Edward Young ( 10 of 57 )
A land of levity is a land of guilt.
A land of levity is a land of guilt.
Is there a tongue like Delia's o'er her cup,
That runs for ages without winding up?
Is there a tongue like Delia's o'er her cup,
That runs for ages without winding up?
On the soft bed of luxury most kingdoms have expired.
On the soft bed of luxury most kingdoms have expired.
When pain can't bless, heaven quits us in despair.
When pain can't bless, heaven quits us in despair.
All men think all men mortal, but themselves.
All men think all men mortal, but themselves.
What most we wish, with ease we fancy near.
What most we wish, with ease we fancy near.
He calls his wish, it comes; he sends it back,
And says he called another; that arrives,
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He calls his wish, it comes; he sends it back,
And says he called another; that arrives,
Meets the same welcome; yet he still calls on;
Till one calls him, who varies not his call,
But holds him fast, in chains of darkness bound,
Till Nature dies, and judgment sets him free;
A freedom far less welcome than this chain.
To "leave a sting within a brother's heart.".
To "leave a sting within a brother's heart.".
He rams his quill with scandal and with scoff,
But 'tis so very foul, it won't go off.
He rams his quill with scandal and with scoff,
But 'tis so very foul, it won't go off.
A man I knew who lived upon a smile,
And well it fed him; he look'd plump and fair,
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A man I knew who lived upon a smile,
And well it fed him; he look'd plump and fair,
While rankest venom foam'd through every vein.
