 | Art - 1762 - 290 sidor
...itfelf endure ? or beauty's charms Afford that blifs we fancy in its arms ?— Then, let thy foul, more glorious aims purfue: Have thy CREATOR and his works in view : Be thefe thy ftudy : hence thy pleafures bring : And drink large draughts of wifdom from its fpring : That fpring,... | |
 | John Newbery - 1762 - 292 sidor
...itfelf endure ? or beauty's charms Afford that blifs we fancy in its arms ? — Then, let thy foul, more glorious aims purfue: Have thy CREATOR, and his works in view : Be thefe thy ftudy : hence thy pleafures bring : And drink large draughts of wifdom from its fpring : That fpring,... | |
 | Colin Macfarquhar, George Gleig - 1797 - 450 sidor
...itfelf endure ? or beauty's charms Afford that blifs we fancy in its arms ? — Then, let thy foul more glorious aims purfue : Have thy CREATOR and his works in view. Be thefe thy ftudy : hence thy pleafures bring : And drink large draughts of wif3om from its fpring ; That fpring,... | |
 | Edward Michael Ward - 1812 - 126 sidor
...one joy sincere that will not tire. Can love itself endure ? or beauty's charms, Allen I that bliss we fancy in its arms ? Then let thy soul, more glorious aims pursue, Have thy Creator and his works in view: Be these thy study: hence thy pleasures bring: . And... | |
 | 1823 - 872 sidor
...one joy sincere, that will not tire ? Can love itself endure ? or beauty's charms Afford that bliss we fancy in its arms ? — Then let thy soul more glorious aims pursue : Have thy CREATOR and his works in view. Be these thy study : hence thy pleasures bring : And... | |
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Un wife ! and though tlefs ! impotent ! and blind ! Can Wealth, or Grandeur, fatisfy the Mind ? Of all thofe Pleafures Mortals moft admire, Is there one Joy fincere, that will not tire ? Can Love itfelf endure ? or Beauty's Charms Afford that Blifs we... 