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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ODE, IN IMITATION OF HROACE, by LAETITIA (VAN LEWEN) PILKINGTON Poet's Biography First Line: I envy not the proud their wealth Last Line: May I that life resign! | |||
I envy not the proud their wealth, Their equipage and state; Give me but innocence and health, I ask not to be great. I in this sweet retirement find A joy unknown to kings; For sceptres to a virtuous mind Seem vain and empty things. Great Cincinnatus at his plough With brighter lustre shone, Than guilty Caesar e'er could show, Though seated on a throne. Tumultuous days, and restless nights, Ambition ever knows, A stranger to the calm delights Of study and repose. Then free from envy, care, and strife, Keep me, ye powers divine! And pleas'd, when ye demand my life, May I that life resign! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SONG by LAETITIA (VAN LEWEN) PILKINGTON SORROW by LAETITIA (VAN LEWEN) PILKINGTON HAIL TEESSIDE! by CECIL DAY LEWIS LACEDEMONIAN INSTRUCTION by WILLIAM BLAKE ANDROMEDA by GERARD MANLEY HOPKINS MOONLIGHT by MARGUERITE ATTERBURY SUNDERED PATHS by MATHILDE BLIND UNDER A THOUSAND WORDS by EDMUND CHARLES BLUNDEN COUNCIL by ELIZABETH BROWN (AMERICAN) |
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