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As the bark, when it parts from the shore,
Ramsay, Allan, 1686_1758
Till we founder at length in the main.
Yale
c.163
p. 5
As those we love decay, we die in part,
Thomson, James, 1700_1748
`Verses occasioned by the death of a particular friend of the author'
Till dying, all he can resign is breath.
Yale
c.163
p. 22
Be hushed my griefs! 'Tis His almighty will
[`On the divine veracity']
Just are the ways, thou king of heaven and true.
Yale
c.163
p. 23
Blest be the man! his memory at least
Winchilsea, Anne Finch, countess, 1666_1720
`Upon writing'
And absence separated like the grave.
Yale
c.163
p. 4 (ll. 1_10)
Happy he and happy he alone
Tomorrow do thy worst, for I have lived today.
Yale
c.163
p. 18 (incomplete?)
Here innocence and beauty lies__whose breath
Is the next blessing to a life well-spent.
Yale
c.163
p. 20; see also `Here sweetnessĂ '.
Lovely lasting peace of mind,
Parnell, Thomas, 1679_1718
`On contentment'
Or own the next begun in this.
Yale
c.163
p. 5
Not splendor influence or birth,
But men of sense, are men of worth.
Yale
c.163
p. 10
Oft I've implored the gods in vain
Greville, Frances (Macartney)
`On indifference, from...to Lady Carlisle'
Content but half to please.
Yale
c.163
p. 15
Remote from cities lived a swain
Gay, John, 1685_1732
`One of Gay's fables'
To make men moral good and wise.
Yale
c.163
p. 26
The diamonds shine brighter than Jenny's bright eyes
`A song'
And I love her__aye, that's what I do.
Yale
c.163
p. 10
The pride of every grove I chose
The justice of thy Chloe's sorrow.
Yale
c.163
p. 21
To wake the soul by tender strokes of art,
Pope, Alexander, 1688_1744
`Prologue to [Joseph Addison's] Cato' [pr. 1713, in The guardian, no. 33]
As Cato's self had not disdain'd to hear.
Yale
c.163
p. 1
What odd fantastic things we women do?
Garth, Sir Samuel, 1661_1719
`Epilogue to Cato'
And every Lucia find a Cato's son.
Yale
c.163
p. 3
When all thy mercies O my God,
Addison, Joseph, 1673_1719
[hymn]
To utter all thy praise.
Yale
c.163
p. 13
Without preamble to my friend
Carlisle, Isabella Byron, countess, 1721_1795
`Lady Carlisle's answer to Mrs. Greville'
Imprinted on my mind.
Yale
c.163
p. 18