 Who to th' enraptur'd heart, and ear, and eye, Teach beauty, virtue, truth, and love, and melody. XLI. Hence ! ye, who snare and stupify the mind, Sophists, of beauty, virtue, joy, the bane ! Greedy and fell, though impotent and blind, Who spread your...  Bell's Classical Arrangement of Fugitive Poetry - Page 144by John Bell - 1789Full view - About this book
 | 1774 - 846 pages
...Sophifts, of beauty, virtue, joy, the bane! Greedy and fell, though impotent and blind, Who fpread your filthy nets in Truth's fair fane, And ever ply...your venom'd fangs amain! Hence to dark Error's den, whofe rankling flime Firft gave you form ! hence ! left the Mufe fliould deign (Though loih on theme... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1772 - 656 pages
...Sophifts, of beauty, virtue, joy, the bane ! Greedy and fell, though impotent and blind, Who fpread your filthy nets in truth's fair fane, And ever ply...your venom'd fangs amain ! Hence to dark error's den, whole rankling flime Firft gave you form ! hence ! left the mufe mould deign, (Though loth on theme... | |
 | 1785 - 320 pages
...Sophilts, of beauty, virtue, joy, the bane! Greedy and fell, though impotent and blind, Wh i fpread your filthy nets in Truth's fair fane, And ever ply...your venom'd fangs amain! Hence to dark Error's d'en, whofe rankling flime Firft gave you form ! he:iee! left theMufe fhonld deign(Though loath on theme... | |
 | John Adams - 1789 - 376 pages
...mind, Sophifls, of beauty, virtue, joy, the bane ! Greedy and fell, tho' impotent and blind, Who fpread your filthy nets in Truth's fair fane, And ever ply your venom'd fangs amain I . Hence to dark Error's den, whofe rankling fli'me Firft gave you form ! hence ! left the Mufe mould... | |
 | James Beattie - 1797 - 150 pages
...melody. XLI. Hence! ye, who snare and stupefy the mind, Sophists, of beauty, virtue, joy, the bane! Greedy and fell, though impotent and blind, Who spread...den, whose rankling slime First gave you form ! hence I lest the Muse should deign, (Though loth on theme so mean to waste a rhyme), With vengeance to pursue... | |
 | 1801 - 618 pages
...heretofore: 4t Hence ! ye, who snare and stupify the mind, Sophists, of beauty, virtue, joy, the bane! Greedy and fell, though impotent and blind, Who spread...you form! hence! lest the Muse should deign (Though loth on theme so mean to waste a rhyme) With vengeance to pursue your sacrilegious crime. 1 ' HIS EXCELLENCY... | |
 | James Beattie - 1802 - 152 pages
...melody. . XLI. Hence ! ye, who snare and stupefy the mind, Sophists, of beauty, virtue, joy, the bane ! Greedy and fell, though impotent and blind, Who spread...crime. XLII. But hail, ye mighty masters of the lay, Nature's true sons, the friends of man and truth I Whose song, sublimely sweet, serenely gay, Amused... | |
 | 1804 - 646 pages
...heretofore : •* Hence ! ye, who snare and stupify the mind, ^Sophists, -of beauty, virtue, joy, the bane ! Greedy and fell, though impotent and blind, Who spread...you form ! hence! lest the Muse should deign (Though loth on theme so mean to waste a rhyme) With vengeance to pursue your sacrilegious crime." THE RIGHT... | |
 | James Beattie - 1803 - 190 pages
...melody. XLI. Hence ! ye, who snare and stupify the mind, Sophists, of beauty, virtue, joy, the bane ! Greedy and fell, though impotent and blind, Who spread...filthy nets in Truth's fair fane, And ever ply your venomed fangs amain ! Hence to dark Error's den, whose rankling slime First gave you form ! hence !... | |
 | 1803 - 582 pages
...Sophifts, of beauty, virtue, joy, the bane! Greedy and fell, though impotent and blind, Who fpread your filthy nets in truth's fair fane, And ever ply...your venom'd fangs amain ! Hence to dark error's den, whofe rankling flime Firft gave you form ! hence ! left the mule mould deign, (Though loth on theme... | |
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