 Art she had none, yet wanted none, For Nature did that Want supply: So rich in Treasures of her Own, She might our boasted Stores defy: Such Noble Vigour did her Verse adorn, That it seem'd borrow'd, where 'twas only born.  Specimens of the British Poets ... - Page 216by British poets - 1809Full view - About this book
 | John Bell - English poetry - 1778 - 438 pages
...Unmix'd with foreign filth, and undcfil'd ; 69 ( Her wit was more than man, her innocence a child ) V. Art she had none, yet wanted none, For nature did...supply ; So rich in treasures of her own, She might our hoasted stores defy. Such noble vigour did her verse adorn, -e That it seem'd horrow'd, wbe* 'twas... | |
 | Mary Hays - Women - 1803 - 520 pages
...Dryden, who is lavish in her commendation, thus compliments her, in an od6 prefixed to her poems : " Art she had none, yet wanted none, For nature did that want supply, So rich in treasure of her own She might our boasted stores defy : Such noble vigour did her verse adorn, That... | |
 | John Dryden - English literature - 1808 - 500 pages
...Unmixed with foreign filth, and undefiled ; Her wit was more than man, her innocence a child. * V. Art she had none, yet wanted none ; For nature did...defy : Such noble vigour did her verse adorn, That it seemed borrowed where 'twas only born. Her morals, too, were in her bosom bred, By great examples daily... | |
 | John Dryden, Walter Scott - English literature - 1808 - 506 pages
...unsoiled, Unmixed with foreign filth, and undefiled; Her wit was more than man, her innocence a child. * V. Art she had none, yet wanted none; For nature did...defy: Such noble vigour did her verse adorn, That it seemed borrowed where 'twas only born. Her morals, too, were in her bosom bred, By great examples daily... | |
 | British poets - English poetry - 1809 - 512 pages
...'1 2ach test, and every light, her Muse will bear, > fhough Epicietus, with his lamp, were there. J Art she had none, yet wanted none, For Nature did...stores defy : Such noble vigour did her verse adorn, Thai it seem'd borrow'd, where 'twas only born. Her morals, too, weie m her bosom bred, By great examples... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1810 - 312 pages
...was more than man, her innocence a child1. Art she had none, yet wanted none ; for nature did thai want supply : so rich in treasures of her own, she...did her verse adorn, that it seem'd borrow'd, where 't was only born. Her morals too were in her bosom bred, by great examples daily fed, what in the best... | |
 | Abraham Cowley - 1810 - 314 pages
...was more than man, her innocence a child'. Art she had none, yet wanted none ; for nature did thai want supply : so rich in treasures of her own, she...did her verse adorn, that it seem'd borrow'd, where 't was only bom. Her morals too were in her bosom bred, by great examples daily fed, .what in the best... | |
 | Abraham Cowley - 1810 - 314 pages
...unmix'd with foreign filth, and undefil'd ; her wit was more than man, her innocence a child. FArt she had none, yet wanted none ; for nature did that...treasures of her own, she might our boasted stores def}' •. such noble vigour did her verse adorn, that it seein'd borrow'd, where 't was only bon Her... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1819 - 644 pages
...unsoil'd, Unmix'd with foreiijn filth, and undefil'd; Her wit was more than man, her innocence n child Art she had none, yet wanted none ; For Nature did that want supply : So rich in treasures uf her <гл-п, She might our boasU-Д stores defy: Such noble vigour did her verse adorn, , ,That... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 292 pages
...unsoil'd, TInmix'd with foreign filth, and undefiled ; Her wit was more than man, her innocence a child. Art she had none, yet wanted none, For Nature did...were in her bosom bred, By great examples daily fed, [read. What in the best of books, her father's life, she And to be read herself she need not fear;... | |
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