Select Works of the British Poets: With Biographical and Critical Prefaces, Volume 2John Aikin |
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Page 567
... seek it in thyself , Seek in thy naked self , and find it there ; In being so descended , form'd , endow'd ; Sky - born , sky - guided , sky - returning race ! Erect , immortal , rational , divine ! In senses which inherit Earth , and ...
... seek it in thyself , Seek in thy naked self , and find it there ; In being so descended , form'd , endow'd ; Sky - born , sky - guided , sky - returning race ! Erect , immortal , rational , divine ! In senses which inherit Earth , and ...
Page 625
... seek perfections worthy of her rank ; Go , seek for her perfections at the Bank . By wealth unquench'd , by reason uncontroll'd , For ever burns her sacred thirst of gold . As fond of five - pence , as the veriest cit ; And quite as ...
... seek perfections worthy of her rank ; Go , seek for her perfections at the Bank . By wealth unquench'd , by reason uncontroll'd , For ever burns her sacred thirst of gold . As fond of five - pence , as the veriest cit ; And quite as ...
Page 743
... seek to dazzle me with tropes , As with the diamond on his lily hand , And play his brilliant parts before my eyes , When I am hungry for the bread of life ? He mocks his Maker , prostitutes and shames His noble office , and , instead ...
... seek to dazzle me with tropes , As with the diamond on his lily hand , And play his brilliant parts before my eyes , When I am hungry for the bread of life ? He mocks his Maker , prostitutes and shames His noble office , and , instead ...
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