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1666–1735 England

George Granville, 1st Baron Lansdowne (9 March 1666 – 29 January 1735) was an English poet, playwright, and politician who served as a Privy Counsellor from 1712.

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Shall Nature, erring from her first command,
Self-preservation, fall by her own hand?

The British Enchanters (1705)

Our present joy is sweeter by past pain,
To love and heav'n, by suff'ring we attain.

The British Enchanters (1705)

The sun is set—but see in bright array
What hosts of heav'nly light recruit the day!
Love in a shining galaxy appears
Triumphant still.

Poems upon Several Occasions (1712)

Scarce hadst thou time t'unsheath thy conqu'ring blade;
It did but glitter, and the rebels fled.

Poems upon Several Occasions (1712)

In vain we plant, we build, our stores increase,
If conscience roots up all our inward peace.

Poems upon Several Occasions (1712)

The liberal are secure alone,
For what we frankly give, for ever is our own.

Poems upon Several Occasions (1712)

'Tis impious pleasure to delight in harm.
And beauty shou'd be kind, as well as charm.

Poems upon Several Occasions (1712)

But ah! what mighty magick can assuage
A woman's envy, and a bigot's rage?

Poems upon Several Occasions (1712)

So many shapes have women for deceit,
That every man's a fool, when we think fit.

The Jew of Venice (1701)

Cowards in scarlet pass for men of war.

The She-Gallants (1695)

There is no heav'n like mutual love.

Poems upon Several Occasions (1712)

But, oh! what mighty magician can assuage
A woman's envy?

So sang the syrens, with enchanting sound,
Enticing all to listen and be drown'd.

Poems upon Several Occasions (1712)

But tho' we fetch from Italy and France
Our fopperies of tune, and mode of dance,
Our sturdy Britons scorn to borrow sense.

Poems upon Several Occasions (1712)

You'd see, cou'd you her inward motions watch,
Feigning delay, she wishes for dispatch;
Into a woman's meaning wou'd you look,
Then read her backward.

The British Enchanters (1705)

There is no vulture like despair.

Poems upon Several Occasions (1712)

But ah! in vain from Fate we fly!
For, first and last, as all must die,
So 'tis as much decreed above,
That, first or last, we all must love.

Poems upon Several Occasions (1712)

Mankind, from Adam, have been women's fools;
Women, from Eve, have been the devil's tools:
Heaven might have spar'd one torment when we fell;
Not left us woman, or not threatened hell.

The She-Gallants (1695)

Oh love! thou bane of the most generous souls!
Thou doubtful pleasure! and thou certain pain!

Heroick Love (1702)

The great, the vile, the coward, and the brave,
Are food alike for worms, companions in the grave.
The prince and parasite together lye,
No fortune can exalt, but Death will climb as high.

Poems upon Several Occasions (1712)

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