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Let all thy homage be to Wisdom paid , Seek her protection , and implore her aid ;
That she may keep thy soul from harm secure , And turn thy footsteps from the
harlot's door ; Who , with curs'd charms , lures the unwary in , And soothes with ...
Let all thy homage be to Wisdom paid , Seek her protection , and implore her aid ;
That she may keep thy soul from harm secure , And turn thy footsteps from the
harlot's door ; Who , with curs'd charms , lures the unwary in , And soothes with ...
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Wisdom disclaims the word , nor holds society With those who own it . No , my
Horatio , ' Tis Fancy's child , and Folly is its father ; Wrought of such stuff as
dreams are , and baseless As the fantastic visions of the evening . But soft , my
friend ...
Wisdom disclaims the word , nor holds society With those who own it . No , my
Horatio , ' Tis Fancy's child , and Folly is its father ; Wrought of such stuff as
dreams are , and baseless As the fantastic visions of the evening . But soft , my
friend ...
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John Bowdler. Oppresses else with surfeit , and soon turns Wisdom to folly , as
nourishment to wind . What will not ambition and revenge Descend to ! Who
aspires , must down as low As high he soar'd , obnoxious first or last To basest
things .
John Bowdler. Oppresses else with surfeit , and soon turns Wisdom to folly , as
nourishment to wind . What will not ambition and revenge Descend to ! Who
aspires , must down as low As high he soar'd , obnoxious first or last To basest
things .
Page 208
Right ends and means make wisdom ; worldly - wise Is but half - witted at its
highest praisé . Our hearts ne'er bow but to superior worth . ' Tis great , ' tis manly
, to disdain disguise . And some forgiveness needs the best of friends . From
purity ...
Right ends and means make wisdom ; worldly - wise Is but half - witted at its
highest praisé . Our hearts ne'er bow but to superior worth . ' Tis great , ' tis manly
, to disdain disguise . And some forgiveness needs the best of friends . From
purity ...
Page 231
Open by degrees On some one limb I'll , to secure it , seize , O ! with what wisdom
are all things design'd Man of his God and latter end to mind ! Duty and death are
by all creatures taught : Tho ' earthly , they raise heavenly - minded thought .
Open by degrees On some one limb I'll , to secure it , seize , O ! with what wisdom
are all things design'd Man of his God and latter end to mind ! Duty and death are
by all creatures taught : Tho ' earthly , they raise heavenly - minded thought .
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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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