The Works of the English Poets, Volume 1H. Hughs, 1779 - 407 pages |
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Page 32
... fortune fall Some wife - men , and fome fools , we call ; Figures , alas ! of speech , for Destiny plays us all . Me from the womb the midwife Mufe did take : She cut my navel , wash'd me , and mine head With her own hands she fashioned ...
... fortune fall Some wife - men , and fome fools , we call ; Figures , alas ! of speech , for Destiny plays us all . Me from the womb the midwife Mufe did take : She cut my navel , wash'd me , and mine head With her own hands she fashioned ...
Page 33
... Fortune see , That thou canst her despise no less than she does thee . Let all her gifts the portion be Of Folly , Luft , and Flattery , Fraud , Extortion , Calumny , Murder , Infidelity , Rebellion and Hypocrify ; Do thou not grieve ...
... Fortune see , That thou canst her despise no less than she does thee . Let all her gifts the portion be Of Folly , Luft , and Flattery , Fraud , Extortion , Calumny , Murder , Infidelity , Rebellion and Hypocrify ; Do thou not grieve ...
Page 71
... Fortune's fpite pursued ; Till with unwearied virtue he fubdued All home - bred malice , and all foreign boasts ; Their ftrength was Armies , his the Lord of Hofts . Thou , who didst David's royal ftem adorn , And gav'ft him birth from ...
... Fortune's fpite pursued ; Till with unwearied virtue he fubdued All home - bred malice , and all foreign boasts ; Their ftrength was Armies , his the Lord of Hofts . Thou , who didst David's royal ftem adorn , And gav'ft him birth from ...
Page 78
... fortune , cease , " And , banish'd from this potent court below , May I a ragged , contemn'd Virtue grow ! " She spoke ; all star'd at first , and made a pause ; But ftrait the general murmur of applause 220 Ran through Death's courts ...
... fortune , cease , " And , banish'd from this potent court below , May I a ragged , contemn'd Virtue grow ! " She spoke ; all star'd at first , and made a pause ; But ftrait the general murmur of applause 220 Ran through Death's courts ...
Page 107
... Fortune's malice betwixt both was croft , For , ftriking one , it wounded th ' other most . Never did marriage fuch true union find , Or men's defires with fo glad violence bind ; For , there is ftill fome tincture left of fin , And ...
... Fortune's malice betwixt both was croft , For , ftriking one , it wounded th ' other most . Never did marriage fuch true union find , Or men's defires with fo glad violence bind ; For , there is ftill fome tincture left of fin , And ...
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