 | British poets - 1822 - 310 pages
...Though eloquent themselves, yet fear to break; What is it, but a map of busy life, Its fluctuations, and its vast concerns? Here runs the mountainous and...summit see The seals of office glitter in his eyes ; [heels, He climbs, he pants, he grasps them ! At his Close at his heels, a demagogue ascends, And... | |
 | William Cowper - 1822 - 258 pages
...fluctuations, and its vast concerns? Here runs the mountainous and craggy ridge, That tempts Amhition. On the summit see The seals of office glitter in his...He climbs, he pants, he grasps them! At his heels, Close at his heels, a demagogue ascends, And with a dexterous jerk soon twists him down, And wins them,... | |
 | John Milton - 1824 - 510 pages
...Though eloquent themselves, vet fear to break ; I What is it, but a map of busy life, Its fluctuations, and its vast concerns ? Here runs the mountainous...He climbs, he pants, he grasps them ! At his heels. I Close at his heels, a demagogue ascends, I And, with a dexterous jerk, soon twists him down, ' And... | |
 | William Cowper - 1824 - 446 pages
...Though eloquent themselves, yet fear to break ; What is it, but a map of busy life, Its fluctuations, and its vast concerns ? Here runs the mountainous...He climbs, he pants, he grasps them ! At his heels, Close at hia heels, a demagogue ascends, And with a dexterous jerk soon twists Mm down, And win;t them,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1824 - 450 pages
...Though eloquent themselves, yet fear to break ; What is it, but a map of busy life, Its fluctuations, and its vast concerns ? Here runs the mountainous...the summit see The seals of office glitter in his eves ; He climbs, he pants, he grasps them ! At his heels, Close at his heels, a demagogue ascends.,... | |
 | British poets - 1824 - 676 pages
...And still they dream that they shall still succeed, And still are disappointed. Cawper's Task, b. 3. On the summit, see, The seals of office glitter in...He climbs, he pants, he grasps them. At his heels, Close at his heels, a demagogue ascends, And with a dext'rous jerk soon twists him down, And wins them,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1825 - 252 pages
...Though eloquent themselves, yet fear to break ; What is it, but a map of busy life, Its fluctuations, and its vast concerns? Here runs the mountainous and...eyes ; He climbs, he pants, he grasps them ! At his heejs, Close at his heels, a demagogue ascends, And with a dexterous jerk soon twists him down, And... | |
 | William Cowper - 1826 - 242 pages
...Though eloquent themselves, yet fear to break ; What is it, but a map of busy life, 5 Its fluctuations, and its vast concerns ? Here runs the mountainous...He climbs, he pants, he grasps them ! At his heels 6O Close at his heels, a demagogue ascends, And with a dext'rous jerk soon twists him down, And wins... | |
 | William Cowper - 1826 - 504 pages
...Though eloquent themselves, yet fear to break ; What is it, but a map of busy life, Its fluctuations, and its vast concerns ? Here runs the mountainous...He climbs, he pants, he grasps them ! At his heels, Close at his heels, a demagogue ascends, And with a dexterous jerk, soon twists him down, And wins... | |
 | William Cowper - 1828 - 468 pages
...Though eloquent themselves, yet fear to break ; What is it, but a map of busy life, Its fluctuations, and its vast concerns ? Here runs the mountainous...He climbs, he pants, he grasps them ! At his heels, Close at his heels, a demagogue ascends, And with a dex'trous jerk, soon twists him down, And wins... | |
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Which not even critics criticise ; that holds Inquisitive attention, while I read, Fast bound in chains of silence, which the fair, Though eloquent themselves, yet fear to break ; What is it, but a map of busy life, Its fluctuations, and its vast concerns... 
