a ...
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... virtue crown'd , The tempeft rage , and hears the thunder found ; Ever the fame , let Fortune fmile or frown , On the red feaffold , or the blazing throne ; Serenely , as he lived , refigns his breath , Meets deftiny half way , nor ...
... virtue crown'd , The tempeft rage , and hears the thunder found ; Ever the fame , let Fortune fmile or frown , On the red feaffold , or the blazing throne ; Serenely , as he lived , refigns his breath , Meets deftiny half way , nor ...
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... virtue keeps him down . Had Cato bent beneath the conquering caufe , He might have liv'd to give new Senates laws ; But on vile terms difdaining to be great , He perish'd by his choice , and not his fate . Honours and life , th ...
... virtue keeps him down . Had Cato bent beneath the conquering caufe , He might have liv'd to give new Senates laws ; But on vile terms difdaining to be great , He perish'd by his choice , and not his fate . Honours and life , th ...
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... virtue from above Be crown'd with bleffings , endless as my love . TO MY FRIEND DR . GARTH . M IN HIS SICKNESS ... virtues , and defcribe her mind , Unlock the fhrine , and to the fight unfold The fecret gems , and all the inward gold ...
... virtue from above Be crown'd with bleffings , endless as my love . TO MY FRIEND DR . GARTH . M IN HIS SICKNESS ... virtues , and defcribe her mind , Unlock the fhrine , and to the fight unfold The fecret gems , and all the inward gold ...
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... Virtue is folly ; confcience is a jest ; Religion gain , or prieftcraft at the best . IV . Friendship's a cloak to hide fome treacherous end , Your greatest foe , is your profeffing friend ; The foul refign'd , unguarded and fecure ...
... Virtue is folly ; confcience is a jest ; Religion gain , or prieftcraft at the best . IV . Friendship's a cloak to hide fome treacherous end , Your greatest foe , is your profeffing friend ; The foul refign'd , unguarded and fecure ...
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