Poems, Volumen2Peter Wilson, 1764 |
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array'd baſe bear Behold boaſted bofom breaſt bred caufe cauſe controul courfe courſe Court coward CRAPE crime curfe dar'd dare difgrace Doft dull DULLMAN e'en ev'ry eyes facred fafe faft faid falfe fame Fate fear feel fhall fhame fhew fhould fide filk firſt flave fleep foes folemn fome Fools forgot foul fpread Friends frike ftand ftill fuch fure gainſt grace hand hath head heart himſelf honeft Honour Juftice juſt King laft Lord Love mighty mind moft moſt Mufe muft muſt ne'er never o'er plac'd pleaſe Pleaſure Poets pow'r praiſe Pride Profe purpoſe purſue Reafon Rhime rife SATIRE ſeems ſeen Senfe Senſe ſhall ſhame ſhe ſkill ſome ſpeak ſtand ſtart ſtate STENTOR ſtill ſtood thee thefe themſelves theſe things thofe thoſe Thou thought thro Truth turn'd uſe Vice vile Virtue Virtue's whate'er Whilft whofe whoſe wife wild wretch
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Página 51 - I, tho' bred up a Divine, And foe of courfe to Reafon's weal, Widen that breach I cannot heal) By his own Senfe and Feelings taught, In fpeech as lib'ral as in thought, Let ev'ry Man enjoy his whim ; What's He to Me, or I to him ? Might I, tho...
Página 170 - And make himself a man of note, He in defence of Scripture wrote; So long he wrote, and long about it, That e'en believers 'gan to doubt it...
Página 130 - SCOTLAND'S welfare, and his own, By flow degrees, and courfe of office, drawn In mood and figure at the helm to yawn, Too mean (the...
Página 118 - tis the tale which angry Conscience tells, When she with more than tragic horror swells Each circumstance of guilt; when, stern but true, She brings bad actions forth into review; And like the dread handwriting on the wall, Bids late Remorse awake at Reason's call...
Página 111 - The man whose hardy spirit shall engage To lash, the vices of a guilty age, At his first setting forward ought to know That...
Página 116 - The grateful stamp, and what I am is theirs. L. To feign a red-hot zeal for Freedom's cause, To mouth aloud for liberties and laws, For public good to bellow all abroad, Serves well the purposes of private fraud. Prudence by public good intends her own ; If you mean otherwise, you stand alone.
Página 137 - Opposites to proof, and conquer all? He calls forth living waters from the rock; He calls forth children from the barren...
Página 167 - That he would cringe, and creep, be civil, And hold a stirrup for the devil, If in a journey to his mind, He'd let him mount and ride behind...
Página 132 - Great nobles lash, and lords, like common men. Smart from the vengeance of a scribbler's pen...
Página 176 - Too infamous to have a friend, Too bad for bad men to commend, Or good to name ; beneath whose weight Earth groans ; who hath been spar'd by Fate Only to show, on Mercy's plan, How far and long God bears with man.