Thy thoughts to nobler meditations give,
And study how to die, not how to live.
Quotes from Poems upon Several Occasions — George Granville, 1st Baron Lansdowne
1666–1735 England
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Beauty by no complexion is defin'd,
Is of all colours, and to none confin'd.
Poems upon Several Occasions (1712)
Youth is the proper time for love,
And age is virtue's season.
Poems upon Several Occasions (1712)
Poems upon Several Occasions (1712)
Bright as the day, and like the morning, fair,
Such Cloe is—and common as the air.
Poems upon Several Occasions (1712)
Important truths still let your fable hold,
And moral mysteries with art unfold.
Poems upon Several Occasions (1712)
I'll be this abject thing no more,
Love, give me back my heart again.
Poems upon Several Occasions (1712)
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)
There is no heav'n like mutual love.
Poems upon Several Occasions (1712)
So sang the syrens, with enchanting sound,
Enticing all to listen and be drown'd.
Poems upon Several Occasions (1712)
Poems upon Several Occasions (1712)
There is no vulture like despair.
Poems upon Several Occasions (1712)
Poems upon Several Occasions (1712)
Poems upon Several Occasions (1712)
Poems upon Several Occasions (1712)
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