An Oxford Anthology of English PoetryHoward Foster Lowry, Willard Thorp |
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... Pride , the never failing vice of fools . Whatever Nature has in worth denied She gives in large recruits of needful Pride : For as in bodies , thus in souls , we find What wants in blood and spirits swell'd with wind : Pride , where ...
... Pride , the never failing vice of fools . Whatever Nature has in worth denied She gives in large recruits of needful Pride : For as in bodies , thus in souls , we find What wants in blood and spirits swell'd with wind : Pride , where ...
Page 445
... pride , in reas'ning pride , our error lies ; All quit their sphere , and rush into the skies ! Pride still is aiming at the bless'd abodes , Men would be Angels , Angels would be Gods . Aspiring to be Gods if Angels fell , Aspiring to ...
... pride , in reas'ning pride , our error lies ; All quit their sphere , and rush into the skies ! Pride still is aiming at the bless'd abodes , Men would be Angels , Angels would be Gods . Aspiring to be Gods if Angels fell , Aspiring to ...
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... pride defrauds her daily cheer , To boast one splendid banquet once a year ; The mind still turns where shifting fashion draws , Nor weighs the solid worth of self- applause . 280 To men of other minds my fancy flies , Embosom'd in the ...
... pride defrauds her daily cheer , To boast one splendid banquet once a year ; The mind still turns where shifting fashion draws , Nor weighs the solid worth of self- applause . 280 To men of other minds my fancy flies , Embosom'd in the ...
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The Prologue of the Pardoners Tale | 29 |
The Prioresss Prologue | 38 |
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