Lord of
Lord of
hope art majestic
Scion of chiefs and monarchs, where art thou? Fond hope of many nations, art thou dead? Could not the grave forget thee, and lay low Some less majestic, less beloved head?
gambling people excited
I have a notion that gamblers are as happy as most people - being always excited.
vineyards cellars
The very best of vineyards is the cellar
time feelings torture
There are some feelings time cannot benumb, Nor torture shake.
favors knows
Of religion I know nothing -- at least, in its favor.
titles flags taxation
Let not his mode of raising cash seem strange, Although he fleeced the flags of every nation, For into a prime minister but change His title, and 'tis nothing but taxation.
friendship wings eros
Frienship is eros...without wings
mistake inspiration believe
We have fools in all sects, and impostors in most; why should I believe mysteries no one can understand, because written by men who chose to mistake madness for inspiration and style themselves Evangelicals?
inward ears tongue
No ear can hear nor tongue can tell the tortures of the inward hell!
statistics explanation
Who then will explain the explanation?
hymns hypocrisy vaunt
Oh, for a forty-parson power to chant Thy praise, Hypocrisy! Oh, for a hymn Loud as the virtues thou dost loudly vaunt, Not practise!
track guilt claims
To what gulfs A single deviation from the track Of human duties leads even those who claim The homage of mankind as their born due, And find it, till they forfeit it themselves!
grateful skills coats
May Moorland weavers boast Pindaric skill, And tailors' lays be longer than their bill! While punctual beaux reward the grateful notes, And pay for poems--when they pay for coats.
vanity may example
Ecclesiastes said that "all is vanity," Most modern preachers say the same, or show it By their examples of true Christianity: In short, all know, or very short may know it.