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" Me, let the tender office long engage, To rock the cradle of reposing age, With lenient arts extend a mother's breath, Make languor smile, and smooth the bed of death, Explore the thought, explain the asking eye, And keep awhile one parent from the sky... "
An excursion to Windsor, in July 1810. Also A sail down the river Medway ... - Page 120
by John Evans - 1817
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The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq. In Verse and Prose: Containing ..., Volume 4

Alexander Pope - 1806 - 550 pages
...from Kings fhall know lefs joy than I. O Friend ! may each domeftic blifs be thine ! Be no unpleafmg Melancholy mine : Me, let the tender office long engage, To rock the cradle of repoling Age, With lenient arts extend a Mother's breath, 410 Make Languor fmile, and fmooth the bed...
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The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: Satires. On receiving from the Right ...

Alexander Pope, William Lisle Bowles - 1806 - 504 pages
...from Kings fhall know lefs joy than I. O Friend ! may each domeftic blifs be thine ! Be no unpleafmg Melancholy mine : Me, let the tender office long engage, To rock the cradle of repofing Age, With lenient arts extend a Mother's breath, 410 Make Languor fmile, and fmooth the bed...
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The works of Alexander Pope. Containing the principal notes of drs ..., Volume 4

Alexander Pope - 1806 - 508 pages
...from Kings mail know lefs joy than I. O Friend ! may each domeftic blifs be thine ! Be no unpleafing Melancholy mine : Me, let the tender office long engage, To rock the cradle of repofing Age, With lenient arts extend a Mother's breath, 410 Make Languor fmile, and fmooth the bed...
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The poetical works of Alexander Pope. With his last corrections, additions ...

Alexander Pope - 1807 - 288 pages
...kings shall know less joy than I. O friend ! may each domestic bliss he thine ! 406 Be no unpleasing melancholy mine : Me let the tender office long engage...reposing age, With lenient arts extend a mother's breath, 410 Make languor smile, and smooth the hed of death, Explore the thought, explain the asking eye, And...
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The poets of Great Britain complete from Chaucer to Churchill, Volume 40

John Bell - 1807 - 562 pages
...from kings shall know less joy than I. O Friend ! may each domestic bliss be thine ! Be no unpleasing melancholy mine ; Me let the tender office long engage...reposing age, With lenient arts extend a mother's breath, 410 Mike Languor smile, and smooth the bed of Death, Explore the thought, explain the asking eye, And...
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The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1

Alexander Pope - 1807 - 474 pages
...from kings shall know less joy than I. O friend ! may each domestic hliss he thine ! Be no unpleasing melancholy mine : Me, let the tender office long engage...reposing age, With lenient arts extend a mother's hreath, Make languor smile, and smoothe the hed of death ; Explore the thought, explain the asking...
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The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope: In Four Volumes. Collated with the ...

Alexander Pope, Thomas Park - 1808 - 388 pages
...domestic bliss be thine ! Be no unpleasing melancholy mine : Me, let the tender office long engageTo rock the cradle of reposing age, With lenient arts...asking eye, And keep awhile one parent from the sky ! On cares like these, if length, of days attend, May Heaven to bless those days, preserve my friend!...
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The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: To which is Prefixed the Life of ...

Alexander Pope - English poetry - 1808 - 702 pages
...from kings shall know less joy than I. O friend ! may each domestic blisa be thine! Be no unpleasing melancholy mine: Me, let the tender office long engage, To rock the cradle of reposing age, Witli lenient arts extend a mother's breath, Make langnor smile, and smooth the bedtlf death; Explore...
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La Belle Assemblée, Volume 6

1809 - 402 pages
...from Kings shall know less joy than 1. O friend ! nriy each domestic bliss be thine 5 Be no nnplensiug melancholy mine : Me let the tender office long engage,...the bed of death ; Explore the thought, explain the askin« pye, And keep awhile one parent from the sky ! On cares like these, if length of days attend,...
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Specimens of the British poets, Volume 2

British poets - English poetry - 1809 - 526 pages
...from kings shall know less joy than I. O friend! may each domestic bliss be thine f Be no unpleasing melancholy mine : Me, let the tender office long engage...age, With lenient arts extend a mother's breath, Make langour smile, and smoothe the bed of death , Explore the thought, explain the asking eye. And keep...
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