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" My thoughtless youth was wing'd with vain desires ; My manhood long misled by wand'ring fires, Follow'd false lights ; and when their glimpse was gone, My pride struck out new sparkles of her own. Such was I, such by nature still I am ; Be thine the glory... "
The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper - Page 554
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Miscellany Poems: Containing Variety of New Translations of the ..., Volume 4

John Dryden - 1716 - 416 pages
...theit Glimps was My Pride ftruck out new Sparkles of her otfn. [gone, Such was I, fuch by Nature ftill I am, Be thine the Glory, and be mine the Shame. Good Life be now my Task : My Doubts are do»e, (What more could fright myFaith,than three in One?} Can I believe erernal God could lye -, Difguis'd...
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Bell's Edition, Volumes 41-42

John Bell - 1777 - 644 pages
...their glimpse wasgone, My prtde struck out new sparkles oi her own. 7f I'thhu JZ. 1 Such was I, such hy nature still I am ; Be thine the glory, and be mine...task : my doubts are done; What more could fright my fa'th than Three inOne ? Can I believe eternal God could lie So " Disguis'd in mortal mould and infancy,...
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The life of Samuel Johnson. [With] The principal corrections and ..., Volume 4

James Boswell - 1807 - 532 pages
...forsake. " My thoughtless youth was wing'd with vain de^ sires; " My manhood long misled by wand'ring fires, " Follow'd false lights; and when their glimpse...now my task: my doubts are done; : " What more could shock my faith than Three in One?" In drawing Dryden's character, Johnson has given, though I suppose...
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The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Comprehending an Account of ..., Volume 3

James Boswell - 1807 - 562 pages
...forsake. " My thoughtless youth was wing'd with vain desires; ** My manhood long misled by wand'ring fires, " Follow'd false lights ; and when their glimpse...pride struck out new sparkles of her own. " Such was 1, such by nature still 1 am ; " Be thine the glory, and be mine the shame". " Good life be now my...
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The Works of John Dryden: Now First Collected ...

John Dryden, Walter Scott - 1808 - 474 pages
...thoughtless youth was winged with vain desires ; My manhood-, long misled by wandering fires, Followed false lights ; and, when their glimpse was gone, My...I am ; Be thine the glory, and be mine the shame! * Unitarians. See Note VJ, Good life be now my task ; my doubts are done ; * What more could fright...
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The Works of John Dryden: Now First Collected in Eighteen Volumes ..., Volume 10

John Dryden - 1808 - 480 pages
...thoughtless youth was winged with vain desires ; My manhood, long misled by wandering fires, Followed false lights ; and, when their glimpse was gone, My...I am ; Be thine the glory, and be mine the shame! -*• • * » * Unitarians. See-Note VI. Good life be now my task ; my doubts are done ; * What more...
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The Works of John Dryden,: Religio laici, or a Layman's Faith, an epistle ...

John Dryden, Walter Scott - 1808 - 472 pages
...thoughtless youth was winged with vain desires; My manhood, long misled by wandering fires, Followed false lights ; and, when their glimpse was gone, My...struck out new sparkles of her own. Such was I, such bj nature still 1 am ; Be thine the glory," and be mine the shame! * Unitarians. See Note VI. Good...
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The Works of John Dryden: Now First Collected ...

John Dryden, Walter Scott - 1808 - 564 pages
...vain desires ; My manhood, long misled by wandering fires, Followed false lights ; and, when thejr glimpse was gone, My pride struck out new sparkles of her own. Such was I, such by nature still I am ; JJe thine the glory, and be mine the shame !" The " vain desires " of Dryden's " thoughtless youth"...
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The life of Samuel Johnson, Volume 2

James Boswell - 1817 - 536 pages
...fires, " Follow'd false light» ; and when tbtir glimpse was gone, " My pride struck out new sparkle« of her own. " Such was I, such by nature still I am...now my task : my doubts are done ; " What more could »hock my faith than Three in One. >" In drawing Dryden's character, Johnson has given, though I suppose...
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The Works of the British Poets: With Lives of the Authors, Volume 11

Ezekiel Sanford - 1819 - 412 pages
...her alone for my direetor take Whom thou hast promis'd never to forsake ! My thoughtless youth was wing'd with vain desires, My manhood, long misled...lights, and, when their glimpse was gone, My pride struek out new sparkles of her own. Sueh was I, sueh by nature still I ami Fe thine the glory, and...
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