Me, let the tender office long engage To rock the cradle of reposing age, With lenient arts extend a mother's breath, Make languor smile, and smooth the bed of death; Explore the thought, explain the asking eye, And keep a while one parent from the sky... Anecdotes of Polite Literature ... - Seite 861764Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| Alexander Pope - 1751 - 286 Seiten
...from Kings fhall know lefs joy than I. O Friend ! may each domeftic blifs be thine I Be no unpleafing Melancholy mine : Me, let the tender office long engage,...repofing Age, With lenient arts extend a Mother's breath, 41^ Make Langour fmile, and fmooth the bed of Death) Explore the thought, explain the afking eye, And... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1751 - 288 Seiten
...from Kings fhall know lefs joy than I. O Friend ! may each domeftic blifs be thine ! Be no unpleafing Melancholy mine : Me, let the tender office long engage,...repofing Age, With lenient arts extend a Mother's breath, 410 Make Langour fmile, and fmooth the bed of Death, Explore the thought, explain theaflcing eye, And... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1751 - 278 Seiten
...from Kings fhall know Ids joy than I. O Friend ! may each dome/He blifs be thine 1 Be no unpleafing Melancholy mine : Me, let the tender office long engage, To rock the cradle of repofmg Age, With lenient arts extend a Mother's breath, 4,0 Make Langour fmile, and fmooth the bed... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1752 - 434 Seiten
...pathetic defcription of that filial Piety, in the exercife of which he makes his own happinefs to confift. Me let the tender office long engage To rock the Cradle of repofing Age j With lenient arts extend a Mother's breath, Make Languor fmile, and fmooth the bed of Death ^ Explore... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1754 - 278 Seiten
...from Kings (hall know lefs joy than I. O Friend ! may each domeftic blifs be thine ! Be no unplealing Melancholy mine : Me, let the tender office long engage,...repofing Age, With lenient arts extend a Mother's breath, 410 Make Languor fmile, and fmooth the bed of Death, Explore the thought, explain the afking eye, And... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1760 - 360 Seiten
...confult Dtmophilas the Bytbinian, uhofe anecdotes turn of this high importance. TO THE SATIRES. 47 Me, let the tender office long engage, To rock the...repofing Age, With lenient arts extend a Mother's breath, 410 Make Languor finile, andfmooth the bed of Death, Explore the thought, explain the afking eye, And... | |
| Owen Ruffhead - 1769 - 600 Seiten
...his own happinefs to confift. " Oh friend ! may each domeftic blifs be " thine ! " Be no unpleafing melancholy mine: *' Me, let the tender office long...of ' " death, ** Explore the thought, explain the afldng " eye, *; And keep a-while one parent from the "fky*!" Had our author penned no other than thefe... | |
| Owen Ruffhead - 1769 - 592 Seiten
...his own happinefs to confift. " Oh friend ! may each dome/lie blifs be " thine ! " Be no unpleafmg melancholy mine : " Me, let the tender office long engage, " To rock the cradle of rcpofing age, " With lenient arts extend a Mother's breath, " Make languor fmile, and fmooth the bed... | |
| Owen Ruffhead - 1769 - 600 Seiten
...his own happiucls to conllft. ** Oh friend ! may each domeflic blifs be " thine ! ** Be no unpleafing melancholy mine : *' Me,, let the tender office long engage, *' To rock the cradle of repofmg age, *' With lenient arts extend a Mother's breath, *' Make languor fmile, and fmooth the bed... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1778 - 394 Seiten
...kings fhall know lefs joy than I. 405 О friend ! may each domeitic blifs be thine ! Be no unpleafing melancholy mine : Me, let the tender office long engage, To rock the cradle of repqfing age, With lenient arts extend a mother's breath, 410 Make langour fmile, and fmooththe bed... | |
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