Medulla Poetarum Romanorum – VOL. II. (Philosophy – Place) (Henry Baker Poems)
Philosophy.Happy the Man, who, studying Nature's Laws,Thro' known Effects can trace the secret Cause:Who, without Fear, his certain Fate can ...
Philosophy.Happy the Man, who, studying Nature's Laws,Thro' known Effects can trace the secret Cause:Who, without Fear, his certain Fate can ...
Bright Arts, abus'd, like Gems, receive their Flaws;Physick has Quacks, and Quirks obscure the Laws.Fables to shade Historic Truths combine,And ...
As soon as thou art sick, without delay,For some good clergyman expressly send,Who may for thee to thy Creator pray,And ...
Forgive the muse who, in unhallow'd strains,The saint one moment from his God detains;For sure whate'er you do, where'er you ...
For fleeting Life recall'd, for Health restor'd,Be first the God of Life and Health ador'd;Whose boundless Mercy claims this Tribute ...
Honey though the bee prepares,An envenomed sting he wears;Piercing thorns a guard composeRound the fragrant blooming rose.Where we think to ...
THE DUMB ORATORS; OR THE BENEFIT OF SOCIETY.That all men would be cowards if they dare,Some men we know have ...
Mr. Simkin B---n---r---d to Lady B---n---r---d, at--- Hall, North.Mr. B---n---r---d's Reflections on his Arrival at Bath.--The Case of Himself and ...
Muse! Rise, and plume thy Feet, and let's convers This Mor'n together: Let's rehers Last Evening's Sweets; and run one ...
IN Vulgar Minds what Errors do arise! How diff'ring are the Notions, they possess, From theirs, whom better Sense ...
Intemperance punished and pardoned. Vain man, on foolish pleasures bent, Prepares for his own punishment; What pains, what loathsome maladies, ...
What Angel stirrs this happy Well, Some Muse from thence come shew't me, One of those naked Graces tell That ...
To the Priest, on Observing how most Men mistake their own Talents When beasts could speak (the learned say, They ...
Where antique woods o'er-hang the mountains's crest, And mid-day glooms in solemn silence lour; Philosophy, go seek a lonely bow'r, ...
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