The Poetical Works of John Gay: With a Memoir, Volume 2Houghton, Osgood, Riverside Press, 1879 - 564 páginas |
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... pow'r ( when lodg'd in their possession ) Grows tyranny , and rank oppression . Thus , when the villain crams his chest , Gold is the canker of the breast ; VOL . I. 2 ' Tis avarice , insolence , and pride , And FABLES . 17.
... pow'r ( when lodg'd in their possession ) Grows tyranny , and rank oppression . Thus , when the villain crams his chest , Gold is the canker of the breast ; VOL . I. 2 ' Tis avarice , insolence , and pride , And FABLES . 17.
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... pow'r is sure of praise . A Fox stept forth before the rest , And thus the servile throng addrest : ' How vast his talents , born to rule , And train'd in Virtue's honest school ! What clemency his temper sways ! How uncorrupt are all ...
... pow'r is sure of praise . A Fox stept forth before the rest , And thus the servile throng addrest : ' How vast his talents , born to rule , And train'd in Virtue's honest school ! What clemency his temper sways ! How uncorrupt are all ...
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... 'd : But let this author's worth be tried , ' Tis plain that neither was his guide . Can he discern the different natures , And weigh the pow'r of other creatures , Who by the partial work hath shown He knows so 24 FABLES .
... 'd : But let this author's worth be tried , ' Tis plain that neither was his guide . Can he discern the different natures , And weigh the pow'r of other creatures , Who by the partial work hath shown He knows so 24 FABLES .
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... pow'r and art , That virtue virtues can impart ? Of all his talents I partake , Who then can such a friend forsake ? ' Tis I direct the pilot's hand To shun the rocks and treacherous sand : By me the distant world is known , And either ...
... pow'r and art , That virtue virtues can impart ? Of all his talents I partake , Who then can such a friend forsake ? ' Tis I direct the pilot's hand To shun the rocks and treacherous sand : By me the distant world is known , And either ...
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... pow'r , And never feel the quiet hour . Old age ( which few of us shall know ) Now puts a period to my woe . Would you true happiness attain , Let honesty your passions rein ; So live in credit and esteem , And the good name you lost ...
... pow'r , And never feel the quiet hour . Old age ( which few of us shall know ) Now puts a period to my woe . Would you true happiness attain , Let honesty your passions rein ; So live in credit and esteem , And the good name you lost ...
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amorous song arms Astolpho bear beauty Beggar's Opera beneath bids blood Blouzelind boast bosom breast breath charms cheek Cloacina confest court cries crowd crown'd dame damsel dreadful e'er ECLOGUE envy Ev'n eyes fair faithless fame fate fear flame flies fool gold Goltho Gondibert grace grove hand happy haste hate hath head hear heart Heav'n honour JOHN GAY king knaves labours lass lord lovers Lubberkin maid MELAN mind morn Muse ne'er never night numbers nymph o'er pains plain Plutus POLYPH pow'r praise pride Quadrille race rais'd replied rose round rove says scorn scribbling crew shade shepherd shine sighs skies song soul sound spread Squire strains swain sweet swell swift tears thee thou thought toil tongue town trembling Twas Ulfinore vex'd Virg virtue virtue virtue warm Whene'er wind wood youth