Select Works of the British Poets, in a Chronological Series from Ben Jonson to Beattie with Biographical and Critical Notices |
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... Happy Man . Song .. 363 Song Ode III . Of the Nature and State of Man with respect to Society ..... 366 IV . Of the Nature and State of Man with respect to Happiness ... 368 Moral Essays . In Five Epistles to several Persons . Epistle I ...
... Happy Man . Song .. 363 Song Ode III . Of the Nature and State of Man with respect to Society ..... 366 IV . Of the Nature and State of Man with respect to Happiness ... 368 Moral Essays . In Five Epistles to several Persons . Epistle I ...
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... happy work's entirely done ; Enter the town which thou hast won ; The fruits of conquest now begin ; Io , triumphe ! enter in . What's this , ye gods ! what can it be ? Remains there still an enemy ? Bold Honor stands up in the gate ...
... happy work's entirely done ; Enter the town which thou hast won ; The fruits of conquest now begin ; Io , triumphe ! enter in . What's this , ye gods ! what can it be ? Remains there still an enemy ? Bold Honor stands up in the gate ...
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... Happy insect , happy thou ! Dost neither age nor winter know ; But , when thou'st drunk , and danc'd , and sung Thy fill , the flow'ry leaves among , ( Voluptuous , and wise withal , Epicurean animal ! ) Sated with thy summer feast ...
... Happy insect , happy thou ! Dost neither age nor winter know ; But , when thou'st drunk , and danc'd , and sung Thy fill , the flow'ry leaves among , ( Voluptuous , and wise withal , Epicurean animal ! ) Sated with thy summer feast ...
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... perfect might ! The stars have not a possibility Of blessing thee ; If things then from their end we happy call , ' Tis hope is the most hopeless thing of all . Thou bring'st us an estate , yet leav'st us poor 12 COWLEY .
... perfect might ! The stars have not a possibility Of blessing thee ; If things then from their end we happy call , ' Tis hope is the most hopeless thing of all . Thou bring'st us an estate , yet leav'st us poor 12 COWLEY .
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... HAPPY the man , who his whole time doth bound Within th ' inclosure of his little ground . Happy the man , whom the same humble place ( Th ' hereditary cottage of his race ) From his first rising infancy has known , And by degrees sees ...
... HAPPY the man , who his whole time doth bound Within th ' inclosure of his little ground . Happy the man , whom the same humble place ( Th ' hereditary cottage of his race ) From his first rising infancy has known , And by degrees sees ...
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