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... nature has conferr'd : This does but roughen and design , Leaves art to polish and refine . BUTLER : Hudibras . Their wildness lose , and , quitting nature's part , Obey the rules and discipline of art . DRYDEN . Such tools as art yet ...
... nature has conferr'd : This does but roughen and design , Leaves art to polish and refine . BUTLER : Hudibras . Their wildness lose , and , quitting nature's part , Obey the rules and discipline of art . DRYDEN . Such tools as art yet ...
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... Nature's sternest painter , yet the best . BYRON : English Bards and Scotch Reviewers . And stoic Franklin's energetic shade , Robed in the lightning which his hand allay'd . BYRON : Age of Bronze . The starry Galileo with his woes ...
... Nature's sternest painter , yet the best . BYRON : English Bards and Scotch Reviewers . And stoic Franklin's energetic shade , Robed in the lightning which his hand allay'd . BYRON : Age of Bronze . The starry Galileo with his woes ...
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... nature did bestow On Shakspeare's gentler muse , in thee full - grown Their graces did appear . SIR J. DENHAM . So the twins ' humours in our Terence are Unlike ; this harsh and rude , that smooth and fair . SIR J. DENHAM . Noble Boyle ...
... nature did bestow On Shakspeare's gentler muse , in thee full - grown Their graces did appear . SIR J. DENHAM . So the twins ' humours in our Terence are Unlike ; this harsh and rude , that smooth and fair . SIR J. DENHAM . Noble Boyle ...
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... nature's law , Admired such wisdom in a mortal shape , And show'd a Newton as we show an ape . POPE . Nature and nature's laws lay hid in night- God said , " Let Newton be ! " and all was light . POPE . Here swells the shelf with Ogilby ...
... nature's law , Admired such wisdom in a mortal shape , And show'd a Newton as we show an ape . POPE . Nature and nature's laws lay hid in night- God said , " Let Newton be ! " and all was light . POPE . Here swells the shelf with Ogilby ...
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... Nature , as the learned show , Provides each animal its foe . As elegance polite , as power elate . SAVAGE : On Pope . While we do admire This virtue and this moral discipline , Let's be no stoics , nor no stocks , I pray ; Or so devote ...
... Nature , as the learned show , Provides each animal its foe . As elegance polite , as power elate . SAVAGE : On Pope . While we do admire This virtue and this moral discipline , Let's be no stoics , nor no stocks , I pray ; Or so devote ...
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ADDISON ANNE BRADSTREET beauty BEN JONSON birds breast breath bright BYRON charms Childe Harold clouds coursers COWLEY COWPER dark death delight DENHAM doth dreams DRYDEN earth eternal ev'n ev'ry eyes fair fame fate fear flowers fools gentle give glory golden grace grief hair happy hast hath heart heaven honour hope hour Hudibras ISAAC WATTS JOANNA BAILLIE king light live look Lord MILTON mind morning muse N. P. WILLIS nature nature's ne'er never night Night Thoughts numbers nymph o'er pain passion peace pleasure POPE pow'r praise pride PRIOR rich ROSCOMMON round shade SHAKSPEARE shine sing sleep smile soft song sorrow soul SPENSER spirit spring stars stream sweet SWIFT tears thee thine things THOMSON thought trees truth virtue voice WALLER WALTER HARTE weep wind wings wise woman words YOUNG youth