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" Lebanon's extended wood Was destin'd only for his walk and food ; The vilest cockle, gaping on the coast That rounds the ample seas, as well may boast The craggy rock projects above the sky, That he in safety at... "
Of mechanics and astronomy - Page 194
by Jeremiah Joyce - 1825
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The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper, Volume 10

Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 596 pages
...sight, Are worlds immense, uunumber'd, infinite. But do these worlds display their beams, or guid« Their orbs, to serve thy use. to please thy pride...well may the minutest emmet say, That Caucasus was rais'd to pave his way; The snail, that Lebanon's extended wood Was destin'd only for his walk and...
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The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper: Including ..., Volume 10

Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 582 pages
...But do these worlds display their beams, or guide Their orbs, to serve thy use, to please thy pride f Thyself but dust, thy stature but a span, A moment...well may the minutest emmet say, That Caucasus was rais'd to pave his way; The snail, that Lebanon's extended wood Was destin'd only for his walk and...
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The Works of the Rev. John Wesley, Volume 10

John Wesley - Methodism - 1811 - 454 pages
...should have any regard to this speck of creation, whose time " passeth away like a shadow ?" " Thy frame but dust, thy stature but a span, A moment thy duration, foolish man !" What is Man f I would consider this, first, with regard to his Magnitude ; and, secondly, with regard...
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The Contemplative Philosopher: Or, Short Essays on the Various ..., Volume 1

Richard Lobb - Nature study - 1817 - 430 pages
...rise, My footstool earth, my canopy the skies.' POPB. But do these worlds display their beams, or guide Their orbs to serve thy use, to please thy pride '.'...raised to pave his way: The snail, that Lebanon's extended wood Was destined only for his walk and food : The vilest cockle, gaping on the coast That...
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The Works of the British Poets: With Lives of the Authors, Volume 15

Ezekiel Sanford - English poetry - 1819 - 466 pages
...sight, Are worlds immense, unnumber'd, infinite ; But do these worlds display their beams, or guide Their orbs, to serve thy use, to please thy pride...well may the minutest emmet say That Caucasus was rais'd to pave his way; The snail, that Lebanon's extended wood Was destin'd only for his walk and...
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The Works of the British Poets: With Lives of the Authors, Volume 15

Ezekiel Sanford - English poetry - 1819 - 448 pages
...sight, Are worlds immense, unnumber'd, infinite ; Hut do these worlds display their beams, or guide Their orbs, to serve thy use, to please thy pride...duration, foolish man! As well may the minutest emmet sav That Caucasus was rais'd to pave his way ; The snail, that Lebanon's extended wood Was destiu'd...
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Select Works of the British Poets: With Biographical and Critical ..., Volume 1

John Aikin - English poetry - 1820 - 832 pages
...these worlds display their beams, or guide Heir orbs, to serve thy use, to please thy pride ? Tin -elf en with bl D+ rois'd to pave his way ; The snail, that Lebanon's extended wood Was destin'd only for his walk and...
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Select Works of the British Poets: With Biographical and Critical ..., Volume 4

John Aikin - English poetry - 1821 - 364 pages
...sight, Are worlds immense, unnumber'd, infinite. But do these worlds display their beams, or guide Their orbs, to serve thy use, to please thy pride...well may the minutest emmet say, That Caucasus was rais'd to pave his way ; The snail, that Lebanon's extended wood Was destin'd only for his walk and...
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The British Poets: Including Translations ...

British poets - Classical poetry - 1822 - 312 pages
...dazzled sight, Are worlds immense, unnumber'd, infmite; But do these worlds display their beams, or guide Their orbs, to serve thy use, to please thy pride...raised to pave his way; The snail, that Lebanon's extended wood Was destined only for his walk and food; The vilest cockle, gaping on the coast That...
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The Book of Nature Laid Open: In a Popular Survey of the Phenomena and ...

Rev. W. Hutton - Natural history - 1822 - 306 pages
...for whose use?— Pride answers, 'tis for mine!" " But do these worlds display their beams, or guide Their orbs, to serve thy use, to please thy pride?...well may the minutest emmet say, That Caucasus was rais'd to pave his way; The snail, that Lebanon's extended wood, Was destin'd only for his walk and...
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