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Poems. By William Mason, M.A.: Containing, Odes, Elegies, Dramatic Pieces ... - Page 11
by William Mason - 1764 - 252 pages
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The English Poets: Selections with Critical Introductions by ..., Volume 3

Matthew Arnold - English poetry - 1881 - 626 pages
...grave ; When what t' oblivion better were resign'd, Is hung on high, to poison half mankind. All fame is foreign, but of true desert ; Plays round the head, but comes not to the heart : One self-approving hour whole years outweighs Of stupid starers, and of loud huzzas ; And...
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Harper's Cyclopædia of British and American Poetry

Epes Sargent - American poetry - 1881 - 1000 pages
...grave; When what t' oblivion better were resigned, Is hung ou high to poison half mankind. All fame , the heart : One self-approving hour whole years outweighs Of stupid starers, and of loud huzzas ; And...
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Pope: Essay on Man

Alexander Pope - English poetry - 1881 - 150 pages
...; 150 When what t' oblivion better were resign'd, Is hung on high, to poison half mankind. All fame is foreign, but of true desert; Plays round the head, but comes not to the heart: One self approving hour whole years out-weighs Of stupid starers, and of loud huzzas; And...
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The English Essayists: A Comprehensive Selection from the Works of the Great ...

English essays - 1881 - 578 pages
...grave ; When what to oblivion better were resigned, Is hung on high, to poison half mankind. All fame petrifaction. In this mortifying situation we had continued for some ti the heart : One self-approving hour whole years outweighs Of stupid starers, and of loud huzzas ; And...
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The American Library of Art, Literature and Song, Volume 1

Literature - 1885 - 544 pages
...grave, When what to oblivion better were resigned Is hung on high, to poison half mankind. All fame is foreign but of true desert ; Plays round the head, but comes not to the heart. One self-approving hour whole years outweighs Of stupid starers and of loud huzzas, And...
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Red-letter Poems by English Men and Women

English poetry - 1885 - 686 pages
...grave; When what t" oblivion better were resign'd, Is hung on high to poison half mankind. All fame is foreign, but of true desert ; Plays round the head, but comes not to the heart : One self-approving hour whole years outweighs Of stupid starers, and of loud huzzas; And...
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The English Essayists: A Comprehensive Selection from the Works of the Great ...

Robert Cochrane - Authors, English - 1887 - 572 pages
...grave ; When what to oblivion better were resigned, Is hung on high, to poison half mankind. All fame farmer must be thus treated, or else it will be difficult to persuade the heart : One self-approving hour whole years outweighs Of stupid starers, and of loud huzzas ; And...
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Living Thoughts in Words that Burn, from Poet, Sage and Humorist

Charles F. Beezley - Literature - 1891 - 436 pages
...grave; When that f oblivion better were resigned, Is hung on high to poison half mankind. All fame is foreign, but of true desert; Plays round the head, but comes not to the heart : One self-approving hour whole years out-weighs Of stupid starers, and loud huzzas ; And...
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The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope

Alexander Pope - 1893 - 566 pages
...grave; 150 When what t' oblivion better were resign'd, Is hung on high, to poison half mankind. All fame is foreign, but of true desert; Plays round the head, but comes not to the heart : i One self-approving hour whole years out-weighs 255 Of stupid starers, and of loud huzzas...
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The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope: With Memoir and Notes

Alexander Pope - 1899 - 534 pages
...grave ; When what to oblivion better were resign'd, Is hung on high, to poison half mankind. All fame is foreign, but of true desert; Plays round the head, but comes not to the heart : One self-approving hour whole years outweighs Of stupid starers, and of loud huzzas ; And...
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