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Page 109
Time , lodg'd in their own hands , is Folly's vails ; That lodg'd in Fate's , to Wisdom they consign ; The thing they can't but purpose , they postpone : ' Tis not in folly , not to scorn a fool , And scarce in human wisdom to do more .
Time , lodg'd in their own hands , is Folly's vails ; That lodg'd in Fate's , to Wisdom they consign ; The thing they can't but purpose , they postpone : ' Tis not in folly , not to scorn a fool , And scarce in human wisdom to do more .
Page 128
By that untut rd , Contemplation raves ; And Nature's fool by Wisdom's is outdone . Wisdom , tho ' richer than Peruvian mines , And sweeter than the sweet ambrosial hive , What is the , but the means of Happiness ?
By that untut rd , Contemplation raves ; And Nature's fool by Wisdom's is outdone . Wisdom , tho ' richer than Peruvian mines , And sweeter than the sweet ambrosial hive , What is the , but the means of Happiness ?
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Aid me , great Homer ! with thy Epic rules , To take a catalogue of Britih fools . Satire ! had I thy Dorfet's force divine , A knave , or fool , should perif in each line ; Tho ' , for the first , all Westminster should plead ...
Aid me , great Homer ! with thy Epic rules , To take a catalogue of Britih fools . Satire ! had I thy Dorfet's force divine , A knave , or fool , should perif in each line ; Tho ' , for the first , all Westminster should plead ...
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Contents
Collin and Lucy a Ballad | 84 |
On the Death of the Lord Protector | 91 |
Satire | 135 |
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Alma beauty beſt born breaſt cauſe charms dead dear death delight Dick divine earth ev'ry eyes face fair fall fame fancy fate fear fire firſt folly fool give grace grave ground half hand head heart Heav'n hope hour human juſt kind knew laſt leave light live look maid mind moſt muſe muſt nature ne'er never night nymph o'er once pain paſſion peace plain play pleaſe pleaſure poets poor pow'r praiſe pride Reaſon reſt riſe ſaid ſay ſcene ſee ſeen ſenſe ſhall ſhe ſhould ſmile ſome ſoul ſtand ſtill ſuch ſweet taught tell thee theſe things thoſe thou thought thro true turn uſe vain virtue whoſe wife wiſdom wiſe youth
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| Title | The Beauties of English Poesy, Volume 2 The Beauties of English Poesy, Oliver Goldsmith |
| Editor | Oliver Goldsmith |
| Publisher | James Williams, 1771 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | 20 Oct 2006 |
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