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I pity bashful men, who feel the pain Of fancied scorn and undeserved disdain, And bear the marks upon a blushing face, OF needless shame, and self-impos'd disgrace. - Conversation (l. 347) [Blushes] Our wasted oil unprofitably burns, Like hidden lamps in old sepulchral urns. - Conversation (l. 357), referring to story told by Pancirollus of lamp burned in the tomb of Tullia [Loss] That good diffused may more abundant grow. - Conversation (l. 441) [Goodness] They fix attention, heedless of your pain, With oaths like rivets forced into the brain; And e'en when sober truth prevails throughout, They swear it, till affirmance breeds a doubt. - Conversation (l. 63) [Oaths] Words learn'd by rote a parrot may rehearse, But talking is not always to converse, Not more distinct from harmony divine The constant creaking of a country sign. - Conversation (l. 7) [Talk] But conversation, choose what theme we may, And chiefly when religion leads the way, Should flow, like waters after summer show'rs, Not as if raised by mere mechanic powers. - Conversation (l. 703) [Conversation] An honest man, close-button'd to the chin, Broadcloth without, and a warm heart within. - Epistle to Joseph Hill [Character : Man] Sin let loose speaks punishment at hand. - Expostulation (l. 160) [Sin] Hast thou not learn'd what thou art often told, A truth still sacred, and believed of old, That no success attends on spears and swords Unblest, and that the battle is the Lord's? - Expostulation (l. 350) [Success] And hast thou sworn on every slight pretence, Till perjuries are common as bad pence, While thousands, careless of the damning sin, Kiss the book's outside, who ne'er look'd within? - Expostulation (l. 384) [Oaths] Religion, if in heavenly truths attired, Needs only to be seen to be admired. - Expostulation (l. 492) [Religion] Wisdom and goodness are twin-born, one heart Must hold both sisters, never seen apart. - Expostulation (l. 634) [Wisdom] Whoever keeps an open ear For tattlers will be sure to hear The trumpet of contention. - Friendship (st. 17) [Gossip] A hat not much worse for wear. - History of John Gilpin [Hatters] Now let us sing, long live the king. - History of John Gilpin [Royalty] That, though on pleasure she was bent, She had a frugal mind. - History of John Gilpin (st. 8) [Pleasure] Men deal with life as children with their play, Who first misuse, then cast their toys away. - Hope (l. 127) [Life] Such stuff the world is made of. - Hope (l. 211) [World] Could he with reason murmur at his case, Himself sole author of his own disgrace? - Hope (l. 316) [Disgrace] Assail'd by scandal and the tongue of strife, His only answer was a blameless life; And he that forged, and he that threw the dart, Had each a brother's interest in his heart. - Hope (l. 570) [Scandal] Seek to delight, that they may mend mankind. And, while they captivate, inform the mind. - Hope (l. 770) [Teaching] But oars alone can ne'er prevail To reach the distant coast; The breath of Heaven must swell the sail, Or all the toil is lost. - Human Frailty (st. 6) [Boating] God moves in a mysterious way His wonders to perform; He plants his footsteps in the sea And rides upon the storm. - Hymn--Light Shining out of Darkness [God] And Satan trembles when he sees The weakest saint upon his knees. - Hymns--Exhortation to Prayer [Prayer] Thus neither the praise nor the blame is our own. - Letter to Mr. Newton [Circumstance] Displaying page 7 of 14 for this author: << Prev Next >> 1 2 3 4 5 6 [7] 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
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