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The pious farmer, who ne'er misses pray'rs, With patience suffers unexpected rain; He blesses Heav'n for what its bounty spares, And sees, resign'd, a crop of blighted grain. But, spite of sermons, farmers would blaspheme, If a star fell to set their thatch on flame. - Poem, written Oct., 1736 [Resignation] Be pain in dress, and sober in your diet; In short, my deary, kiss me! and be quiet. - Summary of Lord Littelton's Advice [Apparel] Let this great maxim be my virtue's guide: In part she is to blame that has been tried; He comes too near that comes to be denied. - The Lady's Resolve, in "Works", vol. V, p. 104 (ed. 1804), quoted from Overbury [Wooing] The screech-owl, with ill-boding cry, Portends strange things, old women say; Stops every fool that passes by, And frights the school-boy from his play. - The Politicians (st. 4) [Owls] Satire should, like a polished razor keen, Wound with a touch that's scarcely felt or seen. Thine is an oyster knife, that hacks and hews; The rage but not the talent to abuse. - To the Imitator of the First Satire of Horace, (Pope) [Satire] See how that pair of billing doves With open murmurs own their loves And, heedless of censorious eyes, Pursue their unpolluted joys: No fears of future want molest The downy quiet of their nest. - Written in a Garden (st. 1) [Doves] Displaying page 2 of 2 for this author: << Prev 1 [2]
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