 In vain, through beauty, fortune, wit, The fugitive we trace ; It dwells not in the faithless smile That brightens Clcdia's face. Perhaps the joy to these deny'd, The heart in friendship finds : Ah ! dear delusion, gay conceit...  The New Christian's magazine - Page 1008Full view - About this book
 | Collection - 1758 - 354 pages
...in the faithlefs fmile That brightens Clodio's face. VIII. Howe'er our varying notions rove, All yet agree, in one, To place its being in fome ftate, At diftance from our own. IX. O blind to each indulgent gift Of power, fupremely wife, Who fancy happinefs in aught That Providence... | |
 | English essays - 1764 - 404 pages
...faithlefs fmile, That brightens CLODIO'S face. Perhaps the joy to thefe deny'd, The heart in friendfhip finds : Ah ! dear delufion ! gay conceit Of vifionary...rove, Yet all agree in one, To place its Being in Come ftate, At diftance from our own. O blind to each indulgent aim, Of pow'r fupremely wife, Who Who... | |
 | Robert Dodsley - English poetry - 1765 - 412 pages
...in the faithlefs fmilc That brightens Clodio's face. VIII. Howe'er our varying notions rove, All yet agree, in one, To place its being in fome ftate, At diftance from our own. IX. O blind to each indulgent gift Of power, fupremely wife, Who fancy happinefs in aught That Providence... | |
 | Collection - 1765 - 418 pages
...in the faithlefs fmile That brightens Clodio's face. VIII. Howe'er our varying notions rove, All yet agree, in one, To place its being in fome ftate, At diftance from cur ow». • IX. O blind to each indulgent gift Of power, fupremely wife, Who fancy happinefs in aught... | |
 | Elizabeth Carter - Epistolary poetry, English - 1776 - 134 pages
...faithlefs Smile, That brightens Clodias Face. Perhaps the Joy to thefe deny'd, The Heart in Friendfhip finds : Ah ! dear Delufion ! gay Conceit Of vifionary...varying Notions rove, Yet all agree in one, To place it's Being in fome State, At Diftance from our, own.. O blind to each indulgent Aim, Of Pow'r fupremely... | |
 | Children's poetry, English - 1780 - 226 pages
...face. Perhaps the joy to thefe deny'd, The heart in friendfhip fi^i, Ah! dear delufion, gay coace^ Of vifionary minds! Howe'er our varying notions rove, Yet all agree in one, To place its being in Come flate, O blind to each indulgent aim, Of pow'r fupremely wife, Who fancy Happinefs in ought The... | |
 | English poetry - 1796 - 220 pages
...the joy to thefe deny'd, The heart in friendfhip finds : Ah ' dear delufion, gay conceit Of viftonary minds ! Howe'er our varying notions rove, Yet all...indulgent aim Of pow'r fupremely wife, • Who fancy happinefs in aught The hand of Hcav'n denies ! Vain is alike the joy we feek, And vain what we pofiefs,... | |
 | Lindley Murray - Readers - 1799 - 408 pages
...iaithlefs fmile, That brightens Clodia's face. Perhaps the joy to thefe deny'd, The heart in friendlllip finds : Ah ! dear delufion, gay conceit Of vifionary...rove, Yet all agree in one, To place its being in fome flate, At diftance from our own. O blind to each indulgent aim, Of pow'r iupremely wife, Who fancy... | |
 | Apollo - 1800 - 224 pages
...the joy to thefe deny'd, The heart in FRIENDSHIP finds; Ah ! dear delufion, gay conceit, Of vis'onary minds ! Howe'er our varying notions rove, Yet all...indulgent aim, Of pow'r fupremely wife ; Who fancy HAPPJMESS in ought The hand of heav'n denies! Vain is alike the joy we feek, And vain what we poffefs,... | |
 | W. M. - Children - 1801 - 356 pages
...faithlefs (mile, That biightens Clodio's face. Perhaps the joy to thefe deny'd, The heart in friendlhip finds : Ah ! dear delufion, gay conceit Of vifionary...rove, Yet all agree in one, To place its being in Ibmeftate, At diftarice from our own. O blind to each indulgent aim, Of power Supremely wife, Who fancy... | |
| |
