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Forbear my dear Stephen, with a fruitless desire
Hervey of Ickworth, John Hervey, baron, 1696_1743
`The late Lord Hervey to Mr. Fox'
And receive, not expect, what hereafters bestow.
Yale
c.138
p. 29
In lonesome cave,
`A hermit's meditation'
All hermits in the grave.
Yale
c.138
p. 39
In my dark cell, low prostrate on the ground
Madan, Judith (Cowper), 1702_1781
`Abelard to Eloisa' [answer to `In these deep solitudes...'; also attrib. Susanna Centlivre]
And your racked soul be calmly hushed to peace.
Yale
c.138
p. 19
In these deep solitudes and awful cells,
Pope, Alexander, 1688_1744
`Eloisa to Abelard' [pr. 1720 (Foxon P801); answered by `In my dark cell...']
He best can paint 'em, who shall feel 'em most.
Yale
c.138
p. 1
Our great forefathers, did the top produce
`The castle top written by a lad at Winchester School' [Whitehall evening post Jan. 28. 1737/8]
Since fortune plays with him, and he himself's a top.
Yale
c.138
p. 45
Twenty lost years have stol'n their hours away,
Hill, Aaron, 1685_1750
`Alone in an inn at Southampton. April the 25, 1787'
Smile at discharge from care, and shut out life.
Yale
c.138
p. 35