Redress the rigours of the inclement clime; Aid slighted truth with thy persuasive strain; Teach erring man to spurn the rage of gain; Teach him, that states of native strength... Once Upon a Time - Página 293por Charles Knight - 1854Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
| Sir Egerton Brydges - 1807 - 904 páginas
...of gain; Teach him that states, of native strength possest, Tho* very poor, may yet be very blest; That Trade's proud empire hastes to swift decay, As...time defy. As rocks resist the billows and- the sky." May 21, 1(07. ART. XV. The Ruminator. Containing a series of moral and sentimental Essays. IP. IX.... | |
| David Phineas Adams, William Emerson, Samuel Cooper Thacher - 1807 - 786 páginas
...written by a greater than Goldsmith, assures us, ' That trade's proud empire hastes to swift dec»y, As ocean sweeps the labour'd mole away : While self-dependent power can time defy, As rocks resist the billows of the sky.' Who is so insensible to the charms of fiction, as in this passage to lament the absence... | |
| English poetry - 1809 - 308 páginas
...gain ; Teach him, that states of native strength possest, Though very poor, may still be very blest; That Trade's proud empire hastes to swift decay, As...time defy, As rocks resist the billows and the sky. THE HERMIT. [PARNELL.] FAK in a wild, unknown to public view, From youth to age a rev'rend Hermit grew... | |
| British poets - 1809 - 526 páginas
...may still be very blest; That trade's prond empire hastes to swift decay, As ocean sweeps the labor'd mole away ; 'While self-dependent power can time defy, As rocks resist the billows and the sky. THE HERMIT. " nnURN, gentle Heraiit of the dale, And guide my lonely way, To where yon taper cheers... | |
| Vicesimus Knox - 1809 - 604 páginas
...gnin ; Teach him that states, of nativeslrt'iigth possest, Though very poor, may siill be very blest ; That trade's proud empire hastes to swift decay, As ocean sweeps the labor'd mole away ; While self dependent pow'r can time defy, A; rocks resist the billows and the sky.... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1809 - 322 páginas
...gain ; Teach him, that states of native strength possest, Though very poor, may still be very blest ; That trade's proud empire hastes to swift decay, As ocean sweeps the labor'd mole away ; While self-dependant power can time defy. As rocks resist the billows and the sky.... | |
| Thomas Janes - 1810 - 336 páginas
...gain: Teach him that states of native strength possest, Though very poor, may still be very blest; That trade's proud empire hastes to swift decay, As...time defy, As rocks resist the billows and the sky. FOUR ELEGIES; DESCRIPTIVE AND MORAL. SCOTT. ELEGY I. WRITTEN AT THE APPROACH OF SPRING. STERN Winter... | |
| 1811 - 840 páginas
...him, that State*, of native strength posrti-s'd, " Though very poor, may still be very bless'd ; " That Trade's proud empire hastes to swift decay, " As ocean sweeps the labour 'd mole'ana}' ; " While self-dependent pow'r can time dtfy, " As rocks resist the billuns and... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1812 - 470 páginas
...still be very blest ; That trade's proud empire hastes to swift decay, As ocean sweeps the labonr'd mole away ; While self-dependent power can time defy, As rocks resist the billows and the sky. THE GIFT. TO IRIS, IN BOW-STREET, COVENT-GARDEN. oAY, cruel Iris, pretty rake, Dear mercenary beauty,... | |
| Sir Egerton Brydges - 1813 - 338 páginas
...him that states of native strength possest, Though very poor, may still be very blest; That Trade,s proud empire hastes to swift decay, As ocean sweeps...Time defy, As rocks resist the billows and the sky." Whoever is inclined to believe that the writer of these exquisite lines was insensible to the intrinsic... | |
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