 | Edward Young - 1741 - 194 pages
...choak our paffage, our career controul, And wound the firmeft temper of the foul. O facred folitude ! divine retreat ! Choice of the prudent ! envy of the great ! By thy pure ftream, or in thy waving fliade, We court fair Wifdom, that celeftial Maid : The genuine offspring... | |
 | Edward Young - 1762 - 412 pages
...choak our paflage, our career controul, And wound the firmeft temper of our foul. 0 facred folitude ! divine retreat ! Choice of the Prudent ! envy of the Great ! By thy pure ftream, or in thy waving made, We court fair wifdom, that celeftial maid : The genuine offspring of... | |
 | Edward Young - 1767 - 272 pages
...choak our paflage, our career controuT,. wound the firmeft temper of our foul. O facred folitude ! divine retreat ! Choice of the Prudent ! envy of the Great ! By thy pure ftream, or in thy waving fhade, We court fair wifdona, that celeftial maid : The genuine offspring... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1779 - 278 pages
...envy of the Great ! By thy pure ftream, or in thy waving fhade, We court fair Wifdom, that celeftial maid : The genuine offspring of her lov'd embrace, •(Strangers on earth!) are innocence znA peace .- a6o There, from the ways of men laid fafe afhore, We finile to hear the diftant tempeft... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1779 - 858 pages
...of the Great! By thy pure ftream, or in thy waving made, We court fair Wifdom, that celeftial maidi The genuine offspring of her lov'd embrace, (Strangers on earth!) are innocence and peacei 160 There, from the ways of men laid 1afe afhore, We fmile to hear the diftant tempeft roar;... | |
 | Select lessons - 1785 - 156 pages
...Flower, and which has often fprung From fordid Arts, as Florin's out of Dung. On Solitude. . You NO. Choice of the Prudent! Envy of the Great! By thy pure Stream, or in thy waving Shade, We court fair Wifdom, that celeftial Maid: • The genuine Offspring of her lov'd Embrac^ (Strangers on Earth) are... | |
 | Francis Grose - 1789 - 392 pages
...Abernethy of Corikie, Banffshire. Heir male of the Abernethys of Saltoun in the year 1 784. - O facred Solitude, divine retreat, Choice of the prudent, envy of the great, By thy pure ilream, or in thy waving (hade, I court fair wifdom, that celeftial maid ; There from the ways of men... | |
 | English poets - 1790 - 286 pages
...envy of the Great ! By thy pure ftream, or in thy waving fhade, We court fair Wifdom, that celeftial maid : The genuine offspring of her lov'd embrace, (Strangers on earth!) are innocence and peace: 260 There , from the ways of men laid fafe afhore, We fmile to hear the diftant tempeft... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - 1791 - 510 pages
...devaluation we blind revels keep ; Whole bury'd towns fupport the dancer's heel. § 133. Solitude. YOVNG. О SACRED Solitude ! divine retreat ! Choice of the Prudent ! envy of the Great ! By thy pure ftream, or in thy \v4^ing fliade, We court fair wifdom, that celtiliaj maid : The Milton. The genuine... | |
 | James Anderson - 1792 - 384 pages
...to each other on the same tber?n. Dr Abernethy's inscription concludes with the following lines :, O! sacred solitude, divine retreat, Choice of the prudent, envy of the great, By these pure streams,, or in thy waving flud>, I court fair Wisdom, that celestial m-iici, j There, rrom... | |
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O sacred solitude ! divine retreat ! Choice of the prudent ! envy of the great ! By thy pure stream, or in thy waving shade, We court fair wisdom, that celestial maid : The genuine offspring of her lov'd embrace, (Strangers on earth !) are innocence... 
