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" My latter life is rest and peace. I grant, to man we lend our pains, And aid him to correct the plains. But doth not he divide the care, Through all the labours of the year? How many thousand structures rise, To fence us from inclement skies! "
The complete fabulist: or, A choice collection of moral and entertaining ... - Page 134
by Complete fabulist - 1732
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Fables

John Gay - Fables - 1728 - 218 pages
...pains, And gives me all thefe wide domains» At will I crop the year's encreafe, My latter life is reft and peace. I grant to man we lend our pains, And aid him to correct the plains s But doth not he divide the care, Through all the labours of the year? How many thoufand ftruftures...
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Fables

John Gay - Engraving, English - 1737 - 418 pages
...pains, And gives me all thcfe wide domains ; At will I crop the year's increafe, My latter life is reft and peace. I grant to man we lend our pains, And aid...Through all the labours of the year ? How many thoufand ftrudtures rife, To fence us from inclement skies ! For us he bears the fultry day, And ftores up all...
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Fables

John Gay - Fables - 1746 - 212 pages
...And gives me all thefe wide domains; • At will I crop the year's increafe, My latter life is reft and peace. I grant to man we lend our pains, And aid him to corredt the plains: But doth not he divide the care, Through all the labours of the year ? How many...
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The Works of Mr. John Gay: In Four Volumes. To which is Added an Account of ...

John Gay - English poetry - 1770 - 204 pages
...pains, And gives me all thefe wide domains. At will I crop the year's increafe ; My latter life is reft and peace. I grant to man we lend our pains, And aid him to correft the plains. But doth not he divide the care, Through all the labours of the year ? How many*...
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The Works of the English Poets: Gay

Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1779 - 330 pages
...life is reft and peace. I grant, to man we lend our pains, And aid him to correft the plains ; j« But doth not he divide the care, Through all the labours of the year? How many thoufand ftruflures rife, To fence us from inclement flues I For us he bears the fultry day, 55 And ftores up...
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The works of the English poets. With prefaces, biographical and ..., Volume 37

English poets - 1790 - 316 pages
...4? And gives me all thefe wide domains. At will I crop the year's increafe ; My latter life is reft and peace. I grant, to man we lend our pains, And aid him to correft the plains ; 50 But doth not he divide the care, Through all the labours of the year ? How...
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Extracts, Elegant, Instructive, and Entertaining, in Poetry, Volume 1

Vicesimus Knox - English poetry - 1791 - 966 pages
...crop the ycai's incrcafc; Mr latter life is reft and peace. 1 grant, to man we lend our pains, Ard of younger Minds. COTTON. Virginibus pucriCque canto. ? Ho-*' many thoufand ftrufturcs rife, To fence us from inclement Ikies ! For a-, he bears the fultry...
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Elegant Extracts; Or, Useful and Entertaining Pieces of Poetry ..., Volume 1

Vicesimus Knox - Conduct of life - 1791 - 510 pages
...incrcalc ; My latter life is reit and peace« I grant, to man we lend our pams, And aid him to corrcft the plains : But doth not he divide the care Through all the labours of the year ? How many thoufand ftruäures rife, To fence us from inclement ikies ! For us he bears the fulrry day, And ftorcs up all...
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Fables by the Late Mr. Gay. In One Volume Complete

John Gay - Fables, English - 1792 - 250 pages
...pains, And gives me all thefe wide domains. At will I crop the year's increafe ; My latter life is reft and peace. I grant to man we lend our pains. And aid him to correft the plains. But doth not he divide the care, Through all the labours of the year ? How many...
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A Complete Edition of the Poets of Great Britain..: Pope. Gay. Pattison ...

1794 - 918 pages
...increafc; My latter life is reft and peace. I grant, to man we lend our paint, And aid him to correa the plains; But doth not he divide the care, Through all the labours of the year ? How many thoufand ftrufture« rife, To fence us from inclement ikies! For us he bears the fultry day, And flores up all...
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