 | John Bell - 1796 - 524 pages
...Then share thy pain, allow that sad relief; Ah, more than share it, give me all thy grief. 50 Heav'n first taught letters for some wretch's aid, Some banish'd lover, or some captive maid; They live, they speak, they breathe what love inspirec, Warm from the soul, and faithful to its fires;... | |
 | 1804 - 452 pages
...probable that Pope noted this thought; for the following lines seem a beautiful heightening of the idea: " Heaven first taught letters for some wretch's aid, Some banish'd lover, or some captive maid." Then he adds, " Speed the soft intercourse from soul to soul, And waft a sigh from Indus to the pole."... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1804 - 230 pages
...Then share thy pain, allow that sad relief ; Ah, more than share it, give me all thy grief. 50 Heav'n first taught letters for some wretch's aid, Some banish'd lover, or some captive maid : They live, they speak, they breathe what love inspires, Warm from the soul, and faithful to its fires... | |
 | Joseph Warton - 1806 - 416 pages
...reading. • f V. 41. % Epist. i. Heloiss. pag. 46. of their use, which is finely improved from the Latin. Heaven first taught letters for some wretch's aid,* Some banish'd lover, or some captive maid ; They live, they speak, they breathe, what love inspires, Warm from the soul, and faithful to its... | |
 | Albin-Joseph-Ulpien Hennet - 1806 - 360 pages
...imitée par M. le comte de G***, (i). I (i) Almanach des Muscs, année 1789, page 9. HEROIDES. Heav'n first taught letters for some wretch's aid, Some banish'd lover, or some captive maid : They live, they speak, they breathe whatlove inspiras, -"Wrarm from the soul , and faithful to its... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1807 - 288 pages
...Then share thy pain, allow that sad relief; Ah, more than share it, give me all thy grief. SO Heav'n first taught letters for some wretch's aid, Some banish'd lover, or some captive maid : They live, they speak, they breathe what love inspires, Warm from the soul, and faithful to its fires;... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1808 - 334 pages
...Then share thy pain, allow that sad relief; All, more than share it, give me all thy grief. Heav'n first taught letters for some wretch's aid, Some banish'd lover, or some captive maid ; They live, they speak, they breathe what love inr spires, Warm from the soul, and faithful to its... | |
 | English poetry - 1809 - 296 pages
...do. Then share thy pain, allow that sad relief; Ah, more than share it, give me all thy grief. Heav'n first taught letters for some wretch's aid, Some banish'd lover, or some captive maid ; They live, they speak, they breathe what love inspires, Warm from the soul, and faithful to its fires,... | |
 | British poets - 1809 - 526 pages
...thy pain, allow that sad relief; Ah, more than share it, give me' all thy grief. Heav'n first tanght letters for some wretch's aid, Some banish'd lover, or some captive maid ; They live, they speak, they breathe what love inspires, Warm from the soul, and faithful to its fires... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 536 pages
...can do. Then share thy pain, allow that sad relief; Ah, more than share it, give me all thy grv f. Heaven first taught letters for some wretch's aid. Some banish'd lover or some captive maid ; They live, they speak, they breathe what love inWann from the soul, and faithful to its fires, [spires,... | |
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Heav'n first taught letters for some wretch's aid, Some banish'd lover, or some captive maid; They live, they speak, they breathe what love inspires, Warm from the soul, and faithful to its fires, The virgin's wish without her fears impart, Excuse the... 
