 tis the way too thither. How happy here should I And one dear She live, and embracing die! She who is all the world, and can exclude In deserts solitude. I should have then this only fear: Lest men, when they my pleasures see, Should hither throng to...  The Works of Mr. A. Cowley: In Prose and Verse - Page 25by Abraham Cowley - 1809Full view - About this book
 | Books - 1773 - 614 pages
...fpring-head of pleafure's flood, Where all the riches lie that me Hath mark'd and ilamp'd for good. Pride and ambition here Only in far-fetch'd metaphors...appear ; Here nought but winds can hurtful murmurs fcatter, And nought but Echo flatter. The gods, when they defcended, hither • From heaven did always... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1779 - 378 pages
...fpring-head of pleafure's flood ; Where all the riches lie, that fhe Has coin'd and ftamp'd for good. Pride and ambition here, Only in far-fetch'd metaphors...appear ; Here nought but winds can hurtful murmurs fcatter, And nought but echo flatter. The Gods, when they defcended, hither From heaven did always... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English language - 1805 - 924 pages
...We 're coming thither. Slaiifcvt. The gods, when they descended, hither From heav'n did always chuse their way; And therefore we may boldly say, That 't is the way too thither. Ctvlf}. When, like a bridegroom from the east, we sun Sets forth ; he thither, whence he came, ootn... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1810 - 312 pages
...spring-head of Pleasure's flood, where all the riches lie that she has coin'd and stamp'd for good. Pride and ambition here, only in far-fetch'd metaphors...flatter. The gods, when they descended hither from heav'n, did always choose their way ; and therefore we may boldly say, that 't is the way, too, thither.... | |
 | Abraham Cowley - 1810 - 314 pages
...spring-head of Pleasure's flood, where all the riches lie that she lias coin'd and stamp'd for good. Pride and ambition here, only in far-fetch'd metaphors...flatter. The gods, when they descended hither from heav'n, did always choose their way ; and therefore we may boldly say, that 't is the way, too, thither.... | |
 | Abraham Cowley - 1810 - 314 pages
...spring-head of Pleasure's flood, •where all the riches lie that she lias coin'd and stamp'd for good. Pride and ambition here, only in far-fetch'd metaphors...appear; here nought but winds can hurtful murmurs scatti and nought but Echo flatter. The gods, when they descended hither from heav'n, did always choose... | |
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1820 - 832 pages
...spring-head of Pleasure's flood ; Where all the riches lie, that she Has coin'd and stamp'd for good. eeds I must, by thee betray'd ? In vain thou striv'st...evasions thy crime uncover* st more. OaL Since thou det Hie gods, when they descended, hither From Heaven did always chuse their way ; And therefore we may... | |
 | British poets - Classical poetry - 1822 - 268 pages
...spring-head of pleasure's flood ; Where all the riches lie, that she Has coin'd and stamp'd for good. Pride and ambition here, Only in far-fetch'd metaphors...their way ; And therefore we may boldly say, That 'tis the way too thither. How happy here should I, And one dear She, live, and embracing die ! She,... | |
 | British poets - Classical poetry - 1822 - 312 pages
...spring-head of pleasure's flood ; Where all the riches lie, that she Has cpin'd and stamp'd for good. Pride and ambition here, Only in far-fetch'd metaphors...hurtful murmurs scatter, And nought but echo flatter. VOL. II. D The Gods, when they descended, hither Prom heaven did always choose their way ; And therefore... | |
 | Henry Southern - 1827 - 554 pages
...spring-head of Pleasure's flood; Where all the riches lie, that she Has coin'd and stamp'd for good. " Pride and ambition here, Only in far-fetch'd metaphors...flatter. The gods, when they descended, hither From heav'n did always chuse their way ; And therefore we may boldly say, That 'tis the way too thither.... | |
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