She tam'd the savage, man, who bless'd her sway. No jarring wishes fill'd the world with woes, But youth was ecstasy, and age repose. The powers of mischief met, in dark divan, To blast these mighty joys of envied man: The fiends, at their infernal leader's... The Triumphs of Temper: A Poem: in Six Cantos - Page 12by William Hayley - 1812 - 166 pagesFull view - About this book
| William Hayley - 1807 - 212 pages
...Had every fibre tun' d to gentle joy : No vain caprices swell'd her pouting lip ; No gold produced a mercenary trip; Soft innocence inspir'd her willing...kiss, Her love was nature, and her life was bliss. 11 Guide of his reason, not his passion's prey, She tam'd the savage, Man ! who blest her sway. No... | |
| William Hayley - 1817 - 194 pages
...coy, Had every fibre tun'd to gentle joy: No vaia caprices swell'd her pouting lip ; No gold proJuc'da mercenary trip ; Soft innocence inspir'd her willing...bliss. Guide of his reason, not his passion's prey, She tam'J the savage, Mail! who blest her sway. No jarring wishes fill'd the world with woes, But youth... | |
| 1826 - 300 pages
...confident nor coy, Had every fibre tun'd to gentle joy : No vain caprices swell'd her pouting lip ; No gold produc'da mercenary trip ; Soft innocence...his passion's prey, She tam'd the savage, man, who bless'd her sway. No jarring wishes fill'd the world with woes, But youth was ecstasy, and age repose.... | |
| 1865 - 380 pages
...vain caprices swell'd her pouting lip, No gold produced a mercenary trip ; Soft innocence inspired her willing kiss, Her love was nature, and her life...bliss. Guide of his reason, not his passion's prey, She tamed the savage, Man, who bless'd her sway. No jarring wishes fill'd the world with woes, But youth... | |
| Henry Southgate - 1865 - 398 pages
...vain caprices swell'd her pouting lip, No gold produced a mercenary trip ; Soft innocence inspired her willing kiss, Her love was nature, and her life...bliss. Guide of his reason, not his passion's prey, She tamed the savage, Man, who bless'd her sway. No jarring wishes fill'd the world with woes, But youth... | |
| Henry Southgate - 1866 - 384 pages
...pouting lip, No gold produced a mercenary trip ; Soft innocence inspired her willing kiss, Her love wus nature, and her life was bliss. Guide of his reason, not his passion's prey, Slir I in I tin • : .i\; i '<'. Man, who bless'd her sway. No jarring wishes till'd the world with... | |
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