 Tis folly to be wise. HYMN TO ADVERSITY DAUGHTER of Jove, relentless power, Thou tamer of the human breast, Whose iron scourge and torturing hour The bad affright, afflict the best ! Bound in thy adamantine chain The proud are taught to taste of pain,...  The Poetical Works of Thomas Gray - Page 44by Thomas Gray - 1804 - 207 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Scott - 1789 - 416 pages
...affright, afflict: the hrft ! Bound in thy adamantine chain, The proud are taught to tafle of paii>, And purple tyrants vainly groan With pangs unfelt before, unpitied and alone. When firft thy fire to fend on earth Virtue, bis darling child, defign'd, To thee he gave the heav'nly birth,... | |
 | English poets - 1790 - 372 pages
...hour, The bad affright, afflift the beft ! Bound in thy adamantine chain The proud are taught to tafte of pain, And purple tyrants vainly groan With pangs unfelt before, unpitied, and alone, When firft thy fire to fend on earth Virtue, his darling child, defign'd, To thee he gave the heavenly birth,... | |
 | 1792 - 112 pages
...hour The bad affright, afflict the beft! Bound in thy adamantine chain, The proud are taught to tafte of pain, And purple tyrants vainly groan With pangs unfelt before , unpitied and alone. ' When firft thy Sire to fend on earth Virtue , his darling child , defign'd , ;To thee he gave the heav'nly... | |
 | Richard Johnson - 1793 - 198 pages
...affright, afflia the beft ! Bound in thy adamantine chain, The proud are taught to tafte of pain, And And purple tyrants vainly groan With pangs unfelt before, unpitied and alone, Whenfirft th/fiis tc 'and on earth Virtue, his darling chiul, defign'd^ To thee he gave the heav'nly... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1799 - 408 pages
...hour, The bad affright, affict the befl ! Bound in thy adamantine chain, The proud are taught to tafte of pain, And purple tyrants vainly groan With pangs unfelt before, unpitied and alone. When firft thy Sire to fend on earth . Virtue, his darling child, defign'd, To thee he gave the heavenly... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1800 - 512 pages
...hour, The bad affright, afflid the bell ! Bound in thy adamantine chain The proud are taught to tafle of pain, And purple tyrants vainly groan With pangs unfelt before, unpitied, and alone. When firft thy fire to fend on earth Virtue, his darling child, defign'd, To thee he gave the heavenly birch,... | |
 | Apollo - 1800 - 224 pages
...hour, The bad affright, amidft the beft ! Bound in thy adamantine chain The proud are taught to tafte of pain, And purple tyrants vainly groan With pangs unfelt before, unpitied, and alone. When firft thy fire to fend on earth VIRTUE, his darling child, defign'd, To thee he gave the heavenly birth,... | |
 | Maria Edgeworth - 1801 - 366 pages
...the ancients is supposed to be not the color which we call purple, but that which we call scarlet. " When first thy sire to send on earth " Virtue, his darling child, design'd, " To thee he gave the heavenly birth, " And bade to form her infant mind." When S was asked who was meant in these lines... | |
 | John Wolcot - 1804 - 178 pages
...tamer of the human breast, Whose iron scourge and tort'ring hour The bad affright, afflict the best ! Bound in thy adamantine chain, The proud are taught...Virtue, his darling child, design'd, To thee he gave the heavenly birth, And bade to form her infant mind. Stern rugged nurse:! thy rigid lore With patience... | |
 | Peter Pindar - 1804 - 176 pages
...tamer of the human breast, Whose iron scourge and tort'ring hour The bad affright, afflict the best ! Bound in thy adamantine chain, The proud are taught...his darling child, design'd, " To thee he gave the heavenly birth, And bade to form her infant mind. Stern rugged nurse ! thy ri«id lore With patience... | |
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