 | 1747 - 684 pàgines
...fhort hv'd bloom, Be obk-t'ts of my pray'r, Let Av'rice, Vanity, and Pride Thcle glitt'rfng etivy'd toys divide The dull rewards of Care. To me thy better gifts impart, Each moral beauty of the heart, By ftudious thought refiri'd; For wealth, the femes of glad content, For pow'r, its ampleft belt extent,... | |
 | 1762 - 792 pàgines
...: Let av'rice, vanity, and pride, Thefe glitt'ring euvy'd toys divide The dull rewards of care. T» me thy better gifts impart, Each moral beauty of the heart By ftudious thought rerin'4 : For wealth, the f niles of glad rontenti For pow'r iti atnpleft, beft extent,... | |
 | Robert Dodsley - 1755 - 360 pàgines
...CYTHEREA'S fading bloom, Be objefts of my pray'r : Let AV'RICE, VANITY, and PRIDE, Thofe envy'd glitt'ring toys, divide * The dull rewards of care. To me thy...better gifts impart, Each moral beauty of the heart, By ftudious thoughts refin'd: For Wealth, the fmiles of glad Content ; ForPow'r, its ampleft, beft extent,... | |
 | Robert Dodsley - 1758 - 474 pàgines
...CYTHEREA'S fading bloom, Be obje&s of my pray'r : Let AV'RICE, VAN^Y, and PRIDE, Thofe envy'd glkt'ring toys, divide The dull rewards of care. To me thy better gifts impart, Each moral beauty of the heart, By ftudious thoughts refin'd : For Wealth, the fmiles of glad Content ; For Pow'r, its ampleffi, beft... | |
 | 1765 - 416 pàgines
...CYTHEREA'S fading bloom, Be objects of my pray'r: Let AV'RICE, VANITY, and PRIDE, Thofe envy'd glitt'ring toys, divide The dull rewards of care. To me thy better gifts impart, Each moral beauty of the heart, By ftudious thoughts refin'd : For Wealth, the fmiles of glad Content; For Pow'r, its amplefl, beft extent,... | |
 | Robert Dodsley - 1765 - 412 pàgines
...pray'r: Let AV'RICE, VANITY, and PRIDE, Thofe envy'd glitt'ring toys, divide The dull rewards of care. 1 To me thy better gifts impart, Each moral beauty of the heart, By ftudious thoughts refin'd : For Wealth, the fmiles of glad Content; For Pow'r, its ampleft, beft extent,... | |
 | Poems - 1775 - 518 pàgines
...Cj/therea's fading bloom, Be objects of my pray'r : Let av'rice, vanity, and pride, Thofe envy'd glitt'ring toys divide, The dull rewards of care. To me thy better gifts impart, Each moral beauty of the heart, By ftudious thoughts refin'd ; E For wealth, the fmiles of glad content, For pow'r, its ampleft, beft... | |
 | Elizabeth Carter - 1776 - 134 pàgines
...Plume, Nor Cytherea's fading Bloom, Be Objeas of my Pray'r ; Let Av'rice, Vanity, and Pride, Thefe glitt'ring envy'd Toys divide The dull Rewards of...better Gifts impart, Each moral Beauty of the Heart By ftudious Thought refin'd : For Wealth, the Smiles of glad Content, , For Pow'r, it's ampleft, beft... | |
 | John Wesley - 1783 - 798 pàgines
...fading bloom, ..j. Be objefts of my prayer: Let Avarice, Vanity, and Pride, Thofe envyed, glittering toys divide, The dull rewards of Care. To me thy better...gifts impart,. Each moral beauty of the heart, By ftudious thought refined ; For Wealth, the fmiles of glad canter*, For Power, its ampleft, beft extent,... | |
 | 1782 - 388 pàgines
...CTTHEREA'S fading bloom, Be objecls of my pray'r : Let AV'RICE, VANITY, and PRIDE, Thofe envy'd glitt'ring toys, divide The dull rewards of care,. . To me thy...better gifts impart, Each moral beauty of the heart, By ftudious thought refin'd : For Wealth, the fmiles of glad Content ; For Pow'r, its ampleft, beft extent,... | |
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Cytherea's fading bloom, Be objects of my pray'r : Let Av'rice, Vanity, and Pride, These glitt'ring envy'd toys divide, The dull rewards of care. To me thy better gifts impart, Each moral beauty of the heart By studious thought refin'd : For Wealth, the... 
