 | Henry George Bohn - 1867 - 752 pages
...wish unto thee.Tusser, SQQpoints. Thy wish was father, Harry, to that thought. £4. H. iv. 2, iv.i. Fate wings, with every wish, the afflictive dart, Each gift of nature, and each grace of art. Johnson, Vanity of Human Witket, 15. Wishing, of all employments, is the worst. Philosophy's reverse... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1868 - 280 pages
...voice ; How nations sink, by darling schemes oppress'd, When Vengeance listens to the fool's request ; Fate wings with every wish the afflictive dart, Each...powerful breath, And restless fire precipitates on death ! 20 But, scarce observed, the knowing and the bold Pall in the general massacre of gold ; Wide-wasting... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1872 - 524 pages
...darling schemes oppress'd, When vengeance listens to the fool's request. Pate wings with every wish th' afflictive dart, Each gift of nature, and each grace...on death. But, scarce observed, the knowing and the hold, Fall in the general massacre of gold ; Wide-wasting pest ! that rages unconfined, And crowds... | |
 | John Wesley Hales - 1872 - 552 pages
...oppress'd, When Vengeance listens to the fool's request. Fate wings with ev'ry wish th' afflictive dart, 15 Each gift of nature and each grace of art ; With fatal...courage glows, With fatal sweetness elocution flows, F Impeachment stops the speaker's pow'rful breath, And restless fire precipitates on death. 20 But,... | |
 | English poetry - 1873 - 390 pages
...voice ! How nations sink, by darling schemes opprest, When vengeance listens to the fool's request ! Fate wings with every wish the afflictive dart, Each...powerful breath, And restless fire precipitates on death. The needy traveller, serene and gay, Walks the wild heath, and sings his toil away. Does envy seize... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1876 - 76 pages
...oppress'd, When vengeance listens to the fool's request. Fate wings with ev'ry wish th' afflictive dart, 15 Each gift of nature, and each grace of art : With...sweetness elocution flows; Impeachment stops the speaker's pow'rful breath, And restless fire precipitates on death. 20 But, scarce observ'd, the knowing and... | |
 | Charles Anderson Dana - 1878 - 882 pages
...pressed, When vengeance listens to the fool's requKFate wings with every wish the afflictive darl, Each gift of nature and each grace of art ; With fatal...sweetness elocution flows, Impeachment stops the speaker's po werft] breath, And restless fire precipitates on death. But, scarce observed, the knowing and the... | |
 | Frederick Larkin - 1880 - 308 pages
...ashes. " " How nations sink by darling schemes opprest, VVIirn vengeance listens lo the fool's request, Fate wings with every wish the afflictive dart. Each...speaker's powerful breath, And restless fire precipitates in death. " WORKS AT SINCLAIRVILLE. At the distance of six miles in a southerly direction from the... | |
 | Henry Troth Coates - 1881 - 1138 pages
...darling schemes oppress'd, When Vengeance listens to the fool's request Fate wings with every wish th' afflictive dart, Each gift of Nature and each grace...precipitates on death. But, scarce observed, the knowing and Wide wasting pest! that rages unconfined And crowds with crimes the records of mankind ; For gold his... | |
 | Joseph Payne - 1881 - 510 pages
...voice! How nations sink, by darling schemes opprest, When vengeance listens to the fool's request! Fate wings with every wish the afflictive dart, Each...With fatal sweetness elocution flows, Impeachment 3 stops the speaker's powerful breath, And restless fire precipitates on death. The needy traveller,... | |
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... mist delude, Shuns fancied ills, or chases airy good; How rarely Reason guides the stubborn choice, Rules the bold hand, or prompts the suppliant voice; How nations sink, by darling schemes oppress'd, When Vengeance listens to the fool's request.... 
