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" Around the fav'rites of the sky. Thy gentle flows of guiltless joys On fools and villains ne'er descend ; In vain for thee the tyrant sighs, And hugs a flatterer for a friend. Directress of the brave and just, O guide us through life's darksome way !... "
La Belle assemblée: or, Bell's court and fashionable magazine - Page 40
1812
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Boswell's Life of Johnson: Including Boswell's Journal of a Tour ..., Volume 1

James Boswell - 1799 - 640 pages
...Aetat. 34.] Dr. James and Dr. Mead. 183 With bright, but oft destructive, gleam, Alike o'er all his lightnings fly; Thy lambent glories only beam Around...mistrust On selfish bosoms only prey. Nor shall thine ardours cease to glow, When souls to blissful climes remove; What rais'd our virtue here below, Shall...
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Life of Johnson: Including Boswell's Journal of a Tour to the ..., Volume 1

James Boswell - 1799 - 648 pages
...not mention the Preface to vol. iii. of With bright, but oft destructive, gleam, Alike o'er all his lightnings fly; Thy lambent glories only beam Around...mistrust On selfish bosoms only prey. Nor shall thine ardours cease to glow, When souls to blissful climes remove ; What rais'd our virtue here below, Shall...
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The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Comprehending an Account of His Studies ...

James Boswell - 1799 - 496 pages
...destructive, gleam, Alike o'er all his lightnings fly ; Thy lambent glories only beam Around the fav' rites of the sky. Thy gentle flows of guiltless joys On...mistrust On selfish bosoms only prey. Nor shall thine ardours cease to glow, When souls to blissful climes remove : What rais'd our virtue here below, Shall...
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The Poetical Works ...: With the Life of the Author

Samuel Johnson - 1805 - 238 pages
...breast Torment alike with raging fires. With bright, but oft destructive gleam, Alike o'er all his lightnings fly, Thy lambent glories only beam Around...mistrust On selfish bosoms only prey. Nor shall thine ardours cease to glow, When souls to peaceful climes remove : What rais'd our virtue here below, Shall...
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Specimens of the Later English Poets: With Preliminary Notices, Volume 3

Robert Southey - 1807 - 502 pages
...guileless joys On fools and villains ne'er descend ! Directress of the brave and just, O guide us thro' life's darksome way. And let the tortures of mistrust On selfish bosoms only prey. For shall thine ardours cease to glow. When souls to blissful cliroes reprove, What raised our virtue...
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The Poetical Works of Samuel Johnson: Collated with the Best Editions

Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 202 pages
...destructive gleam, Alike o'er all his lightuings fly ; Thy lambent glories only beam Around the favourites of the sky. Thy gentle flows of guiltless joys On...mistrust On selfish bosoms only prey. Nor shall thine ardors cease to glow, When souls to peaceful climes remove; What rais'd our virtue here below Shall...
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The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia

Samuel Johnson, Francis William Blagdon - 1811 - 250 pages
...destructive gleam, Alike o'er all his lightnings fly, Thy lambent glories only beam Around the favourites of the sky. Thy gentle flows of guiltless joys On...mistrust On selfish bosoms only prey. Nor shall thine ardours cease to glow, When souls to peaceful climes remove ; What rais'd our virtue here below Shall...
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The Poetical Works of Samuel Johnson, L.L.D.: With an Account of the Author ...

Samuel Johnson - 1816 - 154 pages
...only beam Around the favourites of the sky. Thy gentle flows of guiltless joys, On fools and villians ne'er descend; In vain for thee the tyrant sighs,...mistrust On selfish bosoms only, prey. Nor shall thine ardors cease to glow, When souls to peaceful climes remove: What raised our virtue here below, Shall...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.

Samuel Johnson - 1816 - 506 pages
...and villains ne'er descend In vain for thee the tyrant sighs, c And hugs a flatterer for a friend. d Directress of the brave and just, O guide us through...mistrust On selfish bosoms only prey. Nor shall thine ardours cease to glow,' When souls to blissful climes remove What rais'd our virtue here below, Shall...
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The life of Samuel Johnson, Volume 2

James Boswell - 1817 - 466 pages
...for thee the tyrant sighs, And hugs a flatterer for a friend. Directress of the brave and just, О guide us through life's darksome way And let the tortures...Nor shall thine ardour cease to glow. When souls to bissful climes remove VV hat rais'd our virtue here below, Johnson had now an opportunity of obliging...
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