 And glories in her lovers' pains. With age she fades, each lover flies, Contemn'd, forlorn, she pines and dies. When Jove the Father's grief survey'd, And heard him Heav'n and Fate upbraid, Thus spoke the God. By outward show, Men judge of happiness and...  Bentley's Miscellany - Page 59edited by - 1866Full view - About this book
 | John Gay - 1884 - 298 pages
...Contemn'd, forlorn, she pines and dies. When Jove the Father's grief survey'd, And heard him Heav'n and Fate upbraid, Thus spoke the God. By outward show,...happiness and woe : Shall ignorance of good and ill Dare'to direct th' eternal will? Seek virtue ; and, of that possest, To Providence resign the rest.... | |
 | John Gay - 1893 - 426 pages
...Father's grief survey'd, And heard him Heav'n and Fate upbraid, Thus spoke the God : By outward show, 45 Men judge of happiness and woe : Shall ignorance of good and ill Dare to direct th' eternal will ? Seek virtue ; and of that possest, To Providence resign the rest. 50 FABLE XL THE... | |
 | John Gay - 1893 - 420 pages
...Father's grief survey'd, And heard him Heav'n and Fate upbraid, Thus spoke the God ; By outward show, 45 Men judge of happiness and woe : Shall ignorance of good and ill Dare to direct th' eternal will ? Seek virtue ; and of that possest, To Providence resign the rest. ' 50 FABLE XL... | |
 | John Gay - 1893 - 422 pages
...Father's grief survey'd, And heard him Heav'n and Fate upbraid, Thus spoke the God : By outward show, 45 Men judge of happiness and woe : Shall ignorance of good and ill Dare to direct th' eternal will ? Seek virtue ; and of that possest, To Providence resign the rest. 50 FABLE XL THE... | |
 | 1896 - 1224 pages
...realities and creators, but names and customs. *. EMERSON — Essays. First Series. Self-Reliance. Faerie Queene. Bk. I. Canto IX. St. 36. Whose possest, To Providence resign the rest. 1. GAY — The Father and Jupiter. Yet why should learning... | |
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - 1896 - 794 pages
...They stood prepared to see the manna fall. DRYDEN. Shall ignorance of good and ill Dare to direct th' eternal will ? Seek virtue ; and of that possess'd, To Providence resign the rest. GAY: Fabla. Providence, not niggardly but wise, Here lavishly bestows, and there denies, That... | |
 | Motilal M. Munshi - 1904 - 636 pages
...Contem'd, forlorn, she pines and dies. When Jove the Father's grief survey'd, And heard him Heaven and Fate upbraid, Thus spoke the god : By outward...woe. Shall ignorance of good and ill Dare to direct th' Eternal Will? Seek virtue: and, of that possesst, To Providence resign the rest. -GAY. A FEW PLAIN... | |
 | Henry George Bohn - 1911 - 784 pages
...prove most glory. 5505 Milton : Comns. Line 58'.: Shall ignorance of good and ill Dare to direct th' eternal will? Seek virtue; and, of that possess'd, To Providence resign the rest. 5506 Gay : Fables. Pt. i. Fable 30 Why to true merit should they have regard? They know that... | |
 | James Champlin Fernald - 1917 - 352 pages
...merry breezes approach them, And with them merrily play. HEINE Book of Songs. Lyrical Interlude. No. Shall ignorance of good and ill Dare to direct the eternal will ? Seek virtue, and, of that possest, To Providence resign the rest. GAY The Father and Jupii The highest and most lofty trees have... | |
 | Laura Shellabarger Hunt - 1923 - 382 pages
...her art of evasion, deception and intrigue to keep every one in ignorance of her secret. CHAPTER IV "By outward show, Men judge of happiness and woe. Shall ignorance of good and ill Dare to direct th' Eternal Will? Seek virtue! and, of that possess'd To Providence resign the rest." THAT on which... | |
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