The good old rule Sufficeth them, the simple plan, That they should take who have the power, Rob Roy's Grave. We must be free or die, who speak the tongue Sonnets to Liberty. Period 1802. Oh! for a single hour of that Dundee, Sonnets to Liberty. Period 1803. O, sir! the good die first, And they whose hearts are dry as summer dust * "Men are but children of a larger growth." See Quotations from Dryden. Where'er I roam, whatever realms to see, Lines 7-10. Such is the patriot's boast, where'er we roam, Lines 73, 74. Dames of ancient days Have led their children through the mirthful maze : Has frisk'd beneath the burthen of three score. Lines 251-254. Pride in their port, defiance in their eye, I see the lords of human kind * With secret course, which no loud storms annoy, THE DESERTED VILLAGE. How often have I paused on every charm,— The never failing brook, the busy mill, The decent church that topt the neighbouring hill, Lines 9-14. * George Zeck, for heading a revolt of Hungarians in 1514, was punished by having a red hot crown placed on his head. Damiens attempted to assassinate Louis XV. of France, for which crime he was put to the torture. Ill fares the land, to hastening ills a prey, When once destroy'd can never be supplied. Lines 51-56. How blest is he who crowns, in shades like these, Lines 99-102. The watch-dog's voice that bay'd the whispering wind, There, where a few torn shrubs the place disclose, Lines 139-142. "Who pants for glory finds but short repose, Book ii. Epistle i. Lines 300, 301 K The broken soldier, kindly bade to stay, Sat by his fire, and talk'd the night away,— Wept o'er his wounds, or, tales of sorrow done, Shoulder'd his crutch, and show'd how fields were won, Lines 155-158. Thus to relieve the wretched was his pride, Lines 163, 164. Truth from his lips prevail'd with double sway, In arguing, too, the parson own'd his skill, Lines 211, 212. The chest contrived a double debt to pay, Lines 229, 230. THE VICAR OF WAKEFIELD. Handsome is that handsome does. Chapter 1. |