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" Her, that unbody'd can her Maker praife. The feas are quiet, when the winds give o'er: So, calm are we, when paffions are no more ! For then we know how vain it was to boaft Of "
The Works of the English Poets: With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical - Page 199
edited by - 1779
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The Works of Edmund Waller, Esq: In Verse and Prose

Edmund Waller - 1768 - 366 pages
...flooping, does herfelf erect : No mortal parts are requifite to raife Her, that unbony'd can her MA KER praife. The feas are quiet, when the winds give o'er. So, calm are we, when paflions are no more! For, then we know how vain it was to beaft Of fleeting things, fo certain to...
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The Works of Edmund Waller: Esq., in Verse and Prose

Edmund Waller, Percival Stockdale - 1772 - 330 pages
...raife. Favett lingttis ! * * * • firginibus puerifque caata. . HORAT. On the foregoing DIVINE POEMS. The feas are quiet, when the winds give o'er : So,...more ! For, then we know how vain it was to boaft Of fleeting things, fo certain to be loft. Clouds of affeftion from our younger eyes Conceal that emptinefs,...
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A collection of poems on divine and moral subjects, selected from various ...

William Giles (didactic writer) - 1775 - 336 pages
...nor diftant height above, Nor depths below, fliall part me from thy love. THE STATE OF OLD AGE. TH E feas are quiet when the winds give o'er, So calm are we when paflions rage no more; Clouds of affe&ion from our younger eyes, Conceals that emptinefs which time...
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Bell's Edition, Volumes 27-28

John Bell - 1784 - 452 pages
...ereet. No mortal parts are requifite to raife * Her that, unhody'd, can her Maker praife. The fea> are quiet when the winds give o'er: So calm are we...are no more ! For then we know how vain it was to hoaft Of fleeting things, fo certain to he loft. 1C Clouds of affection from our younger eyes Conceal...
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A Complete Edition of the Poets of Great Britain..: Milton. Cowley. Waller ...

1792 - 744 pages
...that they may be won. Favetelinijul«! Virgtaibus pucrifquc canlo. Hor. ON TBS FOREGOING DIVINE POEMS. The feas are quiet when the winds give o'er : So calm are we when paflions are no more ! For then we know how vain it was to boait Of fleeting tilings, fo certain to...
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A View of Society and Manners in the North of Ireland: In the Summer and ...

John Gamble - 1813 - 422 pages
...poet of the seventeenth century, whose lines on the subject I cannot forbear transcribing. " The seas are quiet when the winds give o'er, So calm are we when passions are no more i For then we know how vain it were to boast . . , Of fleeting things so certain...
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A View of Society and Manners in the North of Ireland: In the Summer and ...

John Gamble - 1813 - 422 pages
...poet of the seventeenth century, whose lines on the subject I cannot forbear transcribing. " The seas are quiet when the winds give o'er, So calm are we when passions are no more ; • • ' for then we know how vain it were to boast . , / Of fleeting things...
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The Works of the British Poets: With Lives of the Authors, Volume 6

Ezekiel Sanford - 1819 - 358 pages
...self erect. S'o mortal parts are requisite to raise Her that, unbodied, can her Maker praise. The seas are quiet when the winds give o'er: So calm are we when passions are no more! Kor then we know how vain it was to boast W fleeting things so certain to be...
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The British Poets: Including Translations ...

British poets - 1822 - 280 pages
...herself erect. No mortal parts are requisite to raise Her that, unbodied, can her Maker praise. The seas are quiet when the winds give o'er: So calm are we when passions are no more! For then we know how vain it was to boast Of fleeting things, so'certain to be...
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Select poetry; chiefly on subjects connected with religion

Select poetry - 1825 - 182 pages
...better part. WALLER. cxxxi. THE seas aie quiet when the winds are o'er, So calm are we when passions are no more! For then we know how vain it was to boast Of fleeting things, so certain to be lost. Clouds of affection from our younger eyes Conceal...
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