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Article ON SHAKSPEARE. ← Page 2 of 2 Article EPIGRAM ON PETER THE GREAT, CZAR OF RUSSIA. Page 1 of 1 Article ON A GENTLEMAN WHO MARRIED A THIN CONSUMPTIVE LADY. Page 1 of 1
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On Shakspeare.
Soon , at peep of cold-ey'd day , Soon the num ' rous lights decay ; Merrily , now merrily , After the dewy moon they fly . Xet rosy Laughter now advance , And Wit , with twinkling eye , Where quaint pow ' rs lurking lie ;
Bright Fancy , the queen of the revels , shall dance , And point to her frolicsome train , And antic forms that flit unnumber'd o ' er the plain O , sov ' reign Master ! at whose sole command We start with terror , or with pity weep ; O , where is now thy all-creating wand ? Buried ten thousand fathoms in the deep . The staff is broke , the pow ' rful spell is fled , And never earthly guest shall in thy circle tread .
Epigram On Peter The Great, Czar Of Russia.
EPIGRAM ON PETER THE GREAT , CZAR OF RUSSIA .
T' Adorn with arts a rough barbarian race , And polish them with ev ^ ry manly grace ; To chace the shades of ignorance profound , And spread the beams of knowledge all around ; To brighten and exalt the human soul , And still consult the welfare of the whole ; If these be arts more worthy of applause Than with wild havock in ambition ' s cause
To conquer kingdoms , to lay waste and burn , And peaceful states with restless rage o'erturn ; Then Russia ' s Czar with greater glory reign'd Than was by Philip's son or Cassar gain'd . M .
On A Gentleman Who Married A Thin Consumptive Lady.
ON A GENTLEMAN WHO MARRIED A THIN CONSUMPTIVE LADY .
WITH a warm skeleton so near , And wedded to thy arms for life ; When Death arrives it will appear Less frightful , ' tis so like THY WIF * - „ A spouse so thin , though , all agree , Had better much been let alone ; " F LESH of thy FLESH" she cannot be , Who is made up of nought but 1 $ ONE .
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On Shakspeare.
Soon , at peep of cold-ey'd day , Soon the num ' rous lights decay ; Merrily , now merrily , After the dewy moon they fly . Xet rosy Laughter now advance , And Wit , with twinkling eye , Where quaint pow ' rs lurking lie ;
Bright Fancy , the queen of the revels , shall dance , And point to her frolicsome train , And antic forms that flit unnumber'd o ' er the plain O , sov ' reign Master ! at whose sole command We start with terror , or with pity weep ; O , where is now thy all-creating wand ? Buried ten thousand fathoms in the deep . The staff is broke , the pow ' rful spell is fled , And never earthly guest shall in thy circle tread .
Epigram On Peter The Great, Czar Of Russia.
EPIGRAM ON PETER THE GREAT , CZAR OF RUSSIA .
T' Adorn with arts a rough barbarian race , And polish them with ev ^ ry manly grace ; To chace the shades of ignorance profound , And spread the beams of knowledge all around ; To brighten and exalt the human soul , And still consult the welfare of the whole ; If these be arts more worthy of applause Than with wild havock in ambition ' s cause
To conquer kingdoms , to lay waste and burn , And peaceful states with restless rage o'erturn ; Then Russia ' s Czar with greater glory reign'd Than was by Philip's son or Cassar gain'd . M .
On A Gentleman Who Married A Thin Consumptive Lady.
ON A GENTLEMAN WHO MARRIED A THIN CONSUMPTIVE LADY .
WITH a warm skeleton so near , And wedded to thy arms for life ; When Death arrives it will appear Less frightful , ' tis so like THY WIF * - „ A spouse so thin , though , all agree , Had better much been let alone ; " F LESH of thy FLESH" she cannot be , Who is made up of nought but 1 $ ONE .