 | Elegant extracts - 1805 - 1054 pages
...her marts adorn Such deeds aloneasprideandpompdifguife; Deeds of ill fort, and mifchievous empnze : Lend me thy clarion, Goddefs ! let me try To found...the praife of merit ere it dies ; Such as I oft have chanced to efpy, Loft in the dreary {hades of dull obfcurity. In ev'ry village, mark'd with little... | |
 | 1806 - 408 pages
...of ill sort, and mischievous emprize : Lend me tby clarion. Goddess ! let me try To sound the praise of merit, ere it dies: Such as I oft have chaunced to espy, Lost in the dreary shades of dull obscurity. In ev'ry village mark'd with little spire, Embower'd... | |
 | Young gentleman - 1807 - 314 pages
...pride and pomp difguife, Deeds of ill fort, and mifchievous emprize : Lend me thy clarion, Gpddefs! let me try To found the praife of Merit ere it dies,...as I oft have chaunced to efpy Loft in the dreary fliades of dull ohfcurity. In ev'ry village, mark'd with little fpire, Einhower'd in trees, and hardly... | |
 | Cabinet - 1808 - 524 pages
...of ill sort, and mischievous emprize : Lend me thy clarion, goddess ! let me try To sound the praise of merit, ere it dies ; Such as I oft have chaunced to espy, Lost in the dreary shades of dull obscurity. In every village mark'd with littie spire, Embower'd... | |
 | William Shenstone, Thomas Park - 1808 - 342 pages
...of ill sort, and mischievous emprize : Lend me thy clarion, goddess! let me try To sound the praise of Merit ere it dies, Such as I oft have chaunced to espy Lost in the dreary shades of dull obscurity. Who boasts uuruly brats with birch to tame ; They... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 554 pages
...of ill sort, and mischievous emprise: Lend me thy clarion, goddess! let me try To sound the praise of Merit, ere it dies, Such as I oft have chaunced to espy, Lost in the dreary shades of dull Obscurity. In every village mark'd with little spire, Kmbower'd... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - 1819 - 420 pages
...of ill sort, and mischievous emprize : Lend me thy clarion, goddess ! let me try To sound the praise of merit ere it dies ; Such as I oft have chaunced to espy, Lost in the dreary shades of dull obscurity. In every village mark'd with little spire, Embower'd... | |
 | Ezekiel Sanford - 1819 - 386 pages
...of ill sort, and mischievous emprize : Lend me thy clarion, goddess \ let me try To sound the praise of Merit ere it dies, Such as I oft have chaunced to espy Lost in the dreary shades of dull obscurity. Who boasts unruly brats with birch to tame , They... | |
 | John Aikin - 1821 - 412 pages
...of ill sort, and mischievous emprise : Lend me thy clarion, goddess ! let me try To sound the praise of Merit, ere it dies, Such as I oft have chaunced to espy, Lost in the dreary shades of dull Obscurity. In every village mark'd with little spire, Embower'd... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 270 pages
...of ill sort, and mischievous emprize : Lend me thy clarion, goddess ! let me try To sound the praise of Merit ere it dies, Such as I oft have chaunced to espy Lost in the dreary shades of dull obscurity. In every village mark'd with little spire, Embower'd... | |
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While partial Fame doth with her blasts adorn Such deeds alone as pride and pomp disguise; Deeds of ill sort, and mischievous emprize... 
