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For Still The World Prevail'd, And Its Dread Laugh, Which Scarce The Firm Philosopher Can Scorn.
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For still the world prevail'd, and its dread laugh,
Which scarce the firm philosopher can scorn.
-- James Thomson (1700-1748)
-- The Seasons, Autumn, Line 233
Related:
Autumn nodding o'er the yellow plain. -- James Thomson (1700-1748) -- The Seasons, Autumn, Line 2
Loveliness Needs not the foreign aid of ornament, But is when unadorn'd, adorn'd the most.
-- James Thomson (1700-1748) -- The Seasons, Autumn, Line 204...
He saw her charming, but he saw not half The charms her downcast modesty conceal'd.
-- James Thomson (1700-1748) -- The Seasons, Autumn, Line 229...
But who can paint Like Nature? Can imagination boast, Amid its gay creation, hues like hers?
-- James Thomson (1700-1748) -- The Seasons, Spring, Line 465...
So stands the statue that enchants the world, So bending tries to veil the matchless boast, The mingled beauties of exulting Greece.
-- James Thomson (1700-1748) -- The Seasons, Summer, Line 1346...
A lucky chance, that oft decides the fate Of mighty monarchs.
-- James Thomson (1700-1748) -- The Seasons, Summer, Line 1285...
Amid the roses fierce Repentance rears Her snaky crest.
-- James Thomson (1700-1748) -- The Seasons, Spring, Line 996...
And Mecca saddens at the long delay.
-- James Thomson (1700-1748) -- The Seasons, Summer, Line 979...
Base Envy withers at another's joy, And hates that excellence it cannot reach.
-- James Thomson (1700-1748) -- The Seasons, Spring, Line 283...