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" Well then ; I now do plainly see, This busy world and I shall ne'er agree ; The very honey of all earthly joy Does of all meats the soonest cloy, And they, methinks, deserve my pity, Who for it can endure the stings, The crowd, and buzz, and murmurings... "
The Retrospective Review, and Historical and Antiquarian Magazine - Page 370
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The virgin muse. Being a collection of poems from our most celebrated ...

Virgin muse - 1722 - 250 pages
...Davtdtis, \ LVI. .LVI. The Wifh. I. ELL then•, I now do plainly fee, This bufie World and I fhall nc're agree•, The very Honey of all Earthly Joy Does of all Meats the fboneft Cloy : And they, methinks, deferve my pity, Who for it can endure the Stings The Crowd, and...
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The Monthly Review, Or, Literary Journal, Volume 48

Books - 1773 - 614 pages
...enthufiafm and poetical beauties of THE WISH. Well then, I now do plainly fee This bufy world and 1 (hall ne'er agree ; The very honey of all earthly joy . Does, of all meats, the fooneft cloy. And they, methinks, deferve my pity Who for it can endure the flings The crowd, and buz,...
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the monthly review

SEVERAL HANDS - 1773 - 620 pages
...enthufiafm and poetical beauties of THE WISH. Well then, I now do plainly fee This bufy world and I (hall ne'er agree ; The very honey of all earthly joy Does, of all meats, the fooneft cloy. And they, methinks, deferve my pity Who for it can endure the flings The crowd, and buz,...
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The Works of the English Poets: Cowley

Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1779 - 378 pages
...to live it o'er again in me ?" THE WISH. WELL then ; I now do plainly fee This bufy world and I mall ne'er agree ; The very honey of all earthly joy Does of all meats the fooneft cloy ; And they, methinks, deferve my pity, Who for it can endure the flings, The crowd, and...
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Specimens of the Early English Poets, Volume 1

George Ellis - English poetry - 1790 - 346 pages
...thou no paffion have for me. 1HE WISH. WELL, then; I now do plainly fee This bufy world and I fhall ne'er agree. The very honey of all earthly joy Does of all meats the fooneft cloy; And they, methinks, deferve my pity, Who for it can endure the flings, The crowd, and...
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The Works of the British Poets, Volume 5

Robert Anderson - English poetry - 1795 - 740 pages
...live it ^'er again in nie J tit Wijt. WH.L, then, I now do plainly fee, This bufy world and I fhall ne'er agree ; The very honey of all earthly joy Does of all meats the fooneft cloy : And they (methinks) deferve my pity Who for it can endure the ftings, The crowd, and...
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Specimens of the early English poets [ed. by G. Ellis.]. To which ..., Volume 3

English poets - 1801 - 454 pages
...art, Be brought to move one step from thee> May'st thou no passioa have for me. [From " the Wish."] WELL, then ; I now do plainly see This busy world...it can endure the stings, The crowd, and buz, and murmunngs, Of this great hive, the city. Ah ! yet, ere I descend to th' grave, May I a small house...
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Specimens of the Early English Poets: To which is Prefixed an ..., Volume 3

George Ellis - English poetry - 1803 - 476 pages
...art, Be brought to move one step from thee, May'st thou no passion have for me. .' [From "The Wish."] WELL, then ; I now do plainly see This busy world...meats the soonest cloy : And they, methinks, deserve ray pity, Who for it can endure the stings, The crowd, and buzz, and murmurings, Of this great hive,...
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Specimens of the Early English Poets: To which is Prefixed an ..., Volume 3

George Ellis - English poetry - 1803 - 474 pages
...art, Be brought to move one step from thee, May'st thou no passion have for me. [From "The Wish."] WELL, then ; I now do plainly see This busy world...shall ne'er agree. The very honey of all earthly joy Docs of all meats the soonest cloy : And they, methinks, deserve my pity, Who for it can endure the...
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The Works of Abraham Cowley, Volume 3

Abraham Cowley - English literature - 1806 - 290 pages
...could not abstain from renewing my old school-boy's wish, in a copy of yerses to the same effect : Well then* ; I now do plainly see This busy world and I shall ne'er agree, &c. And I never then proposed to myself any other * We have these verses, under the name of The Wish,...
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