The Works of the Reverend and Learned Isaac Watts, D. D. Containing, besides his Sermons, and Essays on miscellaneous subjects, several additional pieces, Selected from his Manuscripts by the Rev. Dr. Jennings, and the Rev. Dr. Doddridge, in 1753: to which are prefixed, memoirs of the life of the author, compiled by the Rev. George Burder. In six volumes |
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2. On the wondrous Rise of the South-Sea Stock, 1720.
'Tis said the citizens have soldFaith, truth and trade, for South-Sea gold:
'Tis false; for those that know can swear
‘All is not gold that glisters there.’
4. Sabina and her Companions travelling together to see fine Buildings and Gardens.
While round the gardens and the grovesYour foot, your eye, your fancy roves,
With still new forms of pleasure in a warm pursuit,
Let every tree yield knowledge too,
Safer than that in Eden grew,
Where your own mother Eve found poison in the fruit.
5. The same.
[Go, view the dwellings of the great]
Go, view the dwellings of the great,The spacious court, the tow'ring seat,
The roofs of costly form, the fret-work and the gold;
Mark the bright tap'stry scenes, and say,
Will these make wrinkled age delay,
Or warm the cheek, and paint it gay,
When death spreads o'er the face her frightful pale and cold?
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6. The same.
[In vain to search the verdant scenes]
In vain to search the verdant scenes,The shaded walks, the flow'ry greens,
The trees of golden fruit for what can ne'er be found:
You search for bliss where 'twill not grow,
There is no paradise below,
Since life's immortal tree is perish'd from the ground.
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