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Page 73
... pow'r , Now hardly moves an inch an hour . The jack and chimney , near ally'd , Had never left each other's fide ; The chimney to a steeple grown , The jack would not be left alone , But up against the steeple rear'd , Became a clock ...
... pow'r , Now hardly moves an inch an hour . The jack and chimney , near ally'd , Had never left each other's fide ; The chimney to a steeple grown , The jack would not be left alone , But up against the steeple rear'd , Became a clock ...
Page 111
... Pow'r , who bids This midnight centinel , with clarion fhrill , Emblem of that which shall awake the dead , Roufe fouls from flumber , into thoughts of Heaven . Shall I , too , weep ? Where , then , is Fortitude ? And , Fortitude ...
... Pow'r , who bids This midnight centinel , with clarion fhrill , Emblem of that which shall awake the dead , Roufe fouls from flumber , into thoughts of Heaven . Shall I , too , weep ? Where , then , is Fortitude ? And , Fortitude ...
Page 114
... pow'r ; Thy purpofe firm , is equal to the deed : Who does the best his circumstance allows , Does well , acts nobly ; angels could no more . Our outward act , indeed , admits restraint : ' Tis not in things o'er Thought to domineer ...
... pow'r ; Thy purpofe firm , is equal to the deed : Who does the best his circumstance allows , Does well , acts nobly ; angels could no more . Our outward act , indeed , admits restraint : ' Tis not in things o'er Thought to domineer ...
Page 115
... pow'r ethereal , only not ador'd . Ah ! how unjust to Nature , and himself , Is thoughtless , thanklefs , inconfiftent man ! Like children babbling nonsense in their sports , We cenfure Nature for a span too short ; That span too fhort ...
... pow'r ethereal , only not ador'd . Ah ! how unjust to Nature , and himself , Is thoughtless , thanklefs , inconfiftent man ! Like children babbling nonsense in their sports , We cenfure Nature for a span too short ; That span too fhort ...
Page 133
... pow'r ! To Vice , confufion ; and to Virtue , peace . Whatever farce the boaftful hero plays , Virtue alone has majesty in Death ; And greater ftill , the more the tyrant frowns . Philander ; he severely frown'd on thee . " No warning ...
... pow'r ! To Vice , confufion ; and to Virtue , peace . Whatever farce the boaftful hero plays , Virtue alone has majesty in Death ; And greater ftill , the more the tyrant frowns . Philander ; he severely frown'd on thee . " No warning ...
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Page 98 - ... immortal ! infeft infinite ! A worm ! a god ! — I tremble at myfelf, And in myfelf am loft ! at home a ftranger, Thought wanders up and down, furpriz'd, aghaft, And wond'ring at her own: How reafon reels ? O what a miracle to man is man, Triumphantly diftrefs'd ! what joy, what dread...