Poems, Volume 1W. Wilson, 1821 |
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... charge you with a bribe . - B . A bribe ! The worth of his three kingdoms I defy , To lure me to the baseness of a lie . And , of all lies , ( be that one poet's boast ) The lie that flatters I abhor the most . Those arts be their's ...
... charge you with a bribe . - B . A bribe ! The worth of his three kingdoms I defy , To lure me to the baseness of a lie . And , of all lies , ( be that one poet's boast ) The lie that flatters I abhor the most . Those arts be their's ...
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... charge disdained— Few , fellow ! -There are all that ever reigned . Wit , undistinguishing , is apt to strike The guilty and not guilty both alike . I grant the sarcasm is too severe , And we can readily refute it here ; While Alfred's ...
... charge disdained— Few , fellow ! -There are all that ever reigned . Wit , undistinguishing , is apt to strike The guilty and not guilty both alike . I grant the sarcasm is too severe , And we can readily refute it here ; While Alfred's ...
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... long succession , in the rage Of rank obscenity , debauched their age ; Nor ceased , till ever anxious to redress The abuses of her sacred charge , the press , The muse instructed a well - nurtured train Of abler 18 TABLE TALK .
... long succession , in the rage Of rank obscenity , debauched their age ; Nor ceased , till ever anxious to redress The abuses of her sacred charge , the press , The muse instructed a well - nurtured train Of abler 18 TABLE TALK .
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... charge to blacken and traduce ; Though Butler's wit , Pope's numbers , Prior's ease , With all that fancy can invent to please , Adorn the polished periods as they fall , One madrigal of their's is worth them all . A. ' Twould thin the ...
... charge to blacken and traduce ; Though Butler's wit , Pope's numbers , Prior's ease , With all that fancy can invent to please , Adorn the polished periods as they fall , One madrigal of their's is worth them all . A. ' Twould thin the ...
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William Cowper. With nought in charge he could betray no trust ; And , if he fell , would fall because he must ; If love reward him , or if vengeance strike , His recompense in both unjust alike , Divine authority within his breast ...
William Cowper. With nought in charge he could betray no trust ; And , if he fell , would fall because he must ; If love reward him , or if vengeance strike , His recompense in both unjust alike , Divine authority within his breast ...
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