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Page 72
Poor artless maid ! to stain thy spotless name Expense , and art , and toil , united
strove ; To lure a breast that felt the purest flame , Sustain'd by virtue , but betray'd
by love . School'd in the science of love's mazy wiles , I cloth'd each feature ...
Poor artless maid ! to stain thy spotless name Expense , and art , and toil , united
strove ; To lure a breast that felt the purest flame , Sustain'd by virtue , but betray'd
by love . School'd in the science of love's mazy wiles , I cloth'd each feature ...
Page 187
It is a time By Heaven in mercy given , where all may find Their best , their truest
good ; the means , the pow'r , To elevate their nature , to exert Each nobler faculty
, and still to rise In evēry virtue . Here the best may find Improvement : for what ...
It is a time By Heaven in mercy given , where all may find Their best , their truest
good ; the means , the pow'r , To elevate their nature , to exert Each nobler faculty
, and still to rise In evēry virtue . Here the best may find Improvement : for what ...
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Against the threats Of malice or of sorcery , or that pow'r Which erring men call
chance ; this I hold firm : Virtue may be assail'd , but never hurt ; Surpris'd by
unjust force , but not inthrall'd ; Yea , even that which mischief meant most harm ,
Shall ...
Against the threats Of malice or of sorcery , or that pow'r Which erring men call
chance ; this I hold firm : Virtue may be assail'd , but never hurt ; Surpris'd by
unjust force , but not inthrall'd ; Yea , even that which mischief meant most harm ,
Shall ...
Page 236
Sweet are her joys , and pleasing e'en her woes , When warm'd by Virtue's fire
the sacred ardour glows . VII . Thus Fancy's pow'r in solitude can charm , Can
rouse each latent virtue in the heart , Preserve the heavenly spark for ever warm
...
Sweet are her joys , and pleasing e'en her woes , When warm'd by Virtue's fire
the sacred ardour glows . VII . Thus Fancy's pow'r in solitude can charm , Can
rouse each latent virtue in the heart , Preserve the heavenly spark for ever warm
...
Page 237
For oft , when Virtue prompts the gen'rous deed , And points the way to gain the
glorious prize , Imagin'd ills her upward flight impede , And all around fantastic
terrors rise : Ev'n Vice itself can Fancy's pow'r disguise With borrow'd charms ...
For oft , when Virtue prompts the gen'rous deed , And points the way to gain the
glorious prize , Imagin'd ills her upward flight impede , And all around fantastic
terrors rise : Ev'n Vice itself can Fancy's pow'r disguise With borrow'd charms ...
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| Title | Poems Divine and Moral |
| Author | John Bowdler |
| Compiled by | John Bowdler |
| Publisher | C. & J. Rivington, 1823 |
| Original from | University of California Irvine |
| Digitized | 5 Jan 2017 |
| Length | 254 pages |
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