The Poems, of the Late Christopher Smart, ... Consisting of His Prize Poems, Odes, Sonnets, and Fables, Latin and English Translations; ...Smart and Cowslade; and sold by F. Power and Company, London, 1791 |
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... Shall man to man afford derifion , But for fome cafual divifion ? To malice , and to mischief prone , From climate , canton , or from zone , Are all to idle discord bent , Thefe Kentish men - thofe men of Kent ; And parties and ...
... Shall man to man afford derifion , But for fome cafual divifion ? To malice , and to mischief prone , From climate , canton , or from zone , Are all to idle discord bent , Thefe Kentish men - thofe men of Kent ; And parties and ...
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... shall affift thee in thy woe , Who ward from thee the fatal blow ? " Tis done , the glorious work is done , All thanks to heav'n and HARTINGTON .. FASHION AND NIGHT . FABLE III . Quam multa prava atque injusta fiunt moribus . FASHION ...
... shall affift thee in thy woe , Who ward from thee the fatal blow ? " Tis done , the glorious work is done , All thanks to heav'n and HARTINGTON .. FASHION AND NIGHT . FABLE III . Quam multa prava atque injusta fiunt moribus . FASHION ...
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... Shall caufe a challenge's inditing , And fet two loggerheads a fighting ; Meanwhile the father of defpair , The prince of vanity and air , His querry , like an hawk difcovering , O'er their devoted heads hangs hovering , Secure to get ...
... Shall caufe a challenge's inditing , And fet two loggerheads a fighting ; Meanwhile the father of defpair , The prince of vanity and air , His querry , like an hawk difcovering , O'er their devoted heads hangs hovering , Secure to get ...
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... shall rooft upon my toilet , " Or on my pillow - he can't spoil it : " He'll only make me catch my death.- " O heavens ! for a little breath ! - " Thank God , I never knew refentment ,. " But am all patience and contentment , " Or elfe ...
... shall rooft upon my toilet , " Or on my pillow - he can't spoil it : " He'll only make me catch my death.- " O heavens ! for a little breath ! - " Thank God , I never knew refentment ,. " But am all patience and contentment , " Or elfe ...
الصفحة 31
... shall each pert half witted wit , That calls me Jack , or calls me Kit , Prey on my time , or on my table ? No - but let's haften to the Fable . The eve advanc'd , the fun declin'd , BALL to the booby - hutch was join'd , A A wealthy ...
... shall each pert half witted wit , That calls me Jack , or calls me Kit , Prey on my time , or on my table ? No - but let's haften to the Fable . The eve advanc'd , the fun declin'd , BALL to the booby - hutch was join'd , A A wealthy ...
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الصفحة 114 - And if I give thee honour due, Mirth, admit me of thy crew, To live with her, and live with thee In unreprove'd pleasures free...
الصفحة 208 - Neglect the rules each verbal Critic lays, For not to know some trifles, is a praise. Most Critics, fond of some subservient art, Still make the Whole depend upon a Part : They talk of principles, but notions prize, And all to one lov'd Folly sacrifice.
الصفحة 204 - Fired at first sight with what the Muse imparts, In fearless youth we tempt the heights of arts, While from the bounded level of our mind Short views we take, nor see the lengths behind ; But, more...
الصفحة 118 - Sometimes with secure delight The upland hamlets will invite, When the merry bells ring round, And the jocund rebecks sound To many a youth and many a maid, Dancing in the chequered shade, And young and old come forth to play On a sunshine holiday, Till the livelong daylight fail...
الصفحة 210 - Some to Conceit alone their taste confine. And glittering thoughts struck out at every line; Pleased with a work where nothing's just or fit; One glaring chaos and wild heap of wit.
الصفحة 120 - With store of ladies, whose bright eyes Rain influence, and judge the prize Of wit or arms, while both contend To win her grace whom all commend.
الصفحة 246 - But see! each Muse, in Leo's golden days, Starts from her trance, and trims her wither'd bays! Rome's ancient Genius, o'er its ruins spread, Shakes off the dust, and rears his rev'rend head. Then Sculpture and her sister-arts revive; Stones leap'd to form, and rocks began to live; With sweeter notes each rising Temple rung; A Raphael painted, and a Vida sung.
الصفحة 214 - Though oft the ear the open vowels tire ; While expletives their feeble aid do join ; And ten low words oft creep in one dull line ; While they ring round the same unvaried chimes, With sure returns of still expected rhymes ; Where'er you find " the cooling western breeze...
الصفحة 202 - She gives in large recruits of needful pride ; For, as in bodies, thus in souls we find, What wants in blood and spirits, swell'd with wind : Pride, where wit fails, steps in to our defence, And fills up all the mighty void of sense.
الصفحة 202 - Of all the Causes which conspire to blind Man's erring judgment, and misguide the mind, What the weak head with strongest bias rules, Is Pride, the never-failing vice of fools. Whatever Nature has in worth...